Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books/Macmillan USA for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was absolutely delightful from beginning to end. It was a mix of cozy mystery and comedy, with wonderful characters. Evie Mead and her sister Margot Chandler travel to Tregarrick Rock in the Scilly Isles after Evie's husband Robert dies of an apparent heart attack. His affairs are in a shambles after he lost money on a Safari Park tragedy, a Catamaran Company that was lost to a fire and doomed land deals. The hotel on Tregarrick Rock might be the only thing that Evie has left of him. Robert had loaned Jago Ferris one hundred thousand pounds and it's questionable whether it was repaid or not. Robert's accountant Nigel Hearst and his ditzy assistant Cherie seem very helpful but are they trustworthy?

Once on Tregarrick the sisters learn that the hotel is closed for the season. They find it rather stuck in the 1970's as far a decor and missing most amenities one would expect at the resort. They do meet a colourful group of people Jago Ferris, his wife Tegan and their son Cador. Also living at the hotel is Lily Travis, who for some reason lives in the best suite for free. Traveling to the island with them was Alex Karlsson from Stockholm a famous photographer who has some link to Tegan. The staff at the hotel consists of Dennis Simmonds who acts as the hotel manager and his niece Vanessa Parsons who works the front desk, cooks and serves the food. There is also Vicar Bill who is Lily's brother and his pet macaw Roger. Vicar Bill fancies himself a bit of a "Doctor Dolittle" who can talk to the animals.

The star of the book has to be Mister Tig. A tuxedo cat who has his own Instagram page. There is an enjoyable sequence where he is questioned by the police!!

When dead bodies start showing up naturally the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary of DS Patricia Williamson, PC Owen King and PC Kip Granger immediately assume that the strangers - namely the sisters are behind the crimes.

I can't wait for the next book in the series. It was an absolutely wonderful read and very engaging from the first page to the last. Definitely worth the 5 stars and more.

This was such a cozy murder mystery! I highly recommend reading this book, like I did, on a rainy day. This was a quick, fun read. I was able to finish it in one day. I really liked the Agatha Christie feel that think book had. I did find that I had a had time relating to the characters in this book though. Our main character is the recent widow to the love of her life husband, but she really doesn’t seem like she cares too much. As each character is murdered, no one seems to care too much. However, I did think this was a nice fun, light read. I would definitely pick up a copy for my grandma when this comes out, I think she would love this book. I’d be highly interested in continuing on with this series. The location sounds beautiful and I found myself googling the isles. I hope I have an opportunity to read more from this series in the future. Thanks netgally for allowing me to read this book before it was published.

Hannah Dennison has written several mystery series; this title is the first in a new one about the "Island Sisters."  The islands of the title are the Scilly Isles.  They make a great setting for a novel that bears some resemblance to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None as the characters are together on an island and can only go back to the mainland when/if the tides allow.

The Island Sisters are Evie and Margot.  Evie, who married the much older Robert, has recently been widowed.  Margot flies in from LA to support her but...does she have her own issues?  (No spoiler, as I am sure that you know the answer.) The two go to Tregarrick Rock where possibly Evie has a claim to the local hotel, a place where all the suites are named for mystery writers, but is her claim valid?  What about those on the island from the unhappily married couple, to the hotel employee with a prison record, the artist and the double named Lily who collects gossip, delivered island babies and seems to know everything?

There are several murders, a small police force, lots of walks in the mizzle (a cross between mist and drizzle) and more before all is revealed, as they say in mysteries.  Along the way, the pages easily turn.

This is a story that requires a good deal of suspension of disbelief.  There are many coincidences, interconnections and unlikely events.  That said, it was a quick, fun read.  I look forward to spending more time with Evie and Margot in the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the premise of the book and the quirky characters, however I would have liked a bit more character development.
I also found that the mystery part of the story took a back seat to the sisters talking about their husbands.
Overall it was a quick cozy mystery with some interesting characters and may be the start of an enjoyable series.

I enjoyed DEATH AT HIGH TIDE, the first installment of the Island Sisters series. It was a cozy mystery with quirky characters and a remote but beautiful setting. While it was a quick read, I look forward to future books in the series, where the characters might have a little more depth – this felt too surface level for me to ever be invested in the danger or secrets that each character faced. I’m hoping this will change as the series expands. I’m also a little bummed that I found the whodunnit pretty easy to solve. Overall, I was invested enough to be interested in other books in the series, but a little underwhelmed with the mystery. But the cat (and the cat psychic) and the cover were A+.

A death, and inheritance, and a murder are the perfect recipe to this well executed first installment. Almost like a setting of a gothic novel, this book introduces us to two sisters that are thrown into an old hotel and murder soon follows. Full of well written characters, twists and turns, and a perfectly written mystery, the reader will not be disappointed. A book you can read again and again.

This was a new series by Hannah Dennison. I have read her other series and thought I would give this a try. Overall I was a bit disappointed. The characters lack depth and it was hard to really get into the story because they seemed so one dimensional. Perhaps this will improve in future books. I did feel as if the condlusion of the whodunnit was a bit of a stretch and unlikely. It just didn't feel fully developed.

This book did not live up to the blurb provided.
It felt like it was trying to be a classic mystery like Agatha Christie but did not quite get there.
A cozy with a story of inherited property has been done to death (no pun intended).

Death at High Tide March 10, 2020
I love a good cozy mystery. The characters are usually a bit quirky and fun.
Plus this cover is great.
This is the first in the Island Sisters Mystery series.
I was excited about starting a new series. I was sure I was going to like this. I am a Harry Potter fan and yes! I have a Hogwarts tee "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" ~ Never tickle a sleeping dragon .
A mystery on a tiny island sounded like a great read for a rainy afternoon.
Unfortunately it didn’t rain until late at night and this turned out not to be the great read I was hoping.
However, Author has other novels that I may try.

Want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this early release granted in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this first entry in the Island Sisters Mystery series by Hannah Dennison. The story has some clever plot twists and turns and lots of humour set in a rather creepy hotel on a small island. I am hoping for a little more development of the sisters in the next entry as I found both sisters' characters not very sympathetic.

Sisters become closer upon the death of one's husband. Upon finding that her only inheritance could be a remote hotel, the sisters travel there for a weekend of relaxing while scoping out the island resort. The first in a new series, I think this is the best book I have read by this author and eagerly await the next installment.

This is a solid cozy with all of the elements that will please cozy readers. This is from an experienced author, so the pacing is good, as is the dialog and the story itself. Touch to go wrong with this one.

Thanks very much for the ARC for review!!

Thank you for letting me read this book. The setting was great and it felt like I was really there. Good who done it book that has you guessing til the end.

I received this eARC from the publisher through netgalley to try out a new cozy mystery author. It was a fast paced read with quirky characters and pretty random plot twists, though the characters are a bit too zany and not likeable enough for me. There's a grieving widow with a complicated relationship with her older husband but she comes off a little dense and not really expressing her grief, her sister is a typical brash American caricature, saying things that seem outlandish in their inappropriateness. A number of characters are introduced on the island, all with secrets and bizarre behavior but everyone seems to think all this is normal. There are multiple murders, which weirdly do not have much shock value, probably because of lack of normality in the story, and we have one revelation after the after, leading to the final solution & aftermath which, after everything ends up being pretty intriguing, if unpredictable. It is a fast paced easy read with evocative descriptions - I just wish I liked the characters enough to want to know more about them.

This is an excellent story and a rousing start of a new series titled Island Sisters. Dennison has created a sympathetic main character with young widow Evie Mead and her sidekick sister Margot. The setting is a remote island hotel off the Cornwall coast of England, providing a delightful nod to the master of suspense Agatha Christie. While there is no Poirot or Miss Marple, readers will thoroughly enjoy the intriguing cast of characters and the pile up of bodies. Dennison sets up a future for these two sisters with a solid performance in this first story.

This was a fast cozy little mystery! I love the cover and the cat! It was a twisted story all around. Everyone keeps secrets. Cozy mystery fans will enjoy this book. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the early copy

Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison is the first book in the Island Sisters mystery series.

Although the mystery is deftly woven I found it difficult for me to relate to either Evie or Margot. The setting of Tregarrick Rock Hotel in the Islands of Scilly was definitely atmospheric which deftly added to the mystery without overpowering the characters. A smoothly paced plot with an "edge of your seat" reveal.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book from Minotaur Books via NetGalley. All of the above opinions are my own.

This review was posted on Goodreads. Recently widowed Evie and her sister Margot decide to spend the weekend on one of the Isles of Scilly to see the hotel that Evie has inherited. Strange people with secretive ways and a palpable level of tension make the sisters' trip rather depressing. Two murders later the sisters are trapped on the island trying to figure out each person's possible motives.
This cozy mystery had a gothic feel at times and some of the back story and current story was a little convoluted, but overall it was an interesting and fast read. There were some moments of humor with Margot's film scouting ruse; which lightened the mood. Fans of British cozy mysteries will enjoy the trip to the islands off of Cornwall.

Death at High Tide was a cute, breezy mystery book about two sisters who find themselves at an old hotel on the Isles of Scilly. The sisters are both dealing with personal struggles that bring them together in this precarious situation at the hotel. This book is full of a quirky cast of characters all stuck on an island when a murder takes place.

This book seems more of a beach type - murder mystery novel but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. It was entertaining and easy read to break up some of the other books I have been reading.

This was a really fun book to read. I enjoyed the mystery and most of the characters. However, I do think that the character Margo was extremely unlikable because of her rude diva-like behavior, and I would have liked to have seen her written in a way that would have allowed me to find her appealing despite her shortcomings.

I do look forward to reading the next book and finding out what happens to Evie and Margo.