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A Shell of a Problem

Sanibel Island Mysteries, Book 1

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A Shell of a Problem

Written by: Jennifer Lonoff Schiff
Narrated by: Amy Gordon
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When investigative reporter Guinivere Jones finds herself out of a husband and a job, she decides to leave dreary New England and move to sunny Sanibel Island, Florida, the seashell capital of the United States.

But all is not sunshine and seashells on Sanibel. And when the star attraction of the annual Shell Show, a rare shell known as the Golden Junonia goes missing, and Guin stumbles across the dead body of the chief suspect a few days later, she is determined to find the missing mollusk and the murderer. Along the way, she finds buckets of shells and suspects - and a little romance, too.

The first book in the Sanibel Island Mystery series, A Shell of a Problem introduces listeners to Guinivere Jones, ace reporter for the Sanibel-Captiva Sun-Times, her two faithful feline companions Flora and Fauna, the beautiful island of Sanibel, and a host of memorable characters.

©2017 Jennifer Lonoff Schiff (P)2020 Jennifer Lonoff Schiff Animals Cozy Fiction Mystery
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The books starts off pretty weak giving an overview of the Island on which the story set, quoting a Wikipedia article, and then moving into a description of shells. My first listening session was at bedtime so this was ideal for helping me sleep. From there though things picked up, introducing a protagonist surrounded by a cast of poorly-fleshed out friends, potential love interests, colleagues and suspects. Too many characters overall for my taste, although I did appreciate the number of female characters as too many cozies only have one reasonable female character with the rest being ridiculous or rivals. It ended up being an average cozy with obvious clues, unrealistic characters and an unearned resolution, no worse than the majority of what is flooding the cozy market. The reader is pretty good but her accents are comically heavy. Why 3 stars? I like cozies!

An okay cozy

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