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I can't put into words how much I loved this book! When I was given the opportunity to read I said 'Yes' as fast as I could to make the blog tour.
And I wasn't disappointed. Killer had me from page one and would not let me go!
This story is the 3rd book in the Lovers In Crime Series.
There are lots of characters and multiple story lines in each of the books I've read by La;uren at least that is what she did in the Mac Faraday series which BTW is great too.
Killer was no different. There was Joshua and Cameron Thornton and all their children. The story was mainly about the oldest son J.J. who had just returned home from college. He had intended a leisurely summer studying for his Bar exam.
The summer ended up being much more than everyone bargained for.
J.J. happened (at least so it seemed) to run into Sue Ellen Russell a woman yes I said woman who had mentored him in high school.
They fell in love back in the day but each went their separate ways.
When J.J. returns their affair is rekindled. J.J. ends up moving into the family horse and orchard farm that Sue Ellen has inherited from her parents. Together they begin the daily operations of the horse farm.
Trouble simmers in the background when (dad) Joshua . . . let's just say he isn't happy with the couple. But Cameron (the step mom) convinces him to visit J.J. and Sue Ellen. Taking along the younger children Izzy (an adopted child) and Donny (Joshua's 16 year old who can't stay out of the kitchen he eats everything in sight).
The friendly visit which includes pie puts everyone at ease while Izzy makes friends with dogs, cats and a rooster that no one likes.
I was in love let me tell you!
Sue Ellen drops a bomb on Cameron who is a Homicide Detective
and asks her to investigate the murder of an ex band member.
Which everyone is surprised when Dylan Matthews is found some 30 years after being murdered.
Back at the ranch Sue Ellen is overwhelmed with the daily operations and begins looking for someone to manage the horse operation. In comes 'horse whisperer' Poppy Ashburn a mysterious woman who has every horse following her like a puppy dog within a few minutes.
Izzy who is getting out of bed early and begging to go to the barn is following Poppy around and begging for a horse of her own.
If your a regular reader of my blog you know why this story line got me. I loved the ranch setting.
As usual Lauren does have multiple story lines going on. There
are a few dead bodies included in the mix.
It's a fantastic read.
I do have one caution I have to add for my readers that might think about allowing a younger adult or teen read this book.
There is a part in the middle of the story. A witness involved in the cold crime has an alternative lifestyle that possibly might offend some people. I only include this as a caution. I would read the book and discuss this before allowing a teen to read.
Killer In The Band is probably my favorite of all the books I've read by Lauren Carr. I look forward to reading more!
This book deserves my 5 star rating!
This review will be posted at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Good Reads.
This review will appear on My Journey Back and will be linked at my favorite blog parties.
Here's what the book is about (provided by IRead Book Tours)
Book Details:
Book Title: Killer in the Band by Lauren Carr
Category: Adult fiction, 430 pages
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Release date: Oct 3, 2016
Available for review in: Print and ebook: mobi (for Kindle), ePub, PDF
Will send books: USA & Canada
Tour dates: Oct 10 to 28 and Oct 31 to Dec 2, 2016
Content Rating: PG (Lauren Carr's books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild swearing (a hell or a damn few and far between). No F-bombs!
Book Description:
Summer of Love & Murder
Joshua’s eldest son, Joshua “J.J.” Thornton Jr., has graduated at the top of his class from law school and returns home to spend the summer studying for the bar exam. However, to Joshua’s and Cameron’s shock and dismay, J.J. moves into the main house at Russell Ridge Farm, the largest dairy farm in the Ohio Valley, to rekindle a romance with Suellen Russell, a onetime leader of a rock group who’s twice his age. Quickly, they learn that she has been keeping a deep dark secret.
The move brings long-buried tensions between the father and son to the surface. But when a brutal killer strikes, the Lovers in Crime must set all differences aside to solve the crime before J.J. ends up in the cross hairs of a murderer.
Praise for Lauren Carr’s Mysteries:
“Lauren Carr could give Agatha Christie a run for her money!”
- Charlene Mabie-Gamble, Literary R&R
“As always, Lauren Carr brings an action-packed story that is almost impossible to put down. Her mystery plots have so many twists and turns that I didn’t know if I was coming or going. And the action just didn’t stop from the very beginning till the very end.” - Melina Mason, Melina’s Book Reviews
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Thank you so much, Sherry, for the wonderfully fabulous review for KILLER IN THE BAND! I am s glad that you enjoyed it and I am sure your followers will enjoy it as well! Here's wishing each of them luck in the giveaway.
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