- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Scribner (Jun 10 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743205243
- ISBN-13: 978-0743205245
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,174,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This absorbing yarn, the 14th in Craig's series set on Martha's Vineyard, portrays an island unknown to most visitors, cold and raw with a March wind biting instead of fish. Retired Boston policeman and part-time PI J.W. Jackson and his wife, Zee (whose head was turned by another man in last year's Vineyard Enigma), are enjoying an off-season lunch with friends at a Vineyard Haven deli when shots ring out in the street. Someone has tried to kill Paul Fox, brother of unscrupulous real-estate tycoon Donald Fox. The odd thing is, Paul was wearing a bulletproof vest, as if he were expecting serious trouble. Donald Fox, who's been buying up land with questionable titles and threatening island residents, may have been the intended target. In his search for answers, J.W. encounters some nasty thugs among the familiar cast of diverting locals, from the "keep out of this" police chief to the chief's sassy assistant. Island incidentals include fencing, fishing and firearms, along with the usual complaints about tourists. J.W.'s homely philosophy and a subtle theme of loyalty add depth. Well-constructed and well-paced, with humor and suspense, this outing shows Craig in fine form.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
J. W., Zee, and their children live year-round on Martha's Vineyard, and J. W. always seems to be finding trouble. The retired cop prefers fishing and his kids to his old life, but when Paul Fox, brother of a much-despised real-estate broker for the firm Saberfox, is shot directly in front of J. W., his curiosity is more than roused. Paul is courting a local lass, Maria, and her mother, Dodie, a victim of Saberfox's hard-sell approach, wants J. W. to find out more. Maria, meanwhile, wants to know about the handyman on the island who is courting Dodie. These investigations turn into connections, and a Saberfox employee is murdered. The art of fencing, unsavory business practices, and what constitutes loyalty combine with the Vineyard lore, geography, and custom that saturate this series. J.W. is a bit more ruminative in this one, letting readers see some of how he works things out. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Our children, Joshua and Diana, were over on the mainland for two days, being spoiled by Zee's mother and father, and Zee and I were having lunch in the E and E Deli with John and Mattie Skye. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
The killing in this vineyard...,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Vineyard Killing: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Hardcover)
...ought to be this series. It's time that Mr. Craig ended what used to be a good series, but what has now degenerated into boring, thin mysteries. Then again...there's no mystery at all...he continues to write this series, he and the publisher make money...and the faithful readers get s------d!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Back to Martha's Vineyard: A Vineyard Killing,
By Kevin Tipple (Plano, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Vineyard Killing: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Hardcover)
Recently selected as the monthly selection of the Good Morning America ® Book club, the fourteenth novel of the series picks up shortly after Vineyard Enigma. While this novel can be read separately from the series, those readers that read them in order from the very beginning will appreciate this novel more as several minor storylines are addressed.March is still cold on Martha's Vineyard and the tourists haven't started arriving just yet. This year was no exception but things are already stirred up. The permanent residents are riled up and for very good reason. Real estate developer Donald Fox is attempting to buy up local property not because the owners want to sell, but because he has the bucks to make it happen. He wants to put a large package of land together and then sell that to someone else. If folks won't willingly sell for a fraction of what their land is worth, he will force court fights over the often-dubious land deeds. He thinks he can make a killing and does not care how he does it. That is until J. W. Jackson and the lovely Zee watch from a local diner as shots are fired at Donald and his more humane brother, Paul. The shooter manages to get away in the blowing snow as Paul lies wounded in the street. Paul survives the attack and J.W. soon turns down the resulting job offer. He does not like Donald or his company and as a matter of principle wants nothing more to do with them. But soon, as he begins to investigate things on another unrelated matter, he finds that Donald and his company seem to be involved in everything and that J. W. has unwittingly made himself a target. This is another very good book from Philip R. Craig. While no new ground is covered in regards to these characters, there are no unpleasant surprises either. Everyone is back in their usual roles and as always, a couple of recipes are found in the back of the book. In a refreshing change from the last several novels, Joshua and Diana (the children) are not part of the investigation. Safely in school and off the printed page, they are not unrealistically taken to crime scenes as in recent novels. In fact, in direct contradiction to the last several novels, the children are hardly heard from at all. In addition to all but eliminating the children, this novel is tightly plotted and moves at a better pace than the last several. Craig continues the use of two ongoing storylines that crossover and link to each other frequently throughout the novel and this practice works considerably better in this one. The action moves forward at a much better pace and the twin storylines have more depth than those in recent novels. In short, this is a very good book and a definite step up from the last several. This one is more like the early ones in the series and well worth the read.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Vineyard Killing: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Hardcover)
I read this book after hearing about it on Good Morning America. I must say that I am not a big mystery fan, but from time to time I will read one and usually do find them an interesting read. This was not the case with "A Vineyard Killing." There were "twists and turns" that left you wondering but the book just didn't "grab" my interest, but I did finish it just to see who the murderer was.
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