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Snipe Hunt

Name: Snipe Hunt
Author: Sarah R. Shaber
ISBN: 9780312253370

by Sarah R. Shaber

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Overview

The Discovery of an old corpse dredges up the past for a small town with a lot to hide...

Professor Simon Shaw wants nothing more than to spend a peaceful Thanksgiving with friends, staying in Pearlie Beach, a small town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But even has the turkey roasts, he finds himself embroiled in a fifty-year-old mystery of strange disappearances, suspicious deaths, and treasures lost and found.

The holiday disruption begins with the body of a local man is dredged from the waters of Pearlie Beach. In his hand, several rare Confederate coins; in his decaying ribs, the sharp blade of a knife. Soon Simon, aided by Julia McGloughlin, a mesmerizing police attorney, discovers that secrets in this small town run as deep as the waterways that surround it.

Simon knows that finding another cache of coins is about as likely as getting the guarded residents of Pearlie Beach to talk. But he also knows that if he doesn't continue to investigate, a decades-old murder will remain unsolved—and another may be close at hand...

About the Author, Sarah R. Shaber

Sarah R. Shaber is the award-winning author of the Professor Simon Shaw murder mysteries and editor of Tar Heel Dead, short stories by North Carolina mystery writers. She has since sold a new series, set in Washington DC during World War II, to Severn House. The first book, LOUISE’S WAR. will be published in July 2011.
Shaber’s first, respectable, career was in advertising and public relations. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband Steve, an attorney. Son Sam works for North Carolina Opera. Daughter Katie lives near Hickory with her family. Shaber’s household is managed by a miniature schnauzer.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Forensic historian Simon Shaw, who made his debut in Simon Said, gets an unexpected and unwelcome opportunity to exercise his unique skills during a Thanksgiving vacation on Pearlie Beach--a small island off the North Carolina coast. Simon, a college history professor and winner of a Pulitzer Prize, is joined for the holiday by his friend David Morgan, an archeologist; romantic interest Julia McGloughlin, a police attorney; and the Cleggs--Marcus, who is Simon's colleague, his wife and three young daughters. When a dredger dislodges an old WWII diving suit, with an occupant, Simon and his friends are soon involved in a mystery that seems too old and too difficult to solve. Both the coastal waters and the denizens of Pearlie Beach hide their secrets well, and prizing them loose proves difficult and dangerous. Confederate gold, German U-boats, blockade runners, murders old and new all surface to play their part in this appealing cozy, which pleasingly mixes regional history and lore, a bit of romance and a soup on of suspense. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Library Journal

A relaxing trip to North Carolina's fictional Pearlie Beach turns into much more for professor Simon Shaw when dredgers discover World War II-vintage skeleton. As a "forensic historian," Shaw helps to be carrying a collection of Confederate gold coins. Did the river-possibly a local navy frogman who disappeared-accidentally drown, or did the gold provide a motive for murder? At first reluctant to become involved, Shaw ends up researching and conjecturing, as in Simon Said. Recognizable life-at-Carolina beach scenes, folksy locals, and mild humor should endear this especially to regional audiences.

Beth Livingston

If you are longing to stick your toes in the sand and lose yourself in a tale of intrigue, greed and murder, you needn't wait for summer. Snipe Hunt is a ripping good read that will leave you hungry for the next installment.