Moonlighters
Series, Book 1
About the book:
When truth doesn't make sense, will lies prevail? Cathy
Cramer is a former lawyer and investigative blogger who writes commentary on
high-profile homicides. When she finds a threatening note warning her that
she's about to experience the same kind of judgment and speculation that she
dishes out in her blog, Cathy writes it off as mischief . . . until her
brother's wife is murdered and all the 'facts' point to him. The killer has
staged the crime to make the truth too far-fetched to believe. Working to solve
the murder and clear her brother's name, Cathy and her two sisters, Holly and
Juliet, moonlight as part-time private investigators. Juliet, a stay-at-home
mom of two boys, and Holly, a scattered ne'er-do-well who drives a taxi, put
aside their fear to hunt down the real killer. Stakes rise when their brother's
grieving five-year-old son is kidnapped. As police focus on the wrong set of
clues, the three sisters and their battered detective friend are the only hope
for solving this bizarre crime, saving the child, and freeing their brother.
My thoughts:
Starting a new series by Terri Blackstock is definitely on
my favorite things list. The story for this installment centers around four
siblings that collectively have a difficult background. They are preacher’s
kids that had to endure the backlash of their father’s affair with his
secretary. They also each have a difficult individual story and that is what we
learn most about. Cathy has lost a fiancé to a senseless murder in which the
murderer got off on a technicality. Jay is going through a difficult divorce
that he doesn’t want. Julie is a stay-at-home mom with what seems like a
picture perfect life . . . but something just isn’t right in her marriage.
Finally we have Holly who has been the family mess for as long as anyone can
remember.
The story begins with a mysterious note and some
questionable email exchanges. A murder is committed and Jay is framed. His
story is just unbelievable to the police. His siblings and a former cop turned
investigator set out to prove his innocence. Now here’s where it gets good and
turns into a quintessential Terri Blackstock novel.
By the halfway point I figured out who the murderer was. Did
that ruin the story? Not in the least. By about three quarters of the way I
even knew the motive and the means to the killing. Did that ruin the story? On
the contrary it enhanced it. You see Terri has a way of telling the story that
lets you in on it but keeps you completely intrigued. She does a marvelous job
of developing her characters. She tells the story from different perspectives
so you find yourself tensing up for a character because you already know what
is going on but the character doesn’t!
This was a great start to what promises to be a riveting
series. If you need a book that you can finish in a relatively short time pick
this one up because it is definitely a page turner. I’m looking forward to the
next installment. Let’s just hold our breath that the next book comes out very
soon!
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