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A Beautiful Place to Die: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1

Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries now a movie series on Hallmark Channel starring Jesse Metcalfe!

Ex-cop J.W. Jackson searches for answers after a mysterious and deadly boat explosion on Martha’s Vineyard.

During his career as a Boston cop, Jeff “J.W.” Jackson saw enough of the evil that men do to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha’s Vineyard to spend his days fishing for blues. But when a local’s boat mysteriously explodes off the coast, killing an amiable young drifter, Jackson finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the investigative trade.


Author:

  • Philip R. Craig

Format:

  • E-book

Duration:

  • 138 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Crime
  • Cozy crime
  • Crime
  • Private investigation

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    Philip R. Craig

    The late Philip R. Craig was the author of nineteen novels in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery series. A professor emeritus of English at Wheelock College in Boston, he loved the Vineyard and lived there year-round with his wife, Shirley.

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