Mourning Bay

A Port Stirling Mystery, Book 6

By: Kay Jennings

Narrated by: Matt Haynes

Fans of Kendra Elliot, Harlan Coben, Elly Griffiths, and Melinda Leigh will devour this thrilling, suspenseful story.

A prominent local woman, Hannah Oakley, drives to beautiful Mourning Bay State Park on the rugged southern Oregon coast, leaves her glasses and a mysterious note on a piece of driftwood, and then walks into the bay, committing suicide—or does she?

Police chief Matt Horning makes a promise to the woman’s grieving husband to further investigate the disappearance of his wife, but with no body, no crime scene, and no witnesses, he doesn’t have much to go on. Matt’s colleagues join in to solve this twisty case, but will an aggressive new detective in the Port Stirling police department upset the camaraderie of the local cops? Is it suicide or is it murder? And if it’s murder, is Hannah’s disappearance just the beginning of a new evil in their community?

From its puzzling, mysterious opening to its shocking conclusion, Mourning Bay, Book 6 in the Port Stirling Mystery series, will remind you to not accept life at face value.

©2023 Kay Jennings (P)2023 Kay Jennings

A real winner!

Came across this series by accident and so glad I did! The author does a great job presenting plenty of suspects - even when you're sure who the guilty is/are, you'll find yourself wondering if you're wrong at least once along the way. She also does a fabulous job of representing the Oregon coast in its many iterations.
Matt Haynes, as always, does a wonderful job giving voice to the characters.

A good series close to home

There just aren’t enough good series that take place on my home turf and this is one of them. Really like the reader as well, he puts a lot of nuance into his interpretation of the story.

Another Fantastic Read!

Kay is such a gifted writer who keeps you guessing until the end. The story line and characters are so well developed- just another fantastic read. I love this series so much I got a friend hooked and she finished the entire series in a just a few weeks. Her books never disappoint! The cherry on top for me in Mourning Bay was to have a character named after me (I am the person who won her contest). It’s like seeing/ hearing your name up in lights. Waiting with anticipation for the next installment in this series!

Well dont care for the different narrator

Good story. I like all the characters… but the new narrator just sounds too much like Matthew McConaughey. After the first 4 books and getting to know the characters by voice, I feel like I don’t know these people now. Also I’ve enjoyed the personal messages at the end of the books from Kay Jennings .. this last book i listened too .. pretty sure it was the narrator giving the authors messages. I didn’t like that .

Loved this book!!

My mother got me started on this series and I love it!! I live on the Oregon coast so it is easy for me to picture what this area is like especially with the detailed descriptions given in this book. I’m very much looking forward to the next one!!