While they’re at it, Riley decides to solve another crime that was committed on the island that I cannot divulge. So she teams up with her best friend, Parrish, to find out the cause of her family’s dwindling fortune. Riley discovers that some of the “Belle Isle Barbies” know more about what’s going on with her family’s problems than she does. And for the first time in her life, Riley Griggs has money problems.
Her brother has a drinking problem and her mother doesn’t know how to mind her own business. Riley’s marriage is falling apart and her twelve year-old daughter, Maggie, was recently diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. The Weekenders was written by a talented writer who has a clever way of solving mysteries, with some humor and romance thrown in. Despite the bad events that open the book, this really is a fun read. Riley usually looks forward to each summer, however this year the season is marked by tragedy and the revelation of some family secrets. Her family dates back on the island over hundred years ago – her grandfather was one of the original settlers. Now Riley must uncover the truth of about what's happened on Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything.Riley Griggs has spent summers on Belle Isle, located off the coast of North Carolina, her whole life. Riley turns to her island friends for help and support, but it soon becomes clear that each of them has secrets of their own and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens.in a murderous way. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. Riley has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn.
Others come only for the weekends, and the mix between the regulars and "the weekenders" can sometimes make the sparks fly. Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina.
The Weekenders is a delightful novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Beach, Mary Kay Andrews.
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