It's summertime in Busman's Harbor, Maine, and the clamming is easy--or
it was until a mysterious new neighbor blocks access to the beach,
cutting off the Snowden Family Clambake's supply. Julia Snowden is just
one of many townspeople angered by Bartholomew Frick's decision. But
which one of them was angry enough to kill?
Beachcombers, lighthouse buffs, and clammers are outraged after Frick
puts up a gate in front of his newly inherited mansion. When Julia urges
him to reconsider, she's the last to see him alive--except the person
who stabs him in the neck with a clam rake. As she pores through a long
list of suspects, Julia meets disgruntled employees, rival heirs, and a
pair of tourists determined to visit every lighthouse in America. They
all have secrets, and Julia will have to work fast to expose the guilty
party--or see this season's clam harvest dry up for good.
Praise for Iced Under
"Ross knows her Maine coast and her snowstorms. Both provide an
atmospheric backdrop for a cozy that . . . picks up its pace when its
focus returns to the living and the newly dead."
--Kirkus Reviews