Death in Rough Water

4.5 stars This second installment in the Merry Folger series really worked for me. This mystery centers on the death of fishing captain Joe Duarte. The explanation given for the death at sea just doesn't sound quite right to Joe's daughter. Though estranged from her father, Del Duarte knew how he ra......more

Wonderful mystery! I loved Merry Folger, she is a wonderful feminist heroine, a Nantucket police detective with a father and grandfather who are also lawmen and who support her in everything she does. I also loved her rich, classy boyfriend Peter Mason. And the research into Nantucket history, polit......more

#2 in the Merry Folger series. This 1995 novel was revised in 2016, except for a suspect's alibi being watching re-runs of Sex and the City (1998-2004), I didn't see evidence of the update. Other cultural references, Top Gun and Jaws, pre-date the original publication date. Author Mathews provides a......more

I bitch a lot about how poorly some men write female characters (cough - Michael Connelly - cough) but here’s an example of a woman writing her female characters poorly. The mystery here, and the setting, were pretty nifty but the romance thread was almost laughable. In fact I skimmed the last two p......more

Good book. Somewhat predictable ending but a nice read......more