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5.0
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Los Angeles has a killer on the loose, The Model Slayer, and radio reporter Carol Childs either finds the bodies or is one of the first people to arrive on the scene. Great for her station to get the scoop but not great for her family especially when she learns her daughter’s boyfriend’s been arrested as the murderer, his apartment has been searched and her daughter was there. Then Carol gets a confidential call from a cocktail waitress that gives the case a whole new spin. Can Carol find the proof to save her daughter’s boyfriend? or will she end up behind bars to protect her source?
Carol Childs is a wonderful protagonist. Her job has her on the streets chasing down stories and when those stories are murders she just can’t resist the need to find the truth. She always finds a way to get people to confide in her. Again, the police feel they have their man but the evidence is clearly circumstantial. Adding her daughter into the mix makes the mystery personal. All the characters in the story ring true, their relationships are fleshed out and their dialogues are believable.
The author has written a story with a ripped from the headlines feel. I could easily see this story as an episode on a television crime drama. Well-plotted, the reader is hooked from beginning to end. The pace is brisk and my Kindle pages were flying. I had a great time following Carol on this journey.
This is the 5th book in this series and each one has been excellent. I highly recommend them all and believe they should be read in order to get to know the characters and enjoy their growth. That being said, new readers can enjoy this story on its own. No “Doubt” about it, this story is a must read.
Los Angeles has a killer on the loose, The Model Slayer, and radio reporter Carol Childs either finds the bodies or is one of the first people to arrive on the scene. Great for her station to get the scoop but not great for her family especially when she learns her daughter’s boyfriend’s been arrested as the murderer, his apartment has been searched and her daughter was there. Then Carol gets a confidential call from a cocktail waitress that gives the case a whole new spin. Can Carol find the proof to save her daughter’s boyfriend? or will she end up behind bars to protect her source?
Carol Childs is a wonderful protagonist. Her job has her on the streets chasing down stories and when those stories are murders she just can’t resist the need to find the truth. She always finds a way to get people to confide in her. Again, the police feel they have their man but the evidence is clearly circumstantial. Adding her daughter into the mix makes the mystery personal. All the characters in the story ring true, their relationships are fleshed out and their dialogues are believable.
The author has written a story with a ripped from the headlines feel. I could easily see this story as an episode on a television crime drama. Well-plotted, the reader is hooked from beginning to end. The pace is brisk and my Kindle pages were flying. I had a great time following Carol on this journey.
This is the 5th book in this series and each one has been excellent. I highly recommend them all and believe they should be read in order to get to know the characters and enjoy their growth. That being said, new readers can enjoy this story on its own. No “Doubt” about it, this story is a must read.
3no7's review against another edition
4.0
“Reason to Doubt” Nancy Cole Silverman is book five in the “Carol Childs Mystery” series. The main characters continue from previous books, and background information is integrated seamlessly into the current storyline, so it is not necessary to have read the other books to enjoy this one.
Carol Childs is a radio reporter in Los Angeles. Her daughter Cate has a new boyfriend, Pete, an ambitious fashion photographer. In a plot so current that it could be read in today’s newspaper, police are diligently searching for “The Model Slayer” a photographer responsible for the deaths of three young women, and they thing they have found the murderer, Pete. Child’s personal life collides with her professional career. Her relationship with her daughter deteriorates, and her job as an investigative reporter leads her to critical information about the crime.
Silverman’s pacing is appropriate, and the plot moves along nicely without getting bogged down. The characters are believable and multi-dimensional. They are real people with real jobs and real problems. The situations accurately reflect real life struggles and conflicts. (Certainly many parents have been surprised when a child suddenly introduces that special friend.)
The strength of the Carol Childs series is that each novel deals with an intricate social problem, and the result is a novel rich in complexity and moral challenges. In this book Childs, an investigative reporter, must balance her professional responsibility to protect the confidentiality of a source against a moral obligation to reveal information that will assist the police in solving the terrible murders, The consequence of that decision, either way, is something “real-life” reporters face constantly.
I received a copy of “Reason to Doubt” from Nancy Cole Silverman, Henery Press, and Edelweiss. “Reason to Doubt” is an easy to read book containing both mystery and murder. It has sufficient suspense and tension to keep readers turning the pages without too much blood and gore. It is entertaining, thought provoking, and satisfying at the end. The previous books are just as enjoyable, so if this is your first in the Carol Childs series, there are four more great books to read.
Carol Childs is a radio reporter in Los Angeles. Her daughter Cate has a new boyfriend, Pete, an ambitious fashion photographer. In a plot so current that it could be read in today’s newspaper, police are diligently searching for “The Model Slayer” a photographer responsible for the deaths of three young women, and they thing they have found the murderer, Pete. Child’s personal life collides with her professional career. Her relationship with her daughter deteriorates, and her job as an investigative reporter leads her to critical information about the crime.
Silverman’s pacing is appropriate, and the plot moves along nicely without getting bogged down. The characters are believable and multi-dimensional. They are real people with real jobs and real problems. The situations accurately reflect real life struggles and conflicts. (Certainly many parents have been surprised when a child suddenly introduces that special friend.)
The strength of the Carol Childs series is that each novel deals with an intricate social problem, and the result is a novel rich in complexity and moral challenges. In this book Childs, an investigative reporter, must balance her professional responsibility to protect the confidentiality of a source against a moral obligation to reveal information that will assist the police in solving the terrible murders, The consequence of that decision, either way, is something “real-life” reporters face constantly.
I received a copy of “Reason to Doubt” from Nancy Cole Silverman, Henery Press, and Edelweiss. “Reason to Doubt” is an easy to read book containing both mystery and murder. It has sufficient suspense and tension to keep readers turning the pages without too much blood and gore. It is entertaining, thought provoking, and satisfying at the end. The previous books are just as enjoyable, so if this is your first in the Carol Childs series, there are four more great books to read.
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