title: Who More Than Wished You Were Dead? (A Marge Christensen Mystery, 3)
author:  Patricia K. Batta 
description: A dead body discovered on the beach interrupts Marge's plans for enjoying a vacation at the shore with her children.  When Marge's son is implicated in the murder, Marge must unravel a tangle of relationships, motives and opportunity to find the real killer.
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  “What good is your life going to be to you if you’re dead?”
  
  
  “About the same as it is if I’m not in control of it.”
  
  
  Clarke’s stare was not kind. Or gentle. It was pointed. Searing. She didn’t
  flinch. Or back away. In fact, her chin lifted a bit as she glared back at
  him.
  
  
  “Are you telling me that you were wrong? That you don’t think the killer will
  be there tonight?” Everleigh asked. “Or that you don’t feel you have a good
  chance, the quickest chance, of finding out what’s going on, if you’re there?”
  
  
  “No. But I might have misjudged the danger to you in going to the party,” he
  said.
  
  
  “And I might have misjudged the danger to you in hiring you,” she shot back.
  “I’m like a time bomb and you’re right beside me. If I explode, you could die,
  too. Or be badly hurt.” It wasn’t like he’d be any more capable of stopping a
  flying bullet aimed at them than she would.
  
  
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  **The Coltons of Grave Gulch: Falling in love is the