A Coffin Full of Pineapples
A Maggie and Jake Caribbean Island Mystery
The remote Grenadine Islands— sailing paradise of the southern Caribbean. Home of Maggie and Jack’s popular little charter boat company and, now… murder.
After prevailing in A Turquoise Grave, Maggie Mullaley is back to take on the Amalgamated Fruit Company when this giant industrial agriculture conglomerate moves in on tiny St. Vincent. Maggie, a part time lawyer on her days off from sailing, gets drawn into the fight of local pineapple farmers to hold onto their land. Dark secrets begin to emerge from the company’s past of environmental degradation and human catastrophe. Secrets they will go to any length to keep hidden. Suddenly, Maggie’s client Solange, a feisty woman farmer with secrets of her own, is in their crosshairs. With the stakes growing ever higher, Maggie finds herself sailing a desperate race against time to unbury the past.
Readers’ praise for A Turquoise Grave
“A tour de force. A superb piece of historically and culturally informed fiction. I deeply enjoyed reading it.”
“What a colorful, captivating, and fun read! I couldn’t put it down.”
“I love that reading can entertain, educate, connect, provoke, and stir up my adventurous side all at once. You succeeded in all those and more.”
“An excellent read! You know it’s a good story when you get towards the end, and you don’t want it to be over, but you can’t put it down.”
“An absorbing tale. Very evocative of place and time. You really capture the flavor of the Caribbean.”
“The big thrill for me was the sailing. You were able to convey how sailing feels and how it is that those of us who love it come to do so. Parts are reminiscent of Jack London.”