Oak Island Pay the Sandpiper

The owners of No Egrets and their quirky local patrons are back, raising a glass to a whole new level of coastal chaos. Pay the Sandpiper is the highly anticipated seventh book in the humorous Oak Island series, which began with Ripped Tide, the winner of the McGrath House Indie Award for Humor. Pay the Sandpiper, the book that answers the sixty-three-thousand-dollar question (almost as important as a sixty-four-thousand-dollar one): What, exactly, does the gang do when not hanging out at the No Egrets bar? It's the Fourth of July celebration in Southport and Pinhead Paul, the affable fish cleaner at the docks, turns paramedic to help an elderly woman with a medical emergency. Glenda is busy fumbling her way through a highly unconventional (and deeply embarrassing) self-defense class, while her husband Glenn is off to Washington, D.C. to see his mummy (the ancient, wrapped kind). Richard Crabgrass is moonlighting as a guide on a Wilmington ghost tour, while the Sonora sisters travel to Bald Head Island to drool over a local hunk playing croquet. Daniel O'Dwyer has headed home to see his mommy (the living kind). Meanwhile, Matilda, the ancient barfly, remains firmly planted in her seat at No Egrets testing out new cocktails and writing questionable poetry and dirty limericks. But a series of mysterious messages pulls the scattered crew back together. Stranded at the secluded Dowitcher Manor in the spooky heart of Green Swamp, they face a bizarre gauntlet of terrors: a camouflaged executioner, a terrifying creature known as the Green Swamp Golem, a glowing orb with a voice of its own, and a duo of vicious honey badgers appropriately named Chaos and Calamity. Is it time for the gang to finally pay the piper? Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey and Christopher Moore. A dash of mystery, a little romance, a splash of cozy, and a whole lot of zany. Praise for the Oak Island series: "Carney's books remind me of Jimmy Buffett songs. They're filled with quirky characters, inane circumstances, and lots of good hearts." -Lisa Shiroff, author of Show Up Dead. "Lance Carney has a great, deliciously warped sense of humor! There is a lot of Hiaasen in him." -Don Rich, author of the Coastal Adventure series.