Poisoned Pen
Published June 16, 2026
Reviewed by Barbara Fister
Evoking the Golden Age of crime fiction that the author has so thoroughly studied, Hemlock Bay places Rachel Savenake, an amateur sleuth who is recognized as an expert, at a new upscale seaside resort where she investigates a crime that hasn’t happened. Rather, her friend Jacob Flint – a crime reporter – has clued her in to the possibility a murder might be committed, thanks to a tip from a rattled fortune teller.