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A review by rachel_abby_reads
Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
3.0
Liz Talbot is from a small island off the coast of Carolina. She's divorced from a philandering jerk and pining for the man who married her wicked cousin. She works as a private investigator with her ex-husband's brother (a higher class of guy all the way). She returns to her island home when her grandmother dies, and stay when she inherits the family house and land - oh, and when her police chief brother says that Grandma was killed. Oh, yes, and she has a ghost as a sometimes partner.
Liz is one of those "smarter than everyone else types." She gives her brother just enough information to keep him from being a complete narrative non-entity, and no male comes to her rescue. The jerks are consistently jerks, there are plot lines and red herrings aplenty. It was a fairly enjoyable read, but I didn't love it.
Parenthetically: when did vulgar and profane language become so common and acceptable? I've seen it championed on Facebook and Pinterest as the medium of the honest and unfiltered. I know people who claim to be sexy, clever and intelligent who advocate the use of ugly language; but since I've worked at a jail, for me it is inextricably linked with pimps, junkies, prostitutes, child molesters, gang bangers & killers.
Well, it isn't honest or clever -and given the extent it's used, it isn't even shocking anymore. It's rude, unimaginative, and easy.
Liz is one of those "smarter than everyone else types." She gives her brother just enough information to keep him from being a complete narrative non-entity, and no male comes to her rescue. The jerks are consistently jerks, there are plot lines and red herrings aplenty. It was a fairly enjoyable read, but I didn't love it.
Parenthetically: when did vulgar and profane language become so common and acceptable? I've seen it championed on Facebook and Pinterest as the medium of the honest and unfiltered. I know people who claim to be sexy, clever and intelligent who advocate the use of ugly language; but since I've worked at a jail, for me it is inextricably linked with pimps, junkies, prostitutes, child molesters, gang bangers & killers.
Well, it isn't honest or clever -and given the extent it's used, it isn't even shocking anymore. It's rude, unimaginative, and easy.