Review: Nice novella with some good action
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2011
The setting of this novella attracted me as did the cover picture because I love lighthouses.  Dana's background story is given first, after a little introductory part that makes the reader wonder why Dana and Josh are sitting in the middle of the night in a spooky mansion and what their mission is. A lot of background history is given and Dana has an education in history and research and is in a doctoral program and is a widow.Josh's story tells the reader that he was first a Marine and then employed by the L.A. Times.  Josh's early life at home wasn't as happy as Dana's since his father drank and on occasion slapped him and his mother around.  Josh went into the Marine Corps and learned that he had a talent for writing.  When he left the Corps, he left as a Gunnery Sergeant. He won two Pulitzer Prizes in three years and his work was an asset to the L.A. Times.Josh winds up in coastal Maine when he is let go by his job and his marriage fails.  He soon learns that there is a serious problem with drugs coming in possibly from Canada and going through Maine.  Josh is asked by an old friend to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.  Then he meets Dana.  The two of them seem to be very comfortable with each other and decide that with Josh's military background and her research skills, that the two of them can work on the drug problem as a team.There is action, suspense and a little romance in this novella.  I enjoyed it very much and I'd like to read more by this author. New authors are always of interest to me, and giving them a chance is the best thing readers can do for them.  I'll be sure to read more of Josh and Dana's adventures.