It's midnight in Granite Cove and only the sea clams are
open. Murder strikes this sleepy fishing village and Rose McNichols, reporter
for the Granite Cove Gazette, is drawn into the case. Who killed Vivian
Klinger, Ph.D., a woman too perfect for mere mortals, a woman who had
everything but a sense of humor?
"A great blend of mystery, murder and
ghostliness with picturesque landscape of New England coast"
John R. Pleasant, Ph.D, Professor of Literature, LSU, Shreveport
Gary Larrabee, North Shore author and historian, said in his
review: "An entertaining novel about a murder in a
quaint coastal community on Boston's North Shore; a story punctuated by a
witty undertone that will have you chuckling all the way to the climactic
final chapter. Sharon Cook captures the charm of an insulated New England
village jolted by an unthinkable crime."
The book's setting, Granite Cove, was inspired by Cape
Ann, Mass. where Cook grew up and now has a studio at Gloucester's
historic Blackburn Building.
Sharon Love Cook had her first newspaper column at seventeen
when she wrote about the local doings for the Cape Ann Summer Sun, ie: swimming
class schedules and jelly fish warnings. She is the author of A Nose for Hanky
Panky, by Mainly Murder Press and The Legend of Judgment Rock and other Mystery
Stories by Neptune Rising Press.
She has an MFA in Writing and is an art school grad who
illustrated both book covers. She and her husband, their two children grown,
live north of Boston with a collection of rescued cats. Five days a week
Cook visits her writing/cartooning studio in Gloucester, Mass., where the
seagulls are fierce and the cod is scarce. Visit her website and see the
soaring seagulls and Cook's cartoons: www.sharonlovecook.com
The Legend of Judgment
Rock and other Mystery Stories, by Sharon Love Cook; Neptune Rising Press.
Several stories in the collection have been published before, including
"Bluefish Weather" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine), "A
Marriage Made in Heaven" (Over My Dead Body), "The Ghost of Winthrop
Hall" (Atriad Press), and others.
Some contain the
origins for Cook's mystery, A Nose for Hanky Panky. The seaside fishing village
of Granite Cove first appears in the title story.
Available in soft
cover and e-book from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and bookstores. Cover
illustration by the author; 150 pages.
