Safe Harbour by Mike Martin

Safe Harbour: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series Book 10 by Mike Martin

Release: June 1, 2021
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing
Source: Pump up Your Book Tours
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Welcome back to Sgt. Windflower Mysteries, where there’s always something good cooking and another seat at the table. Sgt. Windflower is on a special assignment in St. John’s and adjusting to life in the big city. He is navigating traffic, a difficult boss at work, and what seems like an epidemic of missing girls. He becomes more interested when he discovers that one of the girls is from Grand Bank. Then a girl approaches his RCMP van one night, and he is pulled into the underline of the capital city.

Safe Harbour is a twirling, swirling mystery in the foggy streets of one of the oldest cities in North America. There are outlaw biker gangs and overwhelmed local police officers who need Sgt’s sharp eye and keen mind. Windflower to help them cut through the haze and find the answers to the riddle of the missing teenagers hiding in plain sight of the authorities. A story of a man and his family growing up together with plenty of good food, old and new friends. Share the joy and heartbreak of living so close to the Atlantic Ocean.

About the Author:

Mike Martin was born in St. John’s, NL, on the east coast of Canada and now lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a long-time freelance writer, and his articles and essays have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and online across Canada and the United States and New Zealand.

He is the author of the award-winning Sgt. Windflower Mystery series set in beautiful Grand Bank. There are now 10 books in this light mystery series with the publication of Safe Harbour. A Tangled Web was shortlisted in 2017 for the best light mystery of the year, and Darkest Before the Dawn won the 2019 Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award. Mike has also published Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries, a Sgt. Windflower Book of Christmas past and present.
Mike is the Past Chair of the Board of Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization promoting Canadian crime and mystery writers, and a Newfoundland Writing Guild and Ottawa Independent Writers.

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Safe Harbour Review:

I read the previous book “A Perfect Storm” last year and eager to see the new installment in the Sgt. Windflower series. The book was equally entertaining, and I enjoyed revisiting the characters.

To begin with, I enjoy the author’s writing style is because of the emphasis he puts on family life. More than the mystery, I loved reading about Windflower’s idyllic life with Sheila, Stella, and Amelia Louise. I enjoyed Stella’s side storyline of not talking and having a hard time in kindergarten. In this book, I also enjoyed the scenes between Windflower and Pittman and the wisdom Windflower imparts. On a side note, I also liked the author’s sayings and inspirational quotes in their conversations.

Moreover, Windflower is a great character, and his character stays consistent with the previous novels. I liked the crime element of the story and how Windflower investigates the case of the missing girls. Similar to the last book, I also loved Sgt. Windflower’s unique talents for dream weaving. His interactions with various animals like the raccoon, duck, and beaver gave this book a special touch. I loved how the creatures gave him clues to solve the case. It was also interesting to see Windflower’s rivalry with Lars Lundquist. As the story progresses, you realize that the mystery is wrapped in a more extensive operation, making it intriguing to read.

Overall, “Safe Harbour” is a lovely continuation of the series. However, even if you have not read the previous books in the series, you can still read this one as a standalone.