Arrivals and Arrests
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Fenella Woods has only met a few people during the twenty-four hours she's been in Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man. She's shocked when she discovers one of them dead in an alley behind her apartment building. Struggling to adapt to her new life in a foreign country seems easy compared to coping with finding herself in the middle of a murder investigation. Nearly fifty and newly single, Fenella meets a handsome police inspector, a dashing new neighbor, and a sophisticated businessman, all of whom have her questioning her determination to remain unattached. Having a ghost for a roommate and a kitten as an uninvited houseguest has her questioning her decision to start a new life on the small island in the Irish Sea after all.
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About this book
Fenella Woods is nearly fifty, recently single, and barely one day into her new life in Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man, when she stumbles on a body in the alley behind her apartment building. The victim is someone she has only just met. Within hours, Fenella finds herself caught up in a murder investigation on an island where she knows almost nobody and understands very little about local life.
The story follows Fenella as she tries to settle into an unfamiliar place while navigating unwanted attention from several directions. A police inspector, a neighbor, and a local businessman each complicate her plan to stay independent. At home, her situation is no less unusual: a resident ghost shares the apartment, and a stray kitten has moved in without invitation. These details set the tone for the book, which mixes light supernatural elements with the mechanics of an amateur detective plot.
Diana Xarissa sets the novel on the Isle of Man, a small self-governing territory in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland. The island's compact geography and tight community give the mystery a contained setting where strangers stand out and secrets circulate quickly.
