The Blue Coyote is an IndieBRAG Medallion honoree and a finalist in the 2013 CLUE Awards. Frannie and Larry Shoemaker love taking their grandchildren, Sabet and Joe, camping with them. But at Bluffs State Park, Frannie finds herself worrying more than usual about their safety, and when another young girl disappears from the campground in broad daylight, her fears increase. The fun of a bike ride, … ride, a flea market, marshmallow guns, and a storyteller are quickly overshadowed. Accusations against Larry and her add to the cloud over their heads. Frannie begins to puzzle out the mystery: Are the itinerant road workers as much of a threat as Frannie thinks? What about the lone woman camper who also disappears? Or is the girl’s deadbeat dad behind it all?
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A very fun mystery to listen to. I really enjoyed this story and they way this couple of grandparents are able to solve this mystery to prove that age really doesn’t matter. Narration was done very well also.
Great story! Grandparents Frannie and Larry take their grandkids on a camping trip and meet up with friends. Then a girl from the campsite disappears. When Frannie and Larry come under suspicion, she decides to investigate. One thing’s for sure, Frannie is not your run-of-the-mill grandmas! This grandma is a super sleuth and will leave no stone unturned. and start to investigate. Really enjoyed it.
This book was interesting, entertaining, and fun! I couldn’t put it down. It is well written, well edited, and has well developed and likable characters. I would love to read more from this author, and I would recommend to others.
This is a fun cozy mystery featuring Frannie Shoemaker and her friends. The group is enjoying a weekend RV camping trip when the unthinkable happens: a young girl is abducted from the park. Frannie’s husband, Larry, a retired policeman, is suspected because of his recent encounter with the young girl. Frannie can’t sit by and not get involved, so she goes sleuthing!
If you enjoy reading cozy mysteries, this is a good one. The book has enough humor to keep the reader’s interest, several predicaments that put the group in danger, and lots of sneaky suspects to keep them busy looking for clues. The addition of camping makes the book different than a lot of cozies. The author has created a group of fun characters and their interactions really bring the book to life.
The narrator does a great job and adds a lot to the audiobook. Her packing is perfect and her voices are just right for the different characters. I was given the chance to listen to this book by the author/narrator/publisher and chose to review it.
This review is for the audio book.
I enjoyed this book. It was a bit slow getting to the mystery but I enjoyed the addition of the children to the group of campers and the fun they had until the disappearance, marshmallow guns sounds so cool if you have an uncle Mickey. The camaraderie and teasing between the friends is humorous, especially some of the one lines.The mystery was good and I liked it the way each of the campers had a part in finding clues and eventually solving the mystery. There is a darker side to this story or meaning (child trafficking) but I think the author covered it very well and left you with something to think about. This is the third book in this series I have listened to and I can say you don’t need to listen to them in order because they are stand alone books and each book is just as good as the last.
Frannie and Larry have there two grand children with them on this camping trip. With a warning from there over protective son to keep a close eye on them, Frannie is hyper vigilante and nervous of every stranger they speak to but she had no idea that the strange that could pose the most threat to a child was here own husband, Larry. That is exactly what the mother of a missing girl thinks and with the cops breathing down his neck, Frannie starts investigating. Could it simply be a custody battle gone wrong? What about the three workmen that keep finding reasons to be around children? One thing for sure is she knows Larry would never hurt a child not even his own grand children. Frannie just has to convince everybody else.
I think the narrator is a good choice for this series of stories and think her pleasant voice helps make it a must listen.