A review by bookmarkedbybecky
Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen

mysterious slow-paced

3.5

Pay Dirt Road is billed as “Friday Nights Lights meets Mare Of Easttown - a small-town mystery about an unlikely P.I. searching for a missing waitress.”

This debut novel offers a good base for the series - detailed descriptions of the Garnett, Texas, and deep character dive into the families of this small town.  Annie, our protagonist and amateur P.I., learns many life lessons while solving Victoria’s (the waitress) murder.  But the mystery surrounding the murder felt a little predictable and straightforward for an avid thriller/mystery reader.  I did enjoy Annie and her venture into the family business, so I look forward to discovering where Book 2 takes her and McIntyre & Associates. 

I would recommend this book to anyone who:

✨Loves character-driven mysteries

✨Prefers a slow burn mystery 

✨New to the mystery genre