A Side of Sabotage

Reviewed by: Kerrie Lattari - York Middle School, York, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 2, 2018

Review

This is the third installment of the Quinnie Boyd Mysteries. We are brought back to the small coastal town of Maiden Rock, Maine where summer is about to swing into action but nothing is going smoothly. Quinnie's best friend Zoe is back from Scotland but she is having a hard time adjusting to life in the states, her budding romance with Dominic is on shaky ground as he and his family prepare to move, and a fancy new restaurant has popped up in town giving the locals and tourists a taste of fine cuisine and Gusty's some stiff competition. When things start going awry at Gusty's left and right, Quinnie is sure someone is purposefully sabotaging her family's business. She and her friends set out to catch the culprit and as usual, the answer is never what you expect. Surrisi did a decent job aging her characters who have come a long way from the more exaggerated and silly theories they posited in the previous stories. Fans of the first two books will enjoy this fun return to Maiden Rock.

Overall Book Score: good