Sailing Mystery

Publishers Weekly called Valerie Wilcox's debut mystery, Sins of Silence, "distinctive and intriguing." Now her sleuthing sailing instructor returns in a thrilling new adventure . . . A run of bad weather means a slow season at Larstad's Marina in Seattle, home of Kellie Montgomery's Sound Sailing offices. But Mother Nataure isn't the only source of an ill wind. A day that starts with Kellie being held at gunpoint by a delusional environmentalist ends with the news that her friend Pearl, a hardy--and wealthy--seventy-five-year-old seafarer, is missing. As Kellie prepares to do battle with an extremist group who wants live-aboards like herself ousted from their sailboat homes, she also takes on the task of finding her friend. Then, when Pearl's family doesn't seem to welcome her help, Kellie's suspicions--and life--is put to the test.

Sailing Instructor Kellie Montgomery once again finds herself swimming in a sea of mystery and murder. She is thrilled when her friends Paul and Sharon Crenshaw sign up for a trip with her brand-new charter business. But the voyage is not the cheerful reunion Kellie had hoped for. There is tension in the air as they sail toward home--and the trip ends on a decidedly sour note when Paul is arrested for murder. Paul is the last person Kellie would suspect of committing a crime. But a prostitute was found dead on a yacht registered in his name--and although he claims he's been framed, the incriminating evidence is hard to ignore. Soon Kellie realizes that there's a lot she doesn't know about Paul and his family--and that this is one case she won't be able to sail through...