This was a quick easy read, had a bit of humor, romance, murder and mystery. Not a deep plot but was an enjoyable fun read. Very detailed, the author used very descriptive explanations, if you closed your eyes after reading a paragraph, you could easily picture the “Beaver” and envision the river and hear the engines.
Not a great book, but was good, I liked it.
I received this book from Kobo Writing Life and NetGalley for an honest review. This one comes in at 4 stars.

I received a free electronic copy of this ARC novel from Netgalley, Peter Kingsmill, and Kobo Writing Life. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest, personal opinion of this work. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale and will look for more from Kingsmill. This is the first of a series, I hope. If you like action-adventure stories, Sunset at 20:47 is right up your alley.

This excellent debut novel covers a short span of time, from the morning of July 12 through the evening of July 26th. Our protagonists are all well presented, the setting wild and wonderful at the village on Awan Lake, Spirit River township in northern Alberta, Canada, in the present time and the excitement is steady and engrossing.

Frank Anderson is a carpenter and handyman, well respected in this tiny lakeside community and making a steady living out of his place, a 30x30 foot building with a 30x10 living area boxed off in the back, and his shop in the front. He is the owner of various interesting tools - a professionally set up boat - most all the bells and whistles available and Anderson is retired Coast Guard so he knows boats, a little Kubota tractor for moving dirt or snow, a pontoon barge for towing his Kubota and other incidentals to other places on the lake, an all-terrain vehicle, and an old Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck. Anderson meets the Webster sisters when Marjorie encounters a corpse in the lake while kayaking. She and her sister Wendy, are the only residents of a small island in the lake. Our bad guys are all concentrated on the north side of this big lake - a mining company, their henchmen, and several old hippy fanatics. And then there are the bad guys they know nothing about - yet.

The residents of this small community are all connected in some way, as are most small towns. Knowing the connections is essential to understanding the essence of that community - and Anderson is shushing it out as he goes along.

This is a story. A very long and very slow story. An incredibly boring story. When there is a little action, we're only told about it afterwards instead of being in it, except the very last part.