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git_r_read's review
5.0
What I learned from this fine amateur sleuth mystery:
1. Be careful what you pick up on your walks
2. Beware of sweet smiles.
3. Being a librarian can be more exciting than one might think.
4. Those little Texas towns can be full of mystery and murder.
This is Jeff Abbott's first book published and first in this series. I've been on the hunt for it since reading and highly diggin' THE ONLY GOOD YANKEE a few years back (apparently before I started blogging, so no review link).
I like Jordan Poteet's style. I feel for him. His mother has Alzheimer's, his sister is a single mom to a sullen teen and Jordy has moved back to help as well as he can. He's been accused of murder and he sets out to prove he didn't do it.
I will continue to search out this series and this author. He has several stand-alones and another fab series, Whit Mosley. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/jeff-abbott/
Five mysterious Texas beans.....
1. Be careful what you pick up on your walks
2. Beware of sweet smiles.
3. Being a librarian can be more exciting than one might think.
4. Those little Texas towns can be full of mystery and murder.
This is Jeff Abbott's first book published and first in this series. I've been on the hunt for it since reading and highly diggin' THE ONLY GOOD YANKEE a few years back (apparently before I started blogging, so no review link).
I like Jordan Poteet's style. I feel for him. His mother has Alzheimer's, his sister is a single mom to a sullen teen and Jordy has moved back to help as well as he can. He's been accused of murder and he sets out to prove he didn't do it.
I will continue to search out this series and this author. He has several stand-alones and another fab series, Whit Mosley. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/jeff-abbott/
Five mysterious Texas beans.....
thomasmannia's review
5.0
Very amusing trash. The narration was absolutely hilarious. The plot was all over the place. Twists abounded, yet somehow I was shocked by none of them. Everything was comically dramatic, half-baked, and just weird, especially the romance. This only increases towards the end. Technically I would say it's two and a half or three stars, but I've never been one to skimp on obligations. It was terribly humorous for a mystery and felt like a parody of itself, and I have to respect that. Read this expecting a suspenseful thriller, and you'll be sorely disappointed, but if you read this expecting an (un?)intentional satire of airport-shop murder mystery garbage, you'll have a great time. I'm not even kidding. This book is brilliant, whatever the intentions of the honorable Jeff. Either way, I think he must be exceedingly clever.
diannamorganti's review
2.0
I really enjoy hearing Jeff Abbott speak in person. That's why I picked this book up -- his stories of writing this series were just wonderful and hilarious. But. But the character's voice in this novel is just grating on me. He's such the Southern gossipy prima donna type of man - I couldn't convince myself to pick the book back up after getting only a couple chapters in.
I still plan to try out Jeff's thriller "Adrenaline"; I imagine the voice of that novel will be more to my liking.
I still plan to try out Jeff's thriller "Adrenaline"; I imagine the voice of that novel will be more to my liking.
marvink's review
5.0
This book would make a great TV series, exemplified by the classic "Twin Peaks". Who killed Laura Palmer? And the plot thickens. I gave it 5 stars because it was so entertaining.
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