We've had technical difficulties at home (and I'm not going to the office much until closer until school starts) that have kept me from posting. But it hasn't kept me from reading. I read Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron. It's the latest in the Deborah Knott mystery series. Deborah is at a conference of North Carolina judges held at the beach in NC. As always, I enjoyed this series. Maron's strengths are her characters and the fun court cases that Deborah has to deal with. Because Deborah is on vacation, we see less of her very extended family than we do in other books. However we learn about some of her early life including her disasterous first marriage which will be fun for longtime readers. The mystery isn't her best -- I didn't find the murderer's motives convincing. And figuring out who all the judges are is tricky. But the characters are wonderful and the portrait of the judges convincing.
It's a fun read but don't start with this book if you haven't read others in the series.
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