More Dam Trouble

Author Earl Smith returns us to the quaint Maine lakeside village of Belfry with another delightful comic crime caper filled with colorful scenes and bold characters that will remind readers of places and people they already know. More Dam Trouble, a stand-alone sequel to Smith’s successful first novel, The Dam Committee is, according to Kate Flora (winner of the 2013 Maine Book Award for Crime Fiction), “a richly satisfying and entertaining story of small town Maine with all the atmosphere, secrets, rivalries, ambition and jealousy of the real thing.” In this three-plotted tale, our heroes wrestle with a case of arson in the burning of the Belfry Grand Hotel, battle plans for a giant theme park in middle of town, and, of course, work to unravel a mysterious murder by the dam. This book holds plenty of groans and gasps and giggles, all the way to surprising ending.