Shooting at Loons

Any novel containing animal death will not receive five stars from me. Even books on love or protection must be happy, to earn my star allotted to enjoyment separately from story writing excellence. Four stars are earned by stories that curb disturbing aspects, with an acceptable reason for their us......more

Loons are an endangered species. Shooting at loons is illegal. But that doesn't keep folks on Harkers Island from taking their shot. They grew up doing it, and outsiders coming in to regulate their lives just seems like an unwarranted act of arrogance. Besides, loon stew is good eating. And what can......more

I can’t say I read this book, more like I skimmed it. Was there a story in there somewhere? A whole lot of dialogue about gaming laws and land purchases and … zzzzzzz … somebody gets murdered and I think somewhere in all the talk talk talking you find out why … zzzzz …. zzzzzzzzzzz......more

Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron is the third in her Deborah Knott mystery series and in this book Deborah has been sent pro tem to Beaufort (pronounced BOW - fort, not BYEW - fort like that other place down in South Carolina) to fill in for a judge who is ill. She has a cousin who has a small ho......more

I loved this book, it kept me guessing until the very end. So many suspects, and I learned a great deal about life on the water, and the people that make a living there and those who try to take that away. I'm really enjoying Margaret Maron's mysteries, and Judge Deborah Knott's way of somehow beco......more