Missing Twin

In Dead to Begin With by Vivian Conroy, three people return home to Maine after being away for years. One is the twin sister of a woman who disappeared 20 years ago; the second is the man accused but cleared of abducting her; and the third is trying to clear the man. This sets in motion a fire, another murder and the discovery of what happened 20 years ago.

Vicky Simmons returns to Maine after living in London for many years with the hopes of opening a British Country Gift Shop. When she encounters Diane Dobbs, the twin sister of the missing Celine, she wonders what new evidence Diane has and why she has returned to Glen Cove, Maine. And where does that leave Michael Danning, the man accused, but cleared in the disappearance of Celine?

While Vicky tries to organize and decorate her new story, she is drawn into the mystery. For years she had an unrequited crush on

Michael and she still feels he was wrongly accused. Now faced with a new murder she and Michael try to connect the dots from this murder to the previous one 20 years ago.

The mystery is intriguing and the guilty person is so artfully camouflaged, the solution is apparent until practically the end of the book. I look forward to more books in this series and other books by this author.