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The mermaid mystery

In a small seaside town, something fishy's going on . . .Tidal Shores, a small seaside town in South Carolina, has seen its fortunes nose-dive. But not for much longer! The 'Big Ten' on the town council have come up with range of ingenious ideas to get tourists flocking back, from buried pirate trea...

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Main Author: Myers, Tamar (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Severn House, 2024.
Edition:First world edition.
Subjects:
Mermaids > Fiction.
Journalists > Fiction.
Hoaxes > Fiction.
Tourism > Fiction.
Coastal settlements > Fiction.
City and town life > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Summary:In a small seaside town, something fishy's going on . . .Tidal Shores, a small seaside town in South Carolina, has seen its fortunes nose-dive. But not for much longer! The 'Big Ten' on the town council have come up with range of ingenious ideas to get tourists flocking back, from buried pirate treasure to beauty pageants, but it's handsome taxidermist Gunner Jones' plan to dupe the public into believing that his creation 'Miss Lucy' - combining the top half of an albino ape with a large goliath tigerfish - is a real mermaid that wins the day. As Gunner's bizarre creature take centre stage, inquisitive reporter Zoe Porter isn't fooled by its supposed credibility, but with mermaid mania sweeping the country, will anyone believe her expose? And when events take a sinister turn, Zoe is suddenly drawn into a much darker story . . .
Physical Description:214 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781448313198
1448313198
Author Notes:Tamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo). Her parents were missionaries. She was sixteen when her family settled in America. In college she began to submit novels for publication, but it took 23 years for her to get published. Persistence paid off, however, because Tamar is now the author of two ongoing mystery series. One is set in Pennsylvania and features Magdalena Yoder, an Amish-Mennonite sleuth who runs a bed and breakfast in the mythical town of Hernia. The other is set in the Carolinas and centers around the adventures of Abigail Timberlake, the proud owner of a Charlotte (and later Charleston) antique store, the Den of Antiquity.

Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog, a Bengal cat, and an orange tabby rescue cat.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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