About the only "plus" of being sick (as I was last week) is having lots of time to do nothing but read or knit, without feeling guilty. ;<)
I was feeling too lazy to even knit most of the time, so instead I napped and read a LOT of eBooks, including:
The cover and title of this book got my attention right away. And the story itself did not disappoint, I loved this book!
From the Amazon product page:
The Jersey Shore has always been known for warm sand, lively boardwalks, and the
promise of carefree summer days. This season the small scenic town of Ocean
Point, New Jersey, is not nearly as carefree as tourists would hope. The
discovery of the body of a young woman is the first in a string of seemingly
random and senseless murders, murders connected only by a warning from the same
boardwalk fortune-teller.
It’s a crisis that puts local detective Mitch
Burns on edge, and his job in jeopardy. It’s up to him to solve the crimes and
protect the livelihood of the town, a livelihood that relies almost entirely on
tourists. With the help of newly hired local reporter Elise Jenkins, the two
step out to discover who the killer is, before another body is found.
I read this eBook in a couple of afternoons. It kept my attention to the very last page. Suspense, romance, intrigue...and up until the last couple of chapters, I had NOT guessed who the real killer was. I like that. Nothing too predictable here.
Laura Bradford is an excellent writer. Her characters are realistic and easy to visualize. The story moved along at a good pace, with no filler or lag time, which has been too often the case with some other stories I've been reading recently.
A couple of reviewers at Amazon did make negative comments about the
religious undertone of this book but I disagree. I am not an overly religious person and
I don't like being "preached" to in a story of any kind.
That REALLY turns me off and in a big way. But I didn't find the religious references in
Deadly Readings over the top or superfluous. They were a part of the story that fit.
I just noted that this eBook is available for
FREE over at Amazon right now, so a great time to get a copy. I am definitely going to check out more of this author's books in the very near future. Based on this story, I'm guessing they'll be well worth the time too.
Overall rating for this book: Very Good. 4 out of 5.
