A Cat on a Beach Blanket: An Alice Nestleton Mystery

I didn't like this Alice Nestleton mystery as well as I have the others because she is not in NYC with her friends Tony and Nora. She has to solve this mystery on her own. The tone of the book seems more lonely. At one point I was hoping that Alice would go back to NYC, but it didn't happen. Nonetheless, it is a quick read and enjoyable.

The book "A Cat on a Beach Blanket" is a great mystery for young and old. It keeps you on your toes through the whole thing.

Struggling actress and cat sitter Alice Nestleton jumps at the idea of leaving the Big Apple for a few months to house sit (for pay) a Long Island mansion overlooking the ocean. After enjoying a few weeks of isolated tranquillity, Alice desperately needs human companionship so she agrees to attend a poetry reading session at the home of a neighbor. However, that seemingly peaceful interlude turns nasty when one of the attendees is killed, the victim of hand grenades blowing up her car. ..... A few days later, while walking amidst the nearby sand dunes, Alice trips over the bullet ridden body of another member of the poetry group. Alice is convinced that both victims were murdered by the same person. She uncovers the link between the two women, but her investigation yields no additional results. It is at her going home party attended by all the locals that she has recently met, that Alice inadvertently sets up the scene for a third murder. ....... Do not let the size of A CAT ON A BEACH BLANKET turn you into a scaredy cat because you will miss a great treat. Though the novel is a short read, there is plenty of ongoing action to satisfy readers who enjoy a fast paced mystery without lots of filler. Lydia Adamson provides readers more insight into Alice's background and early childhood then she has done with all the previous Nestleton mysteries combined. This piquant novel will lift readers's spirits for a few exciting hours during the summer solstice. .....Harriet Klausner