The Newcomer- Book Review

The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews

Letty Carnahan is on the run with her four-year-old niece Maya. Her sister has been murdered, her sister’s ex is hot on her trail and Letty has to get out of town. The only thing she has to go on is a photo of a motel in Florida she finds in her sisters "go bag". When she arrives, she finds an old motel, a pack of retirees and a police detective who seems to hang around more than he should. Will this quirky bunch accept Letty and Maya even when they find out her secret?

I absolutely loved this novel by Mary Kay Andrews. It had a murder mystery, hidden pasts, family secrets and a hint of romance. The main characters were so well written that I was drawn into the story by the second page. I did appreciate how the story focused on keeping Maya safe at all costs, and how Letty puts her life on hold, which made the story believable. The supporting characters that were staying at the motel were so humorous that you could not help but smile at their shenanigans. This was a five star plus read for me. Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Mary Kay Andrews and Netgalley for a copy of the book to read and review in exchange for my honest opinion. 

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MARY KAY ANDREWS is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels (including Hello, Summer; Sunset Beach; The High Tide Club; The Weekenders; Beach Town; Save the Date; Christmas Bliss; Ladies' Night; Spring Fever; and Summer Rental, all from St. Martin's Press, as well as Savannah Breeze; Blue Christmas; Hissy Fit; Little Bitty Lies; and Savannah Blues, all Harper Collins), and one cookbook, The Beach House Cookbook.

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, she earned a B.A. in journalism from The University of Georgia (go Dawgs!). After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers including The Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she spent the final ten years of her career, she left journalism in 1991 to write fiction.

Her first novel, Every Crooked Nanny, was published in 1992 by HarperCollins. She went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries, including the Callahan Garrity mystery series, under her real name, Kathy Hogan Trocheck. In 2002, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication of Savannah Blues. In 2006, Hissy Fit became her first New York Times bestseller, followed by twelve more New York Times, USA Today and Publisher's Weekly bestsellers. To date, her novels have been published in German, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Dutch, Czech and Japanese.

She and her family divide their time between Atlanta and Tybee Island, GA, where they cook up new recipes in two restored beach homes, The Breeze Inn and Ebbtide--both named after fictional places in Mary Kay's novels, and both available to rent through Tybee Vacation Rentals. In between cooking, spoiling her grandkids, and plotting her next novel, Mary Kay is an intrepid treasure hunter whose favorite pastime is junking and fixing up old houses.

Thank you so much for stopping by the farmhouse. Lynn

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