Come Shell or High Water

(Paperback, Large Print Edition)

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From Molly MacRae, acclaimed author of the Highland Bookshop Mysteries, the first in a charming new series set on a beautiful barrier island off the coast of North Carolina and featuring a widowed folklorist, a seashell shop, and the ghost of an 18th century pirate

As a professional storyteller, Maureen Nash cant help but see the narrative cues woven through her life. Like the series of letters addressed to her late husband from a strangerthe proprietor of The Moon Shell, a shop on Ocracoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. The store is famous with shell collectors, but its the cryptic letters from Allen Withrow, the shops owner, that convince Maureen to travel to the small coastal town in the middle of hurricane season. At the very least, she expects shell get a good story out of the experience, never anticipating it could end up a murder mystery . . .

In Maureens first hours on the storm-lashed island, she averts several life-threatening accidents, stumbles over the body of a controversial Ocracoke local, and meets the ghost of an eighteenth-century Welsh pirate, Emrys Lloyd. To the untrained eye, all these unusual occurrences would seem to be random misfortunes, but Maureen senses there may be something connecting these stories. With Emryss supernatural assistance, and the support of a few new friends, Maureen sets out unravel the truth, find a killer, and hopefully give this tale a satisfying ending . . . while also rewriting her own.

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A new cozy mystery series in which the drama is tempered with humor. The New York Times on Plaid and Plagarism

MacRae revels in clever wordplay and banter. Cozy lovers who come for the atmosphere and the camaraderie will enjoy themselves. Whats not to like about a knitting competition, Scottish scenery, books, and scones Publishers Weekly on Argyles and Arsenic

"Cozy fans will enjoy the quirky characters and charming, small-town setting." Publishers Weekly on The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series

"Though the series as a whole is great fun, combining needlework, a cat, a ghost, and food, this super cozy mystery can easily stand on its own. It's practically guaranteed that those who like this entry will want to read the entire series." Library Journal on The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series

Author Bio

Molly MacRae is the award-winning author of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries, the Highland Bookshop Mysteries, and the new Haunted Shell Shop Mysteries. Born and raised in Illinois, MacRae spent twenty years in the foothills of Tennessees Blue Ridge Mountains, where she was the director of the history museum for Jonesborough, the states oldest town. During that time, MacRae and her family started taking vacations to North Carolinas Outer Banks, where she fell in love with Ocracoke Island, the setting for her Haunted Shell Shop Mysteries. MacRae, a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, has won the Sherwood Anderson Award for short fiction, and several of her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine. She currently lives in Champaign, IL with her family. For more information on Molly and her books, please visit MollyMacRae.com.