Something's Cooking at Dove Acres: A Young Adult Mystery

Maddie VanderWald has given up her life on the mainland to claim her late aunt's estate. One day she hopes to develop it into the bed and breakfast inn of her dreams. However, the will specifies that if she doesn't live on the isolated island, her second cousin will get everything and she'll be left in the cold.To make things worse, Maddie accidentally throws out a priceless diamond brooch while sorting her aunts things and must retrieve it from the dump.When someone vandalizes the estate. Maddie suspects Luke Garrett, an environmentalist but she has no proof. The islanders side with Luke, not the newcomer. During the investigation Maddie learns her property sits on part of a sacred Native American site. With hostile neighbors, environmentalists, vandalism, and Native American activists, what else could possibly go wrong? Can Maddie find a solution on this island only 26 miles off the coast of Southern California?

Author: Will Zeilinger
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/16/2018
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781986395953
ISBN10: 1986395952
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Coming of Age

About the Author
Will Zeilinger was born in Omaha Nebraska but spent five years of his youth in Turkey. That experience opened his eyes to travel and with his wife, Janet, they've had wonderful adventures together. He was a bit late to the writing game, working most of his adult life in advertising and marketing as a graphic designer and illustrator. Will received his degree from California State University, Long Beach. Will's solo novels include: The Final Checkpoint, Something's Cooking at Dove Acres and, The Naked Groom. He's co-authored Slivers of Glass, Strange Markings, Desert Ice, and Slick Deal with wife Janet Elizabeth Lynn. Will's short story Under the House, is in the anthology, Haunted Tales: Stories from Beyond the Grave (UK). He's also featured in Murder U.S.A. and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. Will lives a few miles from the beach in Southern California and has served on the board of directors at Sisters in Crime, Los Angeles. He currently serves on the board of California Writers Club of Long Beach.

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