John Howard Reid is a prize winning author and writing contests judge. He has also worked as a publisher, editor, critic and bookseller. As a fiction writer, Reid first achieved fame in England and Australia for a series of detective novels, all featuring a Miami police sergeant named Merryll Manning, who made his debut in “Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island” set in the Florida Keys.
John was kind enough to send me copies of this book to read and giveaway here on my blog. Thank you John!
Trapped on Mystery Island is the first in a series featuring Merryll Manning, a police sergeant who has gone away for the weekend with his girlfriend for a mystery weekend on a remote island. There are many guests who have paid to be there for a chance at a $5,000 pot for solving the mystery that is played out for them. However, things don’t go quite as planned as some guests are murdered on the island and it isn’t a part of the script! Because of Merryll’s background, he attempts to figure out who doesn’t belong on the island before anyone else is murdered.
I enjoyed this book because I was not able to figure out who the killer was in this book. There were many times where I thought it was one character or another but then something would happen and I would be wrong and have to start looking at the clues again. I also liked that it was set at a murder mystery weekend where at first the guests wouldn’t have suspected anything was wrong because that should have been part of the game. However, once things were evidently wrong their true personalities came through.
If you like mysteries and like to be kept in suspense, check out this first book in the series and the second which is The Health Farm Murders.
To Win a Copy:
Leave a comment on this blog and I will draw 4 winners on July 12th. Yes, John kindly sent me 4 copies to giveaway.
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I love reading mystery thrillers. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Can’t remember when I last read a mystery. It sounds like a good one!
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Sounds like a great book. I love a good mystery that is hard to figure out. Thanks for the giveaway.
Sounds fun, like a new twist on a country house style mystery.
Ok, I like the idea of not being able to tell whodunit until the end.
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I always love to read mysteries that are set “within mysteries” … because there are so many opportunities for tricky clues! This sounds like a fun read!!
I love a good mystery and would enjoy this one for sure.
You said “I enjoyed this book because I
was not able to figure out who the killer was in this book.”
Sounds like my kind of read. I love it when I am duped even when all the clues are present as to the killer’s identity.
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What a fun blog, glad I found it. I’m always interested in new books, especially
mysteries. Will put this on my favorites to check back. I found you on PBS by the way.
Sounds like a fun read…I’m always up for books set in Florida, which is where I live. If the mystery is engrossing, it’s even more rewarding!
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