Narrator: Khristine Hvam

The blurb is a little misleading. Charlie is actually intending on surfing, although she can barely stand up on the board, in hopes of winning one of the raffle prizes. So she is right there when one of the surfers is found dead, stabbed while on his board. When Charlie realizes that her friend, Vesper, will be one of the cops' main suspects, she decides she has to investigate. Her boyfriend/ police detective is also on the case which makes it a bit awkward. I don't know. This one was fun. Charlie was her usual entertaining self; Rosie and Dot are as resourceful as ever; Jake is (almost) following the rules, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as some of the others. Maybe it was because the dead man was one of the charming jerks that women know will cheat on them but date him anyway, He also wasn't making great business decisions, so we have plenty of suspects....

Pina Colada Poison, like the other Charlie Gibson mysteries, is fun and over the top. This time around an actress staying on the island is afraid that someone is trying to kill her, that the drink that killed her yoga teacher was meant for her. She's also trying to track down another client's missing husband. The mysteries were fine, if predictable. We had several suspects and red herrings, but the twist wasn't much of a surprise. I really enjoy Charlie - she's stubborn and snarky and her plans tend to go awry in amusing ways. Her friends, Dot and Rosie, are fabulous older women with plenty of skills. The three together are a hoot....