Shake Down - A Review

Shake Down

by

Kendel Lynn

The fifth book in Lynn’s “Elliott Lisbon Mystery Series”, but the first that I have read. Elliott Lisbon is the Director of the billion-dollar Ballantyne Foundation. It is a week before the annual Ballantyne Beach BBQ and, the following day, Juliette Pete’s wedding. And, Daphne Fischer, her maid-of-honor, was missing.

It was going to be a long week.

Written and promoted as a cozy mystery, Shake Down is mostly that. It is a fun journey through the islands lining the Atlantic shores of South Carolina. But there is a BUT as the pieces come together; the book feels more like a thriller than a cozy. With more deaths and unfinished stories, it feels as the book is not quite done.

The book might feel comfortable to those who like a bit harsher tale than found in most cozy mysteries; it was less satisfying to this reader. Though I would not go looking for it in my public library, it might have a home there. Though I was a bit concerned with the conclusion of the book, it was well-written and I will be looking forward to more books from this author.
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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.

Lethal Lifestyles - A Review

Lethal Lifestyles

by

LynDee Walker

A Review

Newspaper Reporter, amateur sleuth Nichelle (aka Nicey) Clark is up to her neck in wine barrels. Sadly, so was Mitch Burke - only he was over his head in wine and very dead. And it gets worse, his body was found on the eve of the rehearsal dinner. It was going to be a strange wedding, at the very least and without Nicey’s help, there might not be a wedding at all.

The book was a fun-filled, cozy mystery. I just never figured out why it took me six weeks to get through a book that would normally have taken me 6 to 8 days to finish. It might have been the vacation (actually two) that my wife and I took in the midst of reading it; it might have been longer than it seemed as I worked my way through the Kindle book I was provided for review; or it may have just been a bit more boring that it seemed as I read it. And it may have been a combination of all three.  

Appropriate for the average cozy mystery reader or the public library - I hope others enjoy it as much as I did.

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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review.  The opinions expressed are my own.