He doesn't want to look at any of the citizens in his town. He doesn't do a very good job as he wants to blame a transient and not do his due diligence. One two many "Sugars" for me.ĭane is the Sheriff and is responsible for solving the crime(s). Elizabeth herself should have been a likable character but with her calling everyone she meets "Sugar" as part of her southern characterization, I got where I didn't want her in a scene. Elizabeth is involved from two standpoints, first she discovered the dead body and second she owns the local paper. Hoag did a really good job with how the son was woven into the plot. In reality, she's a struggling single mom just trying to create a life for herself and her troubled son. With looks and a reputation every guy she meets is making passes with the assumption that she will sleep with them. The suspense is well paced and with some additional deaths and attacks and missing tourist, the mystery keeps you guessing.Įlizabeth has just gone through a horror of a divorce with her ex-husband making her look like a slut who will sleep with anything. What kept me reading was the plot of who killed the wealthy sleazeball in the town of Still Creek. Hoag's writing, but I wasn't enamored with the leading MCs. I really liked the mystery in this one and I like Ms.
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