Author: Barbara Elle
Genre: Mystery
Series: The Cape Mysteries
Series Book: 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: December 5, 2019
Pages 298
Format: Amazon, Kindle
My Rating: 3 and 1/2 stars
Synopsis:
A bloodies body buried on Cape Cod. A cold case in Kansas. Can Lelia track down a killer?
After a blinding snowstorm, artist and amateur slueth Leila Goodfriend wakes early in the morning to go for a walk in the woods. Where she stumbles on a bloodied body of a woman. Leila digs, her fingers bleed, shaking in fear. She realizes who it is. It is Suzie, ex girlfriend of Steve, a failed photographer she dumped months ago. Leila was at a creative retreat with a group of Red Barn friends on an island off Cape Cod. On the rebound from a relationship, Leila is dating John Grace. He warns he to not investigate. But she trusts he instincts, and is determined to investigate and prove Steve's innocence.
She observes Susie's autopsy, unauthorized, and it reveals an enigmatic clue, Susie died on a bed of roses, that were long stemmed. Steve begs Leila to help him, he swears he has evidence that the killer is a suspect in a cold case in Kansas.
My Thoughts:
While I enjoy a good mystery, I just couldn't get into this book. I am not sure if it because I haven't read the book before this one, or what. But the plot was slow and it took to long to get the investigation started.
Hence, why I give this book three and a half stars.
About the Author:
Barbara Elle fell in love with books and writing at a young age, honing her writing chops as a copywriter at major publishers and as a freelance journalist.
She grew up in Boston, moving to New York, but her writing draws on people and places from her childhood.
Barbara continues collecting characters and plots, often traveling the world with her touring musician husband, the musical director for rock and roll icon Cyndi Lauper. In her travels, Barbara has explored Buddist temples in Beijing, crypts in Vienna and Kabuki Theater in Tokyo.
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