Date
published: February 2013
ISBN: 978‐1‐61009‐049‐0
Mystery
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
Obtained via
publisher
Maya French’s
husband, usually called French, is the manager of the exclusive Sapphire Silver
Pines Orlando Resort, in a prime position near Disney World. It’s a delightful
life of gourmet dinners, endless parties, and being nice to tourists, until a
very senior person turns up dead. Even though dozens of people had motives it’s
Maya’s husband who’s arrested. Maya decides to help find the real murderer and
that’s when things start going wrong in a major way.
Told in
first person by Maya, we gradually learn all about a huge cast of characters,
and life, not just at the resort, but also in the wider community. Many of the
characters are very engaging, multilayered and interconnected.
The plot
itself is quite clever, even though readers will, at times, be screaming, “No! No!”.
However, what happens is believable within the parameters of the story and the
characters. The pacing was reasonable with a fair balance of fact, information
and action. It wasn’t edge of the seat stuff, but enough to keep me reading,
although perhaps a fraction predictable here and there.
The ending
is a very nice hook into the next book.
All up it’s
a pleasant read, with characters the reader can care about, enough excitement
to keep the reader turning the pages, and a good balance of enough description
to really see the beach and the rooms of the resort, without getting bogged
down and killing the pace of the murder investigation.
This is an objective review and not
an endorsement of this book.
2 comments:
Thank you for this thoughtful and positive review, Helen. it is now posted on my FB page for all the world, or at least a little over 2000 people, to see. ;)
Marta Chausée
Murder's Last Resort
My pleasure, Marta. Congratulations on an enjoyable book.
Helen
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