Review: Death and romance in Virginia
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2011
"Even with his hair in wet disarray and the scowl on his face, Detective Preston Andrews - Press to his friends - was a striking figure. Women were drawn to his dark and brooding good looks, his intelligence and the force of his physical presence."Before I began reading the first Preston Andrews mystery, I feared there would be too much love and not enough crime for my taste, but actually there are murders aplenty. The story begins when young Macy Roberts is in trouble and arranges to meet someone she believes she can trust. Instead she is shot down brutally. And later we learn that several young women have disappeared without a trace.Apart from crime and drama, we do get a bit of romance and also some humorous relief e.g. when we meet Preston's dog Jones which is "part slobbery Mastiff and .... part mammoth".A fine and promising first volume which has left me wanting more!