October Online Book Club: Murder by the Seaside by Julie Anne Lindsey

Murder by the Seaside by Julie Anne Lindsey

Once Patience Price was downsized from the FBI, things went south from there.

Returning to her nearby Virginia island home, she decided to set up shop doing psychological counseling for residents. She had some fences to mend with an old boyfriend, her quirky parents, and the local sheriff. 

When her old boyfriend is accused of murder, she feels compelled to help clear his name but instead is swept into a disastrous crime wave. Like dominoes, her misfortunes fall one at a time until she’s fighting to protect her family, friends, and for her own life. 

On her side are two friends from the mainland FBI office where she formerly worked. Claire is a thoughtful bestie who always knows the right thing to say or do to make her feel better. Sebastian is the office crush who turns out to be more than an average special agent. He might make a good new beau if Patience could avoid danger longer than a few hours.

I liked Patience’s spunk, even if she does make a few cringy choices like going out for a boat ride alone at night. She’s smart and just trying to figure out where she fits into her new reality.

The Patience Price, Counselor at Large Series has three books. This series leans a little toward the traditional side of mysteries and includes some language and violent scenes, but nothing too graphic. There’s also a pretty strong romantic element that you don’t find in every series, but it totally works here because all the characters are also involved in the murder investigation. 

Julie Anne Lindsey is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty cozy mystery and romantic suspense novels. I liked Lindsey’s easy to follow writing style and action-packed story pace.