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Mai Tais and Murder
(2015)(The first book in the McCreadie Mysteries series)
A novel by Andrew Culver
The only thing Aristotle McCreadie wants to do is sit on the beach and drink mai tais.
Since Aristotle inherited a bunch of money, he moved to a houseboat in a quaint California beach town and he spends his nights at the best tiki bar in the world, Pirate's Cove. All is right with the world. But Aristotle's plans are about to go off the rails.
Something weird is happening in this idyllic town. A wealthy old real estate mogul, and patron saint of Pirate's Cove, has just been murdered in his sprawling mansion. And whoever did it knew exactly how to dismantle the alarm system, where his cash was hidden, and where his most expensive antiques were. Now everyone in town seems to think it's no big deal and no one wants to answer Aristotle's questions about it.
Aristotle can't enjoy his mai tais when an unsolved murder is killing his buzz. Now weird things are happening at the victim's house at night, and to complicate things, a cute local girl wants to show him all around town. Which would be great if she didn't have a boyfriend in grad school in Portland.
Why are the police so eager to pass off this crime as an isolated robbery? And why are people whispering about big real estate plans for Playa Santiago? Suddenly Aristotle gets the suspicion that this perfect little town is about to get very tacky and very crowded. Now the future of Pirate's Cove is in jeopardy, and this will mean the end of the best tiki bar, arguably, in the world. Which means that dozens of drinks with secret family recipes may be lost forever. The Pooka Pooka Bowl. The Mexican Mai Tai. The Naked Surfer Girl. All lost. And Aristotle can't let that happen.
The good thing about tiki bars is when the liquor flows, people talk. So, in the interest of justice, Aristotle must go to Pirate’s Cove to get information out of these weird and colorful locals. With each mai tai he will get closer to the truth, and he just might save this town.
Cover art by Mallory Rock at Rock Solid Book Designs.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Since Aristotle inherited a bunch of money, he moved to a houseboat in a quaint California beach town and he spends his nights at the best tiki bar in the world, Pirate's Cove. All is right with the world. But Aristotle's plans are about to go off the rails.
Something weird is happening in this idyllic town. A wealthy old real estate mogul, and patron saint of Pirate's Cove, has just been murdered in his sprawling mansion. And whoever did it knew exactly how to dismantle the alarm system, where his cash was hidden, and where his most expensive antiques were. Now everyone in town seems to think it's no big deal and no one wants to answer Aristotle's questions about it.
Aristotle can't enjoy his mai tais when an unsolved murder is killing his buzz. Now weird things are happening at the victim's house at night, and to complicate things, a cute local girl wants to show him all around town. Which would be great if she didn't have a boyfriend in grad school in Portland.
Why are the police so eager to pass off this crime as an isolated robbery? And why are people whispering about big real estate plans for Playa Santiago? Suddenly Aristotle gets the suspicion that this perfect little town is about to get very tacky and very crowded. Now the future of Pirate's Cove is in jeopardy, and this will mean the end of the best tiki bar, arguably, in the world. Which means that dozens of drinks with secret family recipes may be lost forever. The Pooka Pooka Bowl. The Mexican Mai Tai. The Naked Surfer Girl. All lost. And Aristotle can't let that happen.
The good thing about tiki bars is when the liquor flows, people talk. So, in the interest of justice, Aristotle must go to Pirate’s Cove to get information out of these weird and colorful locals. With each mai tai he will get closer to the truth, and he just might save this town.
Cover art by Mallory Rock at Rock Solid Book Designs.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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