SHADOWS IN THE MIST - Maureen McMahon
Cerridwen Press
ISBN: 978-1-41991-589-5
May 2008
Romantic Suspense

Ludington, a Small Town outside Chicago, Present Day

Suzanna Dirkston has just received news of her father’s accidental drowning. Her former fiancé, David Lancaster, tracked her down in her secluded cabin to pass on the news. She had gone to the cabin after arguing with her father about her career as a romance writer.

After coming home for her father’s funeral, she regrets the argument that left a wedge in their relationship. Suzanna finds that her friends and relatives are not at all what they seem to be, and she wonders if her father’s accident was truly an accident. She begins having strange visions of death and hopes that she isn’t losing her mind.

Now Suzanna is determined to investigate the circumstances of her father’s death. Everyone falls under suspicion, especially her late father’s business manager and right-hand man, Grant Fenton. After all, Grant had the most to gain from her father’s death. The will stipulates that Suzanna must marry Grant within one month, or else the family’s business and holdings will be sold to strangers. But if she doesn’t marry Grant, then David and her half brother, Colin, will lose their business.

Will Suzanna defy her father’s last wishes or sentence her relatives to poverty? How can she choose between David’s love and David’s financial success? Suzanna is a likeable charter who must make her own decisions regarding love and family.

Maureen McMahon’s SHADOWS IN THE MIST is a captivating read of danger and suspense. Readers will enjoy Suzanna’s adventures as told in her own voice. The plot moves at an intriguing pace and gives readers a chance to guess the culprits for themselves. The characters all have their own little quirks that keep the story moving.

Mel Mason