Amanda Siegrist writes some sweet romance, and also walks on the darker side with her romantic suspense. I enjoyed getting to know this characters and meeting the family. I look forward to more of the McCord series.
Always Kind of Love by Amanda Siegrist is a sweet romance that ends with a happy ever after. It was part of an anthology, but has been released on its own.
A second chance.
Nine years later…
A matchmaking attempt backfires in a big way.
Always Kind of Love by Amanda Siegrist is a quick read with a light touch. I quickly became involved with the characters, each having a story I want to know.
The only question is was left with…what about the fires?
Seeing this is a series, I think we’ll find out later and get more in depth with the McCord family, spotlighting each character in the future stories and I look forward to learnng their stories.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy Always Kind of Love by Amanda Siegrist.
3 Stars
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From USA Today bestselling author Amanda Siegrist comes a heartwarming series that will make you swoon…and maybe even shed a few tears.
The
last thing Ethan McCord wants to deal with is his old high school
flame, even though his desire for her hasn’t diminished. Battling the
burning blazes and an arsonist bent on destruction is nothing compared
to fighting the temptation to rekindle the love he always wanted.
The entire McCord Family Novel series: (Each book in this series can be read as a standalone.)
♡ Protecting You (Book 1): Zane & Ava ♡ Trust in Love (Book 2): Austin & Sophie ♡ Deserving You (Book 3): Emmett & Deja ♡ Always Kind of Love (Book 4): Ethan & Penelope
Love!
Gimme some love and heaps of romance. I have a sappy heart that just
loves two people meeting, going through the cycles of a relationship,
and ultimately, falling in love. Give me a good book like that and I’m a
happy camper:)
I write contemporary and romantic suspense, but I am partial to suspense. I just love a good mystery.
Besides writing, I love baking, crafts, and baseball…oh, and meeting new people. *smiles*
I picked up Dawnvel Druids by William Collins on 11.27.19, after William approaching me on Goodreads. It was free on Amazon and looked like a quick read, so why not?
At the time I am writing this post, it was still FREE on Amazon, but check for the “0”.
Instead of being out doing teenage things with her friends on Friday night, Simone is scoring drugs for her father and battling supernaturals.
Bobby had come to Dawnvel Academy after hearing about the missing students. His favorite TV show was about solving murders done by supernaturals, but he’s not the heroic type. Will he rise above his fears? His first nite, another missing student.
Many supernaturals appear as Dawnel Academy and the town come under attack. Dawnvel Academy is an Otherworld gateway. Druids are the protectors, but a helpful weretiger, gargoyles, and ghost lend a hand.
How did Bobby get into the academy? He’s a foster child. Doesn’t know who his parents are. And who are the Perfect?
As the action picks up, Bobby finds his place, as will Simone.
There is the usual teenage angst of going to a new school, but Dawnvel is so much more and even though Bobby seems an unlikely candidate for what is to come, he must face it head on.
We have monsters and danger and though I found no book surprises, I enjoyed the Dawnvel Druids and look forward to finding out what happens next.
3 Stars
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For fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed and the Dresden Files.
As a druid, seventeen-year-old Simone Singh lives by three rules: gargoyles must be destroyed, her identity remains secret, and she can never attempt dark sorcery. Only now the number of gargoyles are growing, her identity has been uncovered and her best friend has been murdered by dark magic.
Simone and the damaged oddballs she calls friends pretend to be normal students at Dawnvel Academy, but are secretly gargoyle slaying, wand-wielding druids, who occasionally time travel.
On the same day her clan leader is killed, the new boy at Dawnvel, Bobby, sees her slay a gargoyle. Simone soon learns the hapless Bobby is a druid too, he just doesn’t know it. She decides to train Bobby whilst she leads the clan, which includes the tormented ex-boyfriend she might still be in love with and the pansexual party girl who has always loathed her. Worse, the dark druid is trying to knock them off one by one.
As she hunts down the killer hiding amongst them, Simone and Bobby’s friendship begins turning into something more, before Bobby displays signs of dark magic himself. She can’t believe anyone she cares for could be the dark druid, but the killer can only be someone she knows and trusts. Her own life and everyone she cares about is at risk.
Told from the dual viewpoints of Simone and Bobby.
ABOUT WILLIAM COLLINS
William Collins is a 26-year-old writer from the UK and the author of The Realmers Series and the short stories, Realmer Chronicles.
A Darker Shade of Sorcery is the first in the series, followed by Moonlight War Act I and Moonlight War Act II, already released.
The Fourth book in the series, Angels and Elves, is coming soon.
I have been a long time fan of Dean Koontz, though I haven’t reviewed many of his books. I especially love his old time horror, but The Whispering Room is horror of a human kind and I am lovin’ the Jane Hawk series.
The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz is Book II of the Jane Hawk series. The books need to be read in order, and when I started the series, I had no idea there are five books, looooong books, but I am lovin’ them.
The Whispering Room picks up where The Silent Room leaves off.
I must warn you about the characters. There are so many great ones introduced, but many will not survive, so be careful who you become enamored with. She has ‘friends’ that offer their help, some willingly, some not so willingly, but this is a solo operation and she works best alone.
“They’ll all know about you in The Whispering Room.”
I loved when Jane put her mission aside to render assistance to a family. It shows what kind of person she really is. This is a nice touch, because most of the story is spent with Jane traveling here to there in search for answers.
The high and mighty sociopaths are culling the population. Why? What makes the victims such a threat? How did they even come to think of such horror? And all the other twisted, perverted things they do?
Iron Furnace, Kentucky makes the Stepford Wives look like child’s play.
Utopia…one man’s vision is another man’s horror.
I know, with the digital world we live in, there is no such thing as privacy. Every time we step foot outside our homes, we are being watched. Anyone can be found anywhere. But there are even more threats out there and I wonder if something like this could happen in the future.
I loved that I made a quick appearance, or at least my name did, Sherry. That’s always fun to see.
The action ramps up in The Whispering Room. I was not able to quit reading, rapidly flipping the pages and I mourn for some of the characters that fall victim.
Are ‘they’ going to ‘win’? How can they not? But this is fiction, so I know (?) Jane has to come out victorious.
I checked out The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz from the library and have already downloaded the next book, The Crooked Staircase.
4 Stars
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Jane Hawk—fiction’s
most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine—continues her battle
against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner.
“No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this.”
These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered,
beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she takes her own life,
and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage. When the disturbing
contents of her secret journal are discovered, it seems certain that she
must have been insane. But Jane Hawk knows better.
In the wake
of her husband’s inexplicable suicide—and the equally mysterious deaths
of scores of other exemplary individuals—Jane picks up the trail of a
secret cabal of powerful players who think themselves above the law and
beyond punishment. But these ruthless people bent on hijacking America’s
future for their own monstrous ends never banked on a highly trained
FBI agent willing to go rogue—and become the nation’s most wanted
fugitive—in order to derail their insidious plans to gain absolute power
with a terrifying technological breakthrough.
Driven by love for
her lost husband and by fear for the five-year-old son she has sent
into hiding, Jane Hawk has become an unstoppable predator. Those she is
hunting will have nowhere to run when her shadow falls across them
ABOUT DEAN KOONTZ
Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling
Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers,
Dean Ray Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around
the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character,
mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be
human.
Dean,
the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern
California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the
enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
I am a huge fan of Jane Blythe and Amanda Siegrist. I loved the first book in the series, Drowning in You, so to continue on and read about Miles and Jade is a no brainer.
Jade lives in a friendly neighborhood, so when Miles asked her over for pizza and a movie she jumped on it. She is a cop, working on a tough case and could use a break. She has no idea he has a huge crush on her.
Miles is a computer whiz. He is shy, a nerd, and she has doesn’t realize how much he will help when she needs it most.
HE was peeping through the window, watching his next victim. He likes Charlie a lot and thinks about not hurting her…but that won’t stop him.
As Jade and her partner, Carter, begin investigating Charlie’s disappearance, she felt sure it was the serial killer they were looking for. There had been three women found in the park and she was afraid Charlie would be the fourth.
The title is appropriate, because Jade is terrified of the dark. At times her fear paralyzes her, putting her in danger because of her inability to act.
We have plenty of suspects and as we begin to eliminate them, one by one. The clock is ticking. Will they catch him before he kills again? The suspense is building, because I do know what comes next. At least, I think I do. And it’s not good.
We all know Jade and Miles will hook up, so to say the romance is a slow burn works. Have you ever looked at someone and, all of a sudden, saw them in a completely different way, like they’re not the same person you always knew? That’s Jade.
When I hear a noise at Miles door…
Each book introduces us to a new couple that will face danger and fall in love and are able to stand alone. Out of Darkness contains all I need for a horrible mystery to be solved with enough danger to fill me with suspense and characters that will enthrall me to the very end.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Out of the Darkness by Jane Blythe & Amanda Siegrist.
4 Stars
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Don’t turn out the lights. Anything can hide in the dark.
Some
childhood fears follow you into adulthood. Detective Jade Hawkins is
smart, reliable, and successful at her job. At least that’s what she’d
like everyone to believe, but, in reality, she leaves a tiny piece of
herself with every victim of every case she works. She’s starting to
wonder whether one day she will run out of pieces of herself to give,
but when a case has her needing the expertise of a friend, she may
realize that what she’s been searching for could have been right in
front of her all along.
Miles Thomas isn’t shy to admit he’s an
expert in computers. Women, on the other hand—that’s an entirely
different story. When his friend Jade asks for help in her latest murder
case dissecting the victim’s computer, he doesn’t hesitate. He loves
computers; they’re his forte, but he also can’t deny Jade anything
because he likes her way more than a friend. If only he had the nerve to
tell her. He might be shy to admit his feelings, but he refuses to back
down when he sees how much Jade truly needs him—no matter what he has
to do.
The entire Conquering Fear Novel series: (Each book can be read as a standalone.) Drowning in You (Book 1): Carter and Rose Out of the Darkness (Book 2): Miles & Jade
ABOUT JANE BLYTHE
Jane
has loved reading and writing since she can remember. She writes dark
and disturbing crime/mystery/suspense with some romance thrown in
because, well, who doesn’t love romance? She has one completed series,
Detective Parker Bell, and one new series, Count to Ten.
When she’s not writing Jane loves to
read, bake, go to the beach, ski, horse ride, and watch Disney movies.
She has a black belt in Taekwondo, and a 200+ collection of teddy bears.
She has the world’s two most sweet and pretty Dalmatians, Ivory and
Pearl. Oh, and she also enjoys spending time with family and friends!
Love!
Gimme some love and heaps of romance. I have a sappy heart that just
loves two people meeting, going through the cycles of a relationship,
and ultimately, falling in love. Give me a good book like that and I’m a
happy camper:)
I write contemporary and romantic suspense, but I am partial to suspense. I just love a good mystery.
Besides writing, I love baking, crafts, and baseball…oh, and meeting new people. *smiles*
Book Title: Notes to My Son by Eric Lynn Category: Adult Non-fiction 18 yrs +, 128 pages Genre: Parenting Publisher: Sharknado Prss Release date: September 9. 2019 Content Rating: G: It’s advice for what parents should talk to their children about.
MY REVIEW
As the birth of his son approaches, Eric Lynn shares his thoughts, feelings, insecurities, doubts, anticipation and excitement.
A snowflake – Unique, only one of you…
I feel Eric Lynn shares bits of wisdom we can all use.
Put in simple language, with short chapters, Notes To My Son is a book you can pick up any time, anywhere and get a nugget of knowledge.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Notes To My Son by Eric Lynn.
4 Stars
Book Description:
“THE GREATEST GIFT FOR DADS OF ALL AGES AND IN ALL STAGES.”
“Your path is your own.” “No one can tell you how to walk it.” “Responsibility lies with you.”
These are just some of the important conversations we are gently reminded to embrace withinNotes to My Son.
With parenting, there are so many things we need to do and take care
of, but what conversations are we having to be sure we truly impart the
wisdom of our lives into our loved ones? Are we having difficult
conversations, asking hard questions, and talking about things without
regret?
Don’t let another day pass by without this book.
InNotes to My Son,
you’ll discover twenty-five topics to inspire deeper, more meaningful
conversations throughout your child’s life, even if your child is now an
adult on their own.
Eric Lynn spends his professional life managing workforce solutions for
small, mid-sized and Fortune 1000 companies. With years of professional
experience, Eric understands the value of preparation. Thus when his
wife, Ashley, became pregnant, Eric sought a way to prepare for his new
role as a father. Something shifted within him causing him to ask
different questions of life.
As he awaited the arrival of his first child, future conversations with
his son, Summit, began to take shape. Eager to prepare for this new
role, Notes to My Son was born.
The Lynn family lives in Colorado where they enjoy climbing 14ers,
skiing, playing tennis and appreciating the abundance of all nature has
to offer. Eric and his family hope that the relatable life wisdom shared
in this book touches the hearts of all who read it.
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen is an indepth look at a sadistic killer who had the ability to lure her victims in like a snake charmer as she plies her torturous ways on the innocent in the true crime novel that is written like a psychological thriller, making it hard to stop reading before the last page is read, but shows her four daughters ability to hold on to love and hope.
I won a hardcover of If You Tell by Gregg Olsen and I would like to thank Freda, Gregg Olsen and Thomas & Mercer.
4 Stars
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An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking
and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive
their mother’s house of horrors.
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now.
For
years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond,
Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to
unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through
it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them
far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into
their mother’s dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength
and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in
multiple murders.
Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell
is a survivor’s story of absolute evil—and the freedom and justice that
Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever,
victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made them the
resilient women they are today—loving, loved, and moving on.
ABOUT GREGG OLSEN
Throughout his career, Gregg Olsen has demonstrated an ability to create a detailed narrative that offers readers fascinating insights into the lives of people caught in extraordinary circumstances.
A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Olsen has written ten nonfiction books, ten novels, and contributed a short story to a collection edited by Lee Child.
The award-winning author has been a guest on dozens of national and local television shows, including educational programs for the History Channel, Learning Channel, and Discovery Channel. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Today Show, FOX News; CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, CBS 48 Hours, Oxygen’s Snapped, Court TV’s Crier Live, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, and A&E’s Biography.
In addition to television and radio appearances, the award-winning author has been featured in Redbook, USA Today, People, Salon magazine, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times and the New York Post.
The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year by the ILA and Starvation Heights was honored by Washington’s Secretary of State for the book’s contribution to Washington state history and culture.
Olsen, a Seattle native, lives in Olalla, Washington with his wife and Suri (a mini dachshund so spoiled she wears a sweater).
Dead Meat: Day 0 by Nick Clausen was released after Day 3, but tells us how the zombie apocalypse began.
Let me start off by saying, I wanted to reach through my kindle screen and wring Brigit’s neck.
Dennis may be mentally challenged, and I have my own thoughts on why that is, but he knows right from wrong, and this is very wrong.
How the apocalypse came about was a surprise to me and I loved the way Nick Clausen handled it.
Dead Meat: Day 0 is the best one yet and the cause of the outbreak was a refreshing zombie twist.
Bring it on, Nick!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Dead Meat: Day 0 by Nick Clausen.
4 Stars
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The exciting beginning of the zombie apocalypse.
What happened to set it all off? Who was responsible for the disaster? And could it have been avoided? You’ll find all the answers in Day 0.
Whether you already read the Dead Meat series or haven’t begun yet, you can enjoy Day 0.
ABOUT NICK CLAUSEN
Born 1988 in North Jutland,
where I still live with my wife, who also happened to be my earliest
childhood girlfriend. From 2017 I have lived as a full-time writer. Up
until then, I had different jobs beside the writing. I have been
studying as a carpenter for three years, and have also read two years of
psychology at Aalborg University. It turned out that the writing had a
much more powerful pull on me.
I decided early on that I would be an author when I grew up. In
fact, the decision came to me already when I read my first book,
Snevampyren by Dennis Jürgensen. My first “real” stories I wrote at
14-15 years of age. They were rejected by the publisher, but still got
praise. There were some years when I was busy with being a teenager and
trying to get an education before I suddenly remembered that I should
be an author.
That day I made a promise
to write 1,000 words a day until I got a book published. I sat down and
started writing. I continued to write every single day for a year and a
half. I sent the finished manuscripts to different publishers, and the
rejections piled up. Twelve of them by the end. But each time I could
feel it was a little bit better. The criticism became more positive. The
thirteenth story was called Tidevandet, and it was adopted by the
publisher and came out a year later.
I have always enjoyed writing, although in the beginning I put a lot
of pressure on myself. My approach to the process has become much more
free over the years. For example, I no longer plan my stories. That
way, I feel that I’m experiencing the story while writing it and the
characters feel like real people. I do not know where the ideas come
from, but I’ve never had trouble finding them.
Problem Child: A Jane Doe Thriller Thriller 2nd in Series Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (March 24, 2020) Paperback: 265 pages ISBN-10: 1542014395 ISBN-13: 978-1542014397 Digital ASIN: B07SDTRJP9
MY REVIEW
I love what gets Jane Doe’s emotions revving, her hate for the power plant and her fascination with wind turbines. I, too, feel they are an art form.
Yeah, maybe you could blame some of her sociopathy on her worthless parents, who wouldn’t give her the time of day unless they wanted something from her. Her brother was just as bad. In and out of prison, a bully to her when she was a child. No one was there when she needed someone, so she has no use for them. She can take care of herself.
Unfortunately, she feels she must return home. Her niece, Kayla, is missing. No one seems to care about her either, but after finding out everyone thought that Kayla was just like her, she felt she had to know. Was she a sociopath too? Could she be a mentor, teaching her how to navigate life and keep herself hidden, and maybe have someone to share her true self with?
Sociopaths are not capable of feeling love and loneliness, but Jane feels something. Something for her boyfriend, Luke. He knows she is different, doesn’t want the white picket fence, but could they have a ‘marriage’ of sorts? He accepts her for who she is and that counts for a lot. She wants to keep him. LOL I couldn’t help but laugh at that. Like he’s a puppy or something.
At least searching for Kayla, she could keep from getting bored. When she gets bored, she does things that could bring trouble down around her, and being a lawyer, she has a place where she is comfortable, sorta. Don’t cross her though. You won’t like Jane if you make her mad. She loves the hunt and she’ll play anyone who gets in her way.
As a monster myself, I’m not under any delusion about the kindness of strangers.
Just because she’s a sociopath, doesn’t mean she’s a serial killer.
Problem Child, for me, was eye opening and thought provoking. I know not all sociopaths are murderers, but with Jane, it is just as frightening. It makes me realize, even more, that we could be surrounded by them and never know it. Could it be your neighbor? Your coworker? Your friend? Your family? Your lover? You may look at everyone differently after reading Problem Child.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of Problem Child by Victoria Helen Stone.
4 Stars
BOUT THE BOOK
She’s cold, calculating, and can deceive
with a smile. Jane Doe is back in the Amazon Charts bestselling
series—and this time she’s met her match.
After a brutal childhood, Jane Doe has
been permanently wired to look after herself and only herself. Now,
looking next to normal, Jane has a lover and a job. But she hasn’t lost
her edge. It sharpens when she hears from her estranged family.
Jane’s deeply troubled sixteen-year-old
niece, Kayla, has vanished, and no one seems to care. Neither does Jane.
Until she sees a picture of Kayla and recognizes herself in the young
girl’s eyes. It’s the empty stare of a sociopath.
Jane knows what vengeful and desperate
things Kayla is capable of. Only Jane can help her—by being drawn into
Kayla’s dark world. And no one’s more aware than Jane just how dangerous
that can be.
About Victoria Helen Stone
Victoria Helen Stone, formerly writing as USA Today bestselling
novelist Victoria Dahl, is originally from the Midwest but now writes
from an upstairs office high in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. After a
career in romance that included the American Library Association’s
prestigious Reading List Award, she turned toward the darker side of
fiction and has written the critically acclaimed novels, Evelyn, After; Half Past; and False Step. Her Amazon Charts bestselling thriller Jane Doe has been optioned by Sony Television. For more on the author and her work, visit VictoriaHelenStone.com. And on Twitter @VictoriaDahl
I love mermaids, evil and sweet. Dagana is one of the dangerous kind, and once I find out why, I can empathize with her, but that doesn’t excuse what she’s doing now.
I live on the Gulf Coast and have yet to see a mermaid. But, there have been sightings. When her father was killed, Jessica saw a red and orange tail, nothing like she had ever seen before. After the fifth death, she figured out she would have to be the one to do something about Dagana.
She begins to research the history behind Mermaid Cover. Well, it seems pretty self explanatory to me. After all, the businesses had mermaidish names too.
We have some of the usual teenage angst, some bullying, some young romance, but Samantha, her best friend, is always by her side, through thick and thin. And, we can’t forget about Tibbles, her cat, who seems to know she needs comfort. Aren’t critters cool in that way?
I was slowly drawn into the story, wondering what she can do by herself.
Dagana is a bit different from my normal mermaid reads. I am confused about my feelings. Do I like the direction Kody Boye took with the storyline, though I do love the idea of a man writing about a young girl and a mermaid. Maybe that’s why he came up with the ending. Even though I am ambivalent about it, I don’t see how it could have ended any other way.
I think teens and young adults may appreciate this more than I did. I think they may be able to better related to the character of Jessica.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Dagana by Kody Boye.
3 Stars
I have always loved the ocean. Beautiful and tranquil, it seems like it can do absolutely no harm.
Until the night my parents go missing, and then are subsequently found dead.
Both have been viciously mauled by something off the Gulf—something even the medical examiner claims is an ‘unknown animal.’ But the worst part? I swear I saw something in the water the night they were both killed.
But this is no chance occurrence. As the body count begins to rise, and as more tragedies unfold, I realize that something has to be done.
Someone has to hunt down, and kill, the monster of Mermaid Cove.
Though he was born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, Kody Boye has lived in the state of Texas since 2010. His first short story, [A] Prom Queen’s Revenge, was published at the age of fourteen. He has since gone on to publish numerous works of fiction, including the young-adult novels When They Came, The Beautiful Ones, The Midnight Spell and ALT CONTROL ENTER, as well as fiction for adults. He currently lives and writes in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He is in the process of obtaining an undergraduate in creative writing and plans to pursue an MFA to teach afterward.
I didn’t sign up to share a review, but seeing I had the book on my Kindle, here is a quickie.
I love the cover and traveling, so going on a safari with Naomi seemed like fun. Until….
Naomi found the prickly Dr Higgins with his throat ripped out by
hyenas. It seemed like she was the only one that thought something was
rotten in Denmark, so she decided to investigate.
I do enjoy a cozy. We have plenty of suspects, and some danger and
mystery. It was fun being along for the ride, seeing the sights,
spending a night alone with Naomi in the treehouse, and meeting all the
quirky characters. A R Kennedy’s writing made it easy to visualize as we
enjoyed seeing the animals and the wonderful scenery that is Africa.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Sleuth on Safari by A R Kennedy.
3 Stars
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Naomi and her estranged sister are off on a trip of a lifetime—an African safari, a bucket list trip for Naomi on which she got a last-minute deal. Naomi thinks traveling with her sister will be the worst part of her African safari until she finds one of their fellow travelers, the unlikable Dr. Higgins, dead. She gets more adventure than she bargained for when she starts investigating what she thinks is murder but the luxury lodge says was a tragic accident. She only has a few vacation days, and a few game drives, to find the killer.
Read an Excerpt
Something red on the walkway, about fifteen feet away from me, toward his room, caught my eye.
I slowly walked toward it. From a few feet away, it looked like a blob, something spilled. As I stood over it, it looked like a paw print. Like the ones my childhood dog, Molly, would leave in the kitchen after playing in the mud. But it was red.
I looked to my left, down the walkway, toward the fifth cabin, Dr. Higgins’ cabin. “Dr. Higgins, you there?” I shouted. There was no answer. I hesitated but then stepped off the walkway. Slowly, I walked toward his suite, listening intently for any sound. I stood at his door, which was ajar. “Dr. Higgins? It’s Naomi from next door. Everything okay?”
With each step, I saw more red. Maybe he had spilled some wine. He liked the red wine. Not as much as Jack liked his beer but it was his drink of choice for the trip so far. He was still at dinner when Charlotte and I left last night. Maybe he came back to his room and had a few more glasses. And somehow spilled it everywhere outside his room.
Standing at the door, I yelled in, “Dr. Higgins? It’s Naomi. I’m going to come in, okay?”
No response. No refusal but no permission either. I went in anyway.
Seated in the sitting area’s plush chair, facing the window and the beautiful landscape, was Dr. Higgins. His head was hanging back. His hand was hanging down by his side, a broken wineglass on the floor next to it. There was even more red everywhere inside the room too. Maybe he’d had a late night after all.
I poked him on his shoulder and prepared for him to yell at me for entering his room unauthorized.
Still no response.
“Dr. Higgins, it’s time for our morning drive.” I tapped him again. “You’re late,” I added, just to annoy him.
Still nothing.
I walked around him to face him head on.
And I screamed.
About the Author:
A R Kennedy lives in Long Beach, New York, with her two pups. She works hard to put food on the floor for them. As her favorite T-shirt says, ‘I work so my dog can have a better life’. She’s an avid traveler. But don’t worry. While she’s away, her parents dote on their grand-puppies even more than she does. Her writing is a combination of her love of travel, animals, and the journey we all take to find ourselves.
