Review: Captivating from the start...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
Having read “The Zen Man” I’ve been keeping tabs on Colleen Collins’ work, hoping for more Rick and Laura. When I saw this I snatched it up right away. Best purchase I’ve made all week.Rick is a wonderful character, as is Laura – they complement each other very well, like a well-oiled machine, even in the earlier stages of their relationship portrayed here. What I love about Rick is that he’s very layered. Not your stereotypical strapping hero by any means, he’s flawed, sarcastic and smart as a whip and made all the more compelling for it. Laura is his balance, the voice of reason, and also very intuitive.  While anyone else would probably balk at a romantic weekend spent at a coroner's conference, for Rick and Laura, this setting was entirely fitting. And they approach it, and the mystery before them, with the same aplomb, intelligence and savvy we were privy to in the “Zen Man”.Fantastic read, wonderful characters, and told with a dry humor that really serves to compliment the story, Colleen Collins’ has delivered another gem with the “The Ungrateful Dead”. I highly recommend it!