Scone Island: An Ike Schwartz Mystery

Synopsis

Ike Schwartz, sheriff of Picketsville, Virginia, and his fiance, Ruth Harris, president of a local university, survived a trying year of academic and local politics and now seek some peace and quiet on Scone Island, a rocky piece of land four miles off the coast of Maine. Its lack of electricity, a reliable water supply, and phone service guarantees their peaceful seclusion. The fact that there has been a suspicious accident resulting in the death of the mysterious Harmon Staley need not concern them at all. And it doesntuntil Ikes past as a CIA agent rolls in on him like the areas famous twelve-foot tides. Two more murders involving former colleagues elsewhere in the country have Ikes old friend from the agency, Charlie Garland, searching the files for a connection. However, stonewalling by the CIA, as well as conspiracies, real and imagined, mean that Ike and Ruth are alone on the island and facing an unknown number of determined assassins. To complicate matters, Ruths mother decides to drop in on them just as the excitement begins. Late arrivals by the director of the CIA and Charlie Garland only make matters worse. Meanwhile, Ruth daydreams of Plan BLas Vegasin hopes that she and Ike will finally be able to get away from it all while lost in the crowds.