A Dodie O’Dell Mystery Book 5

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY

Restaurant manager Dodie O’Dell has found her niche in the cozy New Jersey town of Etonville, creating menus that make a delicious double-act with the community theater’s productions. Now she’s ready for a vacation at the Jersey Shore town she called home before a hurricane hit. Sun, salty air, and seagulls make for a nostalgic escape from regular life—until a contingent from Etonville arrives to compete in a Jersey Shore theater festival.

Roped into helping her former boss cater the event, Dodie also gets a visit from her old flame, Jackson, who’s hoping to revive his charter boat business and is looking for a place to crash. Before Dodie can tell him that ship has sailed, Jackson’s partner is found murdered on his boat. Dodie knows her ex is a mooch, but she’s sure he’s no killer. But as she follows a trail of evidence that leads into her own past, Dodie stumbles on a dangerous conspiracy theory that could bring the festival to a shocking finale…

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This is book 5 in the series and Dodie is going home for a vacation. But Murder/Death doesn’t take a holiday as Dodie ex finds himself the chief suspect too a murder. But Dodie sail right into to work and her life and the festival will never be the same. Book 5 is filled with the same charcters we love and enjoy but this could be as a stand a lone book – a great Vacation read if I must say so. So enjoy Dodie and the Jersey shores with this book…..Lisa