SYNOPSIS
A birthday beach party gone wrong, buried treasure and… a dead body? This might be Jemima Jago’s most baffling case yet!
When Jem knocks on the door of an isolated cottage overlooking beautiful Neptune Cove, she’s hoping for help fixing a birthday cake baking disaster. She’s not expecting to find the tenant dead on the tiled floor, specks of blood on the collar of his navy-and-red satin pajamas…
The victim is Arthur Ajax, a handsome and wealthy American businessman who arrived in the Isles of Scilly as a tourist ten months ago and never left. There have been rumors about him in town, as he was known for his extravagant lifestyle. Perhaps he’d gone overboard, or could his death be connected to an unpaid debt?
Later that same evening, Jem stumbles across a hoard of buried jewelry, dug up from the dunes by little dog Buck, and she immediately wonders if they could be connected to the rich man’s murder. It’s not every day you find expensive—and very real-looking—sapphire earrings stashed away in an antique biscuit tin!
Jem seeks help from a local jewelry expert to identify the gems. But when he suddenly goes missing, Jem knows someone is trying to cover their tracks. Can she catch the killer before he makes her walk the plank too?
Title: A death at Neptune Cove
Author: Emma Jameson
Series: Jemima Jago Mystery #4
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication date: September 29, 2022
Emma Jameson writes mysteries that readers call witty, romantic, and full of surprises. An aspiring novelist since age seven, she took a long, twisty route to the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. After years of working at a major medical center, her first novel, cobbled together on nights and weekends, became a runaway e-book bestseller. Now she writes full-time and has sold over half a million books. A compulsive reader and information hoarder, Emma is always searching for that fascinating nugget or startling fact that will spark another novel. A lifelong Anglophile, she resides in the United States, where she enjoys swimming, yoga, and serving the needs of not one, not two, not three, but four cats.
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REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jemima Jago, a.k.a. the Scilly Sleuth, is back for the fourth time in another installment of this fun cozy mysteries series.
A surprise birthday party at Neptune Cove goes awry when Jem falls on the birthday cake and she and Pauley go to Neptune Cottage to try to salvage it, but instead they find the tenant dead on the floor. A buried treasure and evidence of fraud will complicate matters even more, but Jem and her friends will be there to catch a murderer.
I really like how this series is evolving. Not only Jem’s character has truly grown since book one (here’s even mentioned how she’s not the same woman she first arrived to the island), but all the supporting characters are evolving and getting their chance to shine. It was great to see how we got to hear from Pauley and Rhys’ POVs, and this time the investigation was more of a team effort and not focused only on Jem.
Although the mysteries are self conclusive in each installment, I would truly recommend to read the series in order, as the personal lives of the characters have been developing over the four books, so it will help you to understand their dynamics. It’s been great to see the love triangle situation resolved at last, although I’m a bit sad for Hack.
The setting is one of the biggest successes of the series. The small town community feel around the island works perfectly for the cozy mysteries and always makes me wanna move there (or take a trip aboard the Bellatrix at least!).
There are plenty of suspects and red-herrings to keep you on your toes. There was one that had me convinced I had guessed the culprit, for me to be proven completely wrong at the end so, well done!
Another great addition to the series. I can’t wait to meet back Jem and Co.
Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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