The 13th Bay Tanner mystery by Kathryn R. Wall has all those elements her fans have come to expect and enjoy: a good mystery, an interesting main character in the person of Bay Tanner, a strong supporting cast ( Livinia, a black woman whom Bay treats as her "mother;" husband, Red; and Erik Whiteside, Bay's business partner and IT guru) and the colorful description of the Hilton Head setting.
Although Bay Tanner has always been a strong, independent woman, in this latest book she has become a little more edgy and less tolerant of people's "bull shit." And, as in the past, her relationship with her husband, Red, is loving but at times strained as they both have "a mind of their own."
In this mystery, after a period of avoiding dangerous cases, Bay meets Pudge, one of her old high school friends. She hires Bay to investigate what she suspects to be a case of domestic abuse. In short, she thinks another of their old friends is being used as a punching bag by her arrogant husband. But, at that point, the abusive husband disappears under mysterious circumstances, Many, including the Sheriff's department, conclude that the wife, nicknamed Scarlett, had had enough and offed the guy.
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If you are a fan of Kathy Wall, you know that not everything is as it seems, and from there on things become interesting.
Those readers who have followed this series will notice that Mangiamo's seems to have replaced Jump and Phil's as the restaurant of choice for Bay and Red.
One also is left with the impression that Jordan Point may be the last Bay Tanner mystery; let's hope that is not the case.
