Bimini Twist

The disappearance of Bianca Chiriac, a 19-year-old Romanian exchange student working at the Bar Harbor Resort, drives Greenlaw’s satisfying fourth outing for part-time Hancock County (Maine) deputy sheriff Jane Bunker (after 2017’s Shiver Hitch). Jane’s search for Bianca takes her to the waters off Bar Harbor, where she helps rescue Ron, a local fisherman whose boat was deliberately run down by another boat. When Ron later dies, Jane thinks his death should be investigated as a crime. Meanwhile, another student goes missing, and a fisherman’s boat is found circling with no one aboard. On hand for much of the action is a mysterious, handsome boat captain named Pete, who piques Jane’s interest and becomes her date for the region’s annual swanky soirée. But is it a coincidence that Pete keeps turning up at crime scenes? Greenlaw, a bestselling nonfiction author and a fisherwoman, smoothly blends murder, mayhem, nautical lore, and the slimmest sliver of hope that Jane has found true love. (June)