Analytical Essay On Hook, Line, And Murder

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The novel “Hook, Line, and Murder” the forty sixth installment of Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain and Renée Paley - Bain's “Murder, She Wrote” mystery series, which is based on a wildly popular T.V. series that ran from 1984 to 1996. In this story, Jessica Fletcher is once again thrown into another mystery when she signs up for the annual fishing derby in the small town of Cabot Cove, Maine, where she lives. Her friend Seth is worried about her spending a week up in the wilderness by herself in the cabin that she rented from the mayor especially for the competition, and is able to convince Jessica to take Maureen Metzger, the wife of Mort Metzger, the sheriff, with her, if only for two days. Maureen is all but too excited to spend a weekend …show more content…

Jessica is able to convince Maureen to stay behind on the morning of the second day and rest from the burn, and then go fishing later on in the afternoon when the sun has gone down a bit and its rays aren't as harsh. When Jessica returns from her morning session, she finds Maureen gone, but simply assumes that she went out for a walk, although she is still a bit worried. After a few hours pass, she is sure that Maureen has gotten lost and notifies the sheriff, who sends out a team to search the woods for his wife. Mort and Ms. Fletcher do their own investigating and find evidence that leads them to believe that Maureen was kidnapped by Darryl Jepson, a murder who escaped prison and is speculated to be roaming the area around Cabot Cove. The search continues on and it isn't going too well, leading to more and more people becoming worried and anxious, the tense situation taking a toll on them all. Although Mort doesn't want her involved, fearing she may get hurt as well, Jessica still digs around town, hoping to uncover information that may be useful, which is able to do through her persistence. On top of the manhunt for Jepson and the search for Maureen, Wes Caruthers's murder, which occurred during the derby, before Ms. Metzger was kidnapped, is still being investigated, although all signs seem to point to Darryl

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