Debby H. (katkrazee) - , reviewed on 11/11/2010

Helpful Score: 5

I have never written a book review before. I always felt my opinion was too subjective. But I figured, I read them right? I chose this for the first one because I felt so strongly about it, but I am afraid it won't be a popular opinion.

While I really did enjoy her first book in this series, "Sworn to Silence", I cannot say the same for this one. You could actually save your money or your credit and just re-read the first one. There is enough repetition between the first and second and then just in the second one alone, deja-vu comes to mind. If you removed all the repetitious and unnecessary dialogue, I believe you would have only half a book. The rest felt very much like filler. The words sigh, grimace and shrug (and all variations thereof) were used so many times I started to laugh when I read them.

I think the editor dropped the ball on letting this one fly. There were so many ridiculous and implausible scenarios. Two of my favorites being: Frost on the windshield of a car and sweltering heat in the same day. Is that even possible? They were also swarmed by mosquitoes that day and I'm pretty sure the frost would have killed them. Also, going to a noisy pool playing and football watching bar for some "peace and quiet"? Men should try that one more often.

There were also a constant barrage of clues and mysteries that the Chief of Police couldn't figure out right away, that were so rudimentary it made realty hard to swallow. However, I did finish the book just to see how it turned out, albeit cracking up every time someone sighed, shrugged or grimaced.

In a nutshell, there are always certain similarities involved in every series of books, but this really lacked any (or enough) fresh ideas or new scenarios. It even stormed during the big climax just as it did with the first book. Enough said....

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