The phoenix nest

by Margaret Hermes

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Summary

The PHOENIX NEST is a mystery novel in which the unlikely sheriff of a cozy resort town in Maine struggles to balance his personal life and his professional duty. A murder threatens to tilt the balance, and the more Trout discovers, the less he knows.
Brilliant and narcissistic, Nathan was the second son of one of the East Coast's first families. A year past, he embezzled from the family business and disappeared. Then he disappeared again . . . and again.
Elegant and enigmatic, Eve arrived to throw a new light on the puzzle of the missing embezzler. She seemed frozen in another time, yet without a past of her own. Was she involved with Nathan? And just how involved was Trout becoming with Eve?
After the disappearance of his brother Nathan, Gerald assumed new responsibilities -- and a new personality.
As he searches for the murderer, Trout encounters bizarre turns, twisted personalities, and ambivalence within himself.

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