Reviewer: Samantha
Stacey Kade is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Bitter Pill
Summary:
Rennie Harlow is having a bad year. She had a handsome husband, a good job, and a renovated condo in Chicago. Now, thanks to one “exotically beautiful” paralegal, she’s divorced, faking her way through a writing career, and living above her hypochondriac mother’s garage back in Morrisville, the small town she couldn’t leave fast enough at eighteen. On top of all of that, she just found Doc Hallacy, the local pharmacist, dead behind his counter. And the worst part is, he’s the third body she’s stumbled across this year.
Jake Bristol has lived in Morrisville his whole life. A former bad boy turned sheriff, he doesn’t believe it’s just Rennie’s luck or timing that’s the problem. He thinks she’s too nosy for her own good. The last thing he needs is her messing around with his murder investigation so that she can freelance for the Morrisville Gazette. But as they both delve deeper into Doc’s death, they find that things don’t add up. This isn’t a robbery gone wrong or the work of a desperate junkie. Someone has a secret they’re killing to keep. The only question is—who’s next?
Review:
This book starts right off the bat with Rennie finding a dead body, and the action doesn’t seem to stop from there. I believe this is part of a series, because every once in a while there is a storyline mentioned that seems to be old news, and I would love to get my hands on more from Rennie’s life. The book is fast-paced and I thought the mystery aspect was great. Through each plot twist my opinion on the killer switched, and I’m happy to say I was pretty surprised when I figured it out right near the end. I love a good well-written mystery, and I would recommend Bitter Pill.
4.5 stars
*Anyone who leaves a comment on the tour page will be entered in the giveaway! Three separate winners will receive one of the following: a $20 Amazon gift card, a signed copy of Bitter Pill (US/CA only) or an eBook copy of The Ghost of Goth by Stacey Kade! Anyone who purchases their copy of Bitter Pill before January 6 and sends their receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com will get 5 bonus entries!*
Author Bio:
As a former award-winning corporate copywriter, Stacey Kade has written about everything from backhoe loaders to breast pumps. But she prefers to make things up instead. She’s the author of two YA series from Hyperion: The Ghost and the Goth trilogy (The Ghost and the Goth, Queen of the Dead, and Body & Soul) and Project Paper Doll trilogy (The Rules, The Hunt, Book 3 TBD).
Stacey lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Greg, and their two retired racing greyhounds, Tall Walker (Walker) and SheWearsThePants (Pansy).
Connect with Stacey!
Twitter: @staceykade https://twitter.com/staceykade
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