More bray-snorting ensued. “And spoil the surprise? Never in a million years.”
Then tell me about Sara Catherine. I’d forgotten all about checking in on her. I’d wanted to reassure Mamma and Daddy she was fine.
“What about her?” Colleen asked.
Is she…okay? Is she happy with the Causbys? Does she need anything?
“Sara Catherine is well taken care of. She’s fine. I watch after her.”
You do? Why? How is she a part of your mission?
Colleen laughed again. “I can see down the road a little farther than you can. Someone has to look after things here after you’ve retired.”
Retired? In case you haven’t noticed, I’m nowhere close to retirement age.
“And she’s only three,” said Colleen. “Don’t forget to fix me a plate. Don’t skimp on the gravy now. And I want two biscuits.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE
I’ve taken a slight liberty with time. Readers who live in Charleston County or visit frequently may notice this, so I wanted to explain. While this book will be released on September 3, 2019, the story takes place in the recent past, September 2015. This is only of note because Charleston is constantly changing. New inns and restaurants open and sometimes we lose those we love.
Because of the characters’ personal timelines, I needed Lowcountry Boomerang to be set in 2015. This is all Calista McQueen’s fault. Her story required Lowcountry Bombshell to take place in 2012, exactly fifty years after the death of Marilyn Monroe. And so the year of that book and all that come after was fixed.
That said, because readers like to know about restaurants and inns they can visit now, most of the locations in Charleston are portrayed in the book as they exist now. Cannon Street is not a one-way street any longer, though it was in 2015. The bed and breakfast, 86 Cannon, didn’t actually open until 2017, as did Brown Fox Coffee in Mt. Pleasant.
The exception to this wrinkle in time is that St. Andrews Church in Mt. Pleasant, which stood whole in 2015, was ravaged by a fire April 22, 2018, and the main ministry building is now in the process of being rebuilt. The church is written into this story as it stood in 2015.
I hope you enjoy roaming the streets of Charleston with Liz as much as I do!
About the Author
Susan M. Boyer is the author of the USA Today bestselling Liz Talbot mystery series. Her debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations, including the Macavity. The third in the series, Lowcountry Boneyard, was a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Okra Pick, a Daphne du Maurier Award finalist, and short-listed for the Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize. Susan loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You’ll find all of the above in her novels. She lives in Greenville, SC, with her husband and an inordinate number of houseplants.
The Liz Talbot Mystery Series
by Susan M. Boyer
LOWCOUNTRY BOIL (#1)
LOWCOUNTRY BOMBSHELL (#2)
LOWCOUNTRY BONEYARD (#3)
LOWCOUNTRY BORDELLO (#4)
LOWCOUNTRY BOOK CLUB (#5)
LOWCOUNTRY BONFIRE (#6)
LOWCOUNTRY BOOKSHOP (#7)
LOWCOUNTRY BOOMERANG (#8)
LOWCOUNTRY BOONDOGGLE (#9)
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