Hazards of the Game - Cedar Harbor, Bk 3 Author:Norma Tadlock Johnson House and cat-sitting at the posh development of Kamiak Hills is supposed to help Paula Madigan recuperate after the recent death of her domineering husband, Fred. But when she and her new next-door neighbor, Ellen Cogsdill, uncover a woman's hand in a sand hazard during a golf game, her life is changed. As if that isn't enough excitemen... more »t for one day, Paula learns that the thirteen-year-old granddaughter she didn't know existed, Laurie Shuler, is coming to spend the summer. Laurie settles in with ease. making friends with the two cats, Mum-mum and Carioca, but alarms her grandmother with her interest in the recent murder.
After Laurie makes friends with twelve-year-old Josh Cogsdill, the two begin an amateurish investigation. It seems that Kamiak Hills residents have a number of scandalous secrets, including an anonymouse letter-writer and possibly a blackmailer. Ignoring warnings that their snooping could be dangerous, the two are knocked into a ditch by a hit-and-run driver. Laurie remembers a large, silver-colored car, but feels there was something else she should be recalling.« less