Fiction / Hen Lit
288 pages
5 Stars
Legalities: I received an Advanced Reader's Copy copy in
exchange for an honest review. I also know the author—we're in the same book
group.
Jean Reeves is my kind of heroine. She's still working, but
looking forward to retirement in the near future. Some of her friends are
already retired. She doesn't go looking for trouble, or excitement, it comes
looking for her. And her friends.
The four friends have been close for several years, they all
live in the same Kennewick, WA area, and they all know the same people. (It's a
relatively small town, what can I say?) In book one, Queen, we are introduced
to the quartet when one of their friends dies a sudden and unexplained death.
As Jean and the quartet begin digging, they become embroiled in local politics,
cross paths with, and end up taking down, the local womanizing bully who preys
on any female he can intimidate.
In book two, Jean walks into a grizzly murder scene, and the
gals end up dealing with the local gang while solving the murder. The climax of
the car chase/demolition derby on a windy mountain road is a ride you won't
soon forget. Books three and four are coming!
These stories will appeal to the woman who has passed the
age of angst, and wants a more modern Miss Jane Marple type of book.
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