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"Axelrod crafts an enjoyable, fast-paced read." -Publishers Weekly Henry Kennis, Nantucket island's poetry-writing police chief who will remind readers of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone and Spenser, works a second challenging case in Nantucket Five-spot. At the height of the summer tourist season, a threat to bomb the annual Boston Pops Concert could destroy the island's economy, along with its cachet as a safe, if mostly summertime, haven for America's...

"Fans of traditional mysteries will welcome Axelrod's entertaining fifth outing for Nantucket police chief Henry Kennis…That Henry believes in an 'old school low-tech version of police work' allows the reader to readily follow the clues." -Publishers Weekly The fifth Henry Kennis mystery takes us into the closed, gossip-riddled, back-stabbing world of Nantucket's community theater. Horst Refn, the widely disliked and resented Artistic Director...

Escape to the white sand beaches of Nantucket in the Nantucket Point series. You'll get heartwarming women's fiction, family life, sisters and siblings fiction, and clean and wholesome romance on the side in all three books! 1. The Cottage on Nantucket: After their mother dies, two sisters return to the cottage where they spent their summers growing up. Nantucket Point is exactly the same: charming, warm, and filled with memories both good and bad. 2....

The Phantom of Nantucket Dear Diary... I thought a trip to Nantucket with Bess and George would be a simple vacation, but of course mysteries seem to follow me everywhere! We're on this fun, end-of-summer trip because our friend Jenna has an awesome exhibit opening at the local Nantucket Nautical Museum and we wanted to support her. She was really excited about it until some creep vandalized her welcome banner. Now it's become clear that someone...

Summary of Elin Hilderbrand's Here's to Us, a novel by Elin Hilderbrand, follows the aftermath of the death of celebrity chef Deacon Thorpe, who succumbed to an unexpected heart attack at the age of 53. The present-day action takes place over a long weekend in June 2016, six weeks after his death. Deacon's best friend gathers the three women to whom Deacon had been married, as well as their children, for a long weekend at the family's summer home...

Summary of Elin Hilderbrand's The Rumor takes place during the summer in Nantucket, a hot bed of rumor, passion, friendship, and excitement, a seemingly sleepy town that is full of secrets and scandal. At the heart of things is Grace, her husband, Eddie, her best friend, Madeline, and Madeline's husband, Trevor…

Renowned Sfoglia restaurant reveals its pasta secrets-easily recreated in your own kitchen. Tables at Sfoglia in Manhattan and Nantucket are much sought-after by the fans of the restaurant's authentic and delicious cuisine. Now you won't have to wait for a table at Sfoglia. With Pasta Sfoglia, you can prepare its master recipes right in your own kitchen. Here, for the first time, chef-owners Ron and Colleen share recipes from their kitchen, enabling...

I take pen in hand to tell the tale of a monster . . . So begins the narrative penned by eighteen-year-old Prudence Mott. In the summer of 1859, a storm casts a derelict whaling vessel upon the shore of Nantucket. Inside the hold lay twelve mummified bodies of the crew. Strong-willed Prudence, as unconventional as one can imagine of a teenager in that era, begins an investigation and suspects something terrifying also arrived on the derelict vessel:...

Twenty years have passed since Ryder Kennedy, front man for the hugely success rock and roll band "FREIGHT TRAIN" abruptly walked off the stage in Las Angeles in 1971 while performing the band's final encore song only to completely disappear. Ryder had gone into complete seclusion on a small island noted for its proximity to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, Nantucket. Ryder meets a woman who will permanently change his life, but this will come at a hefty...

Forest + Home connects you with nature through your kitchen, no matter the size or location. This is a book that inspires and ignites the palette while nourishing the soul; it shares food that both feeds and heals the body. Discover the world of plants through food with cook and certified herbalist, Spencre McGowan, author of Blotto Botany: A Lesson in Healing Cordials and Plant Magic. Organized by season, the recipes are designed to meet the natural...