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Book 1: Low Tide In the quaint coastal town of Apalachicola, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.Lt. Maggie Redmond … reviews.
Book 1: Low Tide In the quaint coastal town of Apalachicola, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.
Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man.
When Gregory’s uncle, Bennett Boudreaux, the richest and scariest man in town, takes a sudden interest in Maggie, people start to wonder, Maggie included. Maggie knows he may suspect her of killing his nephew, but she finds herself slowly drawn to the man.
As Maggie fights to help a young girl escape the clutches of a volatile drug dealer who’d love to see Maggie dead, she also struggles to hide her dark link to a dead man, and her burgeoning relationship with her boss, Sheriff Wyatt Hamilton.
Unfortunately, secrets have a way of revealing themselves at low tide.
Book 2: Riptide Once again, sinister things are afoot in Apalachicola, FL, and one of them is an actual foot.
When a local fisherman finds a severed limb in his net, it sets off a chain of events that no one can anticipate
Lt. Maggie Redmond soon discovers that the foot belongs to the friend of another recently dead guy, Gregory Boudreaux, the man she never told anyone about. Gregory’s death was thought to be a suicide. That seems less likely, now that his best friend Sport’s foot has shown up out of the blue, as it were
When it starts looking like town villain Bennett Boudreaux might be responsible for eliminating Sport, things begin to get a little weird. Especially since Maggie’s started to take a liking to Bennett. She’s also taken a real liking to her boss, Sheriff Wyatt Hamilton, but her growing friendship to Bennett and her secret connection to the dead men threaten her and Wyatt’s relationship.
Is Bennett avenging Maggie for some reason, or does he have something altogether different on his mind?
Book 3: What Washes Up Karma’s alive and well in Apalachicola, Florida, and there are several people who are about to meet it face to face.
When more than a dozen bodies wash up on the beach of St. George Island, the residents of Apalach are outraged, and none more so than investigator Maggie Redmond and Sheriff Wyatt Hamilton. It’s time for the greedy to answer for the lives of innocents.
Meanwhile, a man is found tied to a burning boat in the middle of the bay, and Maggie’s instincts tell her Bennett Boudreaux is behind it.
If he is, Maggie has to decide whether she really wants him punished, or if justice has already been served.
Book 4: Landfall Two storms that nobody thought were coming just made landfall.
As a hurricane gathers its power just off Apalachicola’s shore, another storm comes to a head in Lt. Maggie Redmond’s home.
Held prisoner by a man bent on avenging the death of a son, Maggie must find a way to save herself and her two children. No one knows where they are. No one is coming to help.
Maggie and her children will have to find a way to survive both the madness inside their home and the madness raging outside.
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Very quick read. Easy to follow and entertaining characters and dialogue
Fab books
Great representation of Florida’s northern most coast Enjoyable characters with idiosyncratic personalities. Miss Evangeline is my favorite although she is a minor character.
Loved it!
Really a good read combining humor with on-going action and suspense
Having spent part of last winter in the area where this series is set, I loved that the author really di the place justice. The mysteries are great, the characters are wonderful and very realistic. Loved All the quirky characters, especially Stoopid. Can’t wait to read more
Very enjoyable read with great characters and some very funny dialogue.
Great characters, even the animals! Very interesting and I could almost smell the salt water of the Gulf while reading!! Can’t wait to read more of her books!
If you are a fan of James Lee Burk, the Longmeir series and Robert Parker there’s a good chance you will enjoy these books. Nothing in the story is over done but there is inspiration from these authors. The sensitivity to nature, the under current of attraction and witty dialogue combine for a most enjoyable read.
It’s been a loooong time since the action in a book left me breathless so download all the Forgotten Coast books then just settle in for little “me” time. While it helps that I’m a Florida native and I know folks like these well-drawn characters, you can’t help but be transported by the vivid imagery of Dawn Lee McKenna as she draws you in to her world. Maggie Redmond is humane, thoughtful, flawed… just as we all our in our own ways… and is truly relatable. Take some time to get to know her and her people.
Very enjoyable !
I read the first four in the 8 book Forgotten Coast series. Each can be stand alone, but the main characters continue. I bought book 5, and eventually would like to have books 6-8. There were a few repetitive lines for stand alone to make sense. But the action and resolutions kept me up at night reading. Great series!
Good storie
Love the series characters so realistic & setting uniquely appealing to me. Great reads.
Enjoyed the series. Good story line.
Good story line. nice twists.
Characters were well developed and engaging. Language effectively developed personalities and setting. Physical stamina was a little far fetched, but hey, it’s fiction. It is billed as 4 books, but they won’t stand individually. That makes the book quite long, and the repetition of key elements in each new “book” makes it even longer. I do prefer shorter books.
Enjoyed, liked how one book lead to the next. Good character build. Nice look at old florida
Good read.
I enjoyed the author very much and will look forward to reading more of her books. The plots were realistic in their depictions of life in a small rural community. Does a great job of handling the dichotomy that exists in real life in some bad people. They are not all normally evil, wicked people. They sometimes do show kindness to those they may care for. This part of the plot and character development was very well done . I enjoyed it thoroughly.