Fans
of Stephanie Plum will find this novel quite entertaining. While
there weren't as many laugh out loud scenes as in some of the early
Plum novels, it is a fun romp through the crazy world of Juliet
Langley.
The
novel starts out with Juliet back at the Java Jive, where she had
worked during college. She had been able to realize her dream, her
own restaurant. But when her fiance had recently run off with her
money and her best waitress, she'd had to close the restaurant doors.
She would be managing the coffee shop, helping out her friend Pete.
Her
new job got off to a bad start when she had to put a couple employees
in their place and that evening one of them is found dead. Juliet,
having found the body and having argued with the man earlier, is a prime
suspect. She determines to find the killer herself.
And
what a crazy experience she has. She gets into all kinds of unbelievable situations. A frequent Java Jive customer, Ryder, manages to rescue
her several times. Soon there is a chemistry between them. That
complicates Juliet's life and then her investigations turn deadly.
This
series is off to a good start. It could be funnier but it is a good
alternative to those, like me, who are getting tired of Plum. Juliet
gets herself into some crazy situations. It's a pretty decent mystery too. There aren't the quirky
characters that have made the Plum novels so entertaining. There is
the love triangle, sort of.
It
should be noted that there is some serious “language” in this
novel. Readers of the Plum novels will be used to that, however.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Caroline
Fardig is the author of the Lizzie Hart mysteries. She's been a
school teacher, church organist, insurance agent, worked in a funeral
home and was a stay-at-home mom before she realized she wanted to
write. She and her husband and their two children live in the same Indiana town in which she was born and raised. You can find out more about
her and her books at http://www.carolinefardig.com/.
Alibi
(Random House), 288 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher for
the purpose of an independent and honest review.
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