Degrees of Separation, Book 1 of the Falcon's Bend Series
Karen Wiesner & Chris SpindlerMystery
Available from Swimming Kangaroo Books
ISBN: 978-1-934041-88-8
February 2009
| Andre Trelawney owns a strip club called Danse de Minuit. His girls not only work as strippers, they're part of his own private harem. Each of them has something to hide, a part of the past that Andre uses to keep them in control. His tight rein seems to be slipping when Teresa, one of the girls, wants to leave him for a life of her own. Forcing her to break up with her lover seems to be the straw that starts to break the back of the well planned life he's been living. When she's murdered everyone in the club becomes a suspect.
Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler weave a tale of suspense that will keep the reader spell bound. Ms. Wiesner thrilled me with her Incognito series but this one written with Ms. Spindler, seems like it will be even better. The detectives, Pete Shasta and Danny Vincent, may live in a small town but their lives and attention to detail would make them great cops anywhere. Danny seems to be falling hard for one of the suspects just like his friend and partner Pete did before him. Will he be as lucky in love as Pete or will the woman he wants turn out to be a killer? Each of the women who seems to be under the control of Trelawney is built as an individual we come to know well as the tale unfolds. Characterizations of Melody, Cherry, Sugar, Deidre, Lacy, and Vanessa are well done. We can't help but hope that the murderer isn't within the household. Each girl becomes both a suspect and a person the reader hopes won't be guilty or fall victim to the killer! The authors keep the suspense building throughout the book. This is a great tale that's hard to put down. The Falcon's Bend series just earned a place on my list of must read books.
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
