Monday, February 1, 2016

The Murders on Fox Island by Margaret Page Hood (Dell, 1960)


They Called Her A Wanton,

the people of Fox Island, but Jeanne Marie was only young and full of high spirits.

Her constant teasing flirtations, with any man and even with his own brother, were meaningless--or so Jeanne Marie's husband told himself.

Until the night he found her lying on her bed in a flimsy nightgown.  Dead.  With his dead brother beside her.

And found himself the chief suspect for a double murder.
 As I read this one I kept wondering whether it was part of a series--the author kept making passing references to the personal life and history of her detective character.  And sure enough, a quick search of Google confirmed my suspicions.  Margaret Page Hood wrote a number of books starring Deputy Sheriff Gil Donan, of Fox Island, Maine.  Evidently Fox Island was one of those quiet little rural communities with a high murder rate.  They're oddly common in detective fiction!

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