Review: Boiled Over by Barbara Ross

A Mysterious Review of Boiled Over by Barbara Ross. A Julia Snowden, Maine Clambake Mystery.

Review summary: The narrative of this murder mystery has a non-linear plotline, jumping back and forth in time, using information from the past to explain details in the present. It's an awkward way to construct the story, one that has some strong points, but one that also requires considerable effort on the part of the reader to follow and enjoy. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Boiled Over
Barbara Ross
A Julia Snowden, Maine Clambake Mystery
Kensington Books (May 2014)

Publisher synopsis: For Julia Snowden, the Founder's Day summer celebration in Busman's Harbor, Maine, means helping her family's clambake company to prepare an authentic taste of New England seafood. Any Mainer will tell you that a real clambake needs wood for the fire … so why is there a foot sticking out of the oven?

The townspeople want to pin the murder of the RV park owner on Cabe Stone, a new employee of the Snowden Family Clambake Company — who bolted from the crime scene and disappeared. Julia knows having another murder associated with her family's business is a recipe for disaster … but who is the killer? Cooking up a proper investigation doesn't leave much time for the rest of Julia's life, and this is one killer who'll do anything to stop her from digging up clues …