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Maggie Shayne's The Mermaid Murder (Brown and de Luca Return 4)

Maggie Shayne's The Mermaid Murder (Brown and de Luca Return 4)

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On the last day of her life, Eva went to the Sapphire Club to rehearse, because the new routine wasn’t quite there yet. God, she loved the pool room when no one else was around. Chlorine in every breath and echoes of every step. The pool was open, its mechanized cover pulled back into itself. She slid out of her jeans, already wearing her smooth, shiny leggings underneath. Blue, not that it mattered. She took off her blouse. Under it, she wore a bikini top with seashell cups. It was padded though, and not as uncomfortable as it looked.

She unzipped her custom garment bag and laid her beautiful mermaid tail out on the cool concrete floor. It was the softest powder blue color at the waist, and then it darkened through every imaginable shade of blue all the way to the rich, deep, midnight color at the wide, fluted tail fin. It was textured like a real fish, with each scale and the edges of the tail highlighted in silver. Its lighter colors were iridescent and shimmered when she moved in the lights. She knew just how to turn, how to swirl, how to flip, to make the costume sparkle and shimmer for the audience.

She put the end of a long-handled hook through her zipper pull and laid it where she’d be able to reach it, and then she wriggled into the tail, toes first, lying on her belly. She took hold of the wood handle of the hook to pull up the zipper.

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Hey, I’m Rachel de Luca, a self-help guru with a potty mouth and a penchant for crime-solving.

My partner, soon to be husband if I can get over my paralyzing fear, is Mason Brown, a detective with the Binghamton PD.

Ten years ago, professional mermaid Eva Quaid disappeared without a trace from The Sapphire Club. Now, my niece Misty is working at the same club, doing the same job. Coincidentally, (not) Misty’s college roommate is in the thick of her self-produced true crime podcast about the same cold case. Misty has kept every bit of this from our way-too-close-for-privacy family.

None of this would be a big deal, except that I’ve been having nightmares. It's my wedding day, and I look from my adoring groom to my twin nieces, face down in the shallows of the reservoir behind the altar.

I dreamt, too, of a dying mermaid who’s been trying to get my attention ever since.

When my sister expresses worry about her twin daughters, Mason and I agree to do a little snooping—only to find Misty has been keeping some big secrets, and is not where she’s supposed to be. Nobody knows where she is.

I’m pretty sure that Misty’s gone off the grid with her podcasting partner Zig to surveil their favorite suspects in the ten-year-old case of the missing mermaid.

I’m even more sure the mermaid is dead, and that her killer is determined to keep their oldest, deadliest secret, even if it means taking another young woman’s life.

I have to find my beloved niece before my visions come true—the way they always do.

Grab this book if you love…

✅ Murder Mystery

✅ Crime Solving Couple

✅ True Crime Podcast

✅ Mother-Daughter Bonds

✅ Twins 

What people are saying…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This was definitely one of the best of the series. Maggie, you just keep getting better and better! Thank you. Did not see the ending happening the way it did at all. Love Rachel DeLuca. She's a rock star. Please keep more Brown & DeLuca books coming! :)” ~ Reviewer

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The book felt like a bit of a reunion with old friends.” ~ Reviewer

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I absolutely love the Brown & de Luca series, so I was thrilled to hear another book was released. As always with Maggie's books, she keeps you guessing who the killer is until the very end. Once I started reading it, I found it hard to put down. The characters in this series are some of my favorites. I loved the ending for them and can't wait for any future books in the series.” ~ Reviewer

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