This was published in 2013, and is part of the Death on Demand series. I really enjoy this series with Max and Annie Darling.
A woman disappears after a Fourth of July fireworks display, and no one except her stepdaughter seems to notice. Shell, the younger, second wife of Wesley Hurst, was a trouble maker. She made her husband, Wesley Hurst miserable, and had caused the break-up of his first marriage. Shell has a married lover she is threatening. She is also causing problems with her stepchildren. And then she and her new green Porsche disappear.
Most of the people in Shell's life are glad she's gone, and assume she has just taken off without telling anyone just to make trouble. But Shell's stepdaughter, Hayley, is worried, and asks Max Darling to discover just where Shell is.
While trying to determine where Shell and her car could be, Max discovers that one of the waiters at the club the evening that Shell disappeared has also ended up missing. Max also determines that Shell has to still be on the island, as no one has seen her leave.
I enjoy this series a lot, and the relationship between Max and Annie. I also find the other recurring characters, Emma Clyde, Henny Brawley and Max's mother, Laurel Darling Roethke, to be a wonderful addition to Max and Annie's sleuthing. However, in this story, the three of them are off on a cruise--although they manage to stay in touch and help out from a distance!
I found the mystery to be compelling, and had trouble putting the book down once I started reading it!
This is part of my Color Coded Challenge--7)--A book with white or any shade of white.
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