Murder in Barbados — Penelope Sotheby

Silence in the room. Anna's heart quickened and she turned the corner and saw fingers in the doorway to the bathroom."Oh, God, no!" Anna screamed and rushed over to the bathroom and saw a bloody body on the bathroom floor that was the same shape as Pauline's. The face had been bashed in and her hair was a blood soaked dark crimson red. Anna dropped to her knees, sobbing. Frantically, she felt for a pulse and couldn't find one. Howling, she pulled the body into her arms, rocking with it. Her heart pounded in her chest and the pain filling her at that moment caused her to struggle. The tears burned her eyes. The only person she truly could trust was dead in her arms and had parted the world without there being any forgiveness between them."The Grand Palatial hotel's event planner, Anna Winters, has had it up to here with wedding guests dropping dead before the happy couple even gets a chance to have their first dance. Fresh from Jamaica and beginning to make quite a name for herself as an amateur detective, all Anna wants to do is lay low in Barbados. Soak up the sun, maybe smooth things over with her best friend and co-worker, Pauline. Unfortunately, someone has other, more sinister plans. When the bride collapses during dinner, a victim of poisoned cous cous, all eyes go immediately to Anna for answers. She's barely holding her personal life together with her recent break-up, Cassandra's betrayal and Pauline's cold shoulder. How can she possibly keep her employer from firing her and catch a killer in the meantime?Relief comes in the form of one Detective Jensen. He knows all about Anna and takes a special interest in her sleuthing ability, among other things, and graciously shares his resources. It's a good thing, too. Otherwise an angry groom, a kidnapping, a rising body count and the notorious Phantom of Barbados might prove to be Anna's final undoing. Murder in Barbados is a cozy, tropical mystery with a persistent and lovable heroine who gives a whole new meaning