Take ears of corn, hot sausage links, plenty of shrimp, and large doses of seasoning. Throw in a big pot and let it boil. You will have some good coastal Carolina eating, or in the case of Susan Boyer's book, some good reading.
Liz Talbot, an attractive female private investigator with a penchant for trouble inherits her grandma's home on the beach near Charleston, SC. and with the home comes an array of problems, not the least of which is the discovery that Grams was murdered.
As in similar stories, the conflict is between developers hoping to make small fortunes and the locals who want to keep Stella Maris from becoming another Myrtle Beach, but it is the characters with their peculiar flaws that engage the reader.
And perhaps no character is more interesting than Colleen, the ghost of Liz's childhood friend, who appears and disappears at will.
Low Country Boil was justifiably a finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier Award in the "Mainstream/Mystery/Suspense" category.
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