An Amazon Kindle #1 selection for Mystery Thriller and Suspense. (Formerly published as "The Seasons of the EmmaLee")One Grand Ship. Two love affairs, decades apart. An idyllic summer resort town torn apart by class struggles, tragic loss, betrayal and murder.Jonathan McKendry, the poor son of a local boatyard owner in a 1940's northern Michigan resort town, is falling in love with Emily Compton, the daughter of a wealthy family who summer in Charlevoix and own the grand ship, the EmmaLee. As class differences and family pressures threaten any hope of the relationship succeeding, a shocking crime shatters their dreams of being together and throws them into a desperate search for a brutal killer.In a parallel story in present-day, Sally Thomason, a descendant of the Compton's, is thrilled to join the Charlevoix community in welcoming back the family's old yacht, the EmmaLee after decades away....

In this follow-up to the classic, best-selling family saga of The Seasons of the EmmaLee, Michael Lindley revisits the idyllic resort community of Charlevoix, Michigan. The Summer Town continues the story of the McKendry’s, the Compton’s, and George Hansen, now in the 1950’s; as well as the love affair of Sally Thomason and Alex Clark and the magnificent cruising yacht, the EmmaLee, in present day.The Summer Town is the tale of two parallel stories, bridging time and a vast cultural divide.In the early 1950’s, a scandalous assault late one night in the dunes along the beach sets off a series of events that pit lawyer George Hansen, defending a local Native American boy, against a group of elite summer residents of Charlevoix. At the same time, Jonathan McKendry, now married to physician, Emily Compton McKendry, finds himself desperately struggling to save his wife and a young family from a wretched and murderous father.The modern-day...