Island Murders (A Carroll Davenport Mystery)

Island Murders (A Carroll Davenport Mystery) by Canada, Wanda. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780977003303.

Figure Eight Island is not what you d call a sleepy little hamlet. Home to million-dollar houses and wealth, the island near Wilmington, North Carolina is the place to live and vacation for the South s privileged class. Contractor Carroll Davenport doesn t party with the jet-setters; she builds houses for them. But when an arsonist destroys a house she s building and her job supervisor is found buried under ten feet of topsoil, Carroll is drawn into a world of drug smuggling, corruption and murder. It s enough to wreck her day. The challenging task of keeping Carroll safe becomes perilous when a rogue cop pegs her as the murderer. Under the protective eye of Sheriff Stan Council and with the help of a not-unattractive off-duty FBI agent, Carroll struggles to clear her name but what she doesn t know could get her and everyone she loves killed.