Review: Texas Sun, Sand, and Surf--What Could Go Wrong?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
Carrie Jo Murray is not your average 20-something and Linda McDonald is not your average author spitting out whodunits or suspense novels with the usual list of good and bad characters. There is nothing average in her books. This novel also involves a Winnebago, also not your average get-away vehicle. I love the character Leo Marvins (nice play on a very well known action hero there) as well as his Viet Nam cronies and Leo proves to be more than a good guy; a great guy with a lot of post-Marine survival smarts, something her boyfriend, Jason, definitely is not. But Leo is complicated, many faceted and more than your average beach-bum from Boca Chica in Texas. More scenes heat up than the Texas temperatures. Don't take any one at face value. No one and nothing is as it seems...lots of interesting characters, plot twists--I didn't trust any of them. I don't think I was supposed to! This is the second McDonald book I've had the opportunity to download. I also read "Here Comes the Night" (excellent--and the reason I jumped on this one). The two can't really be compared. What stays consistent is the quality of her writing, the depth of the story, and the insight into the characters. You don't see most of these plot twists coming--and if you can't predict the storyline--you gotta stay tuned to find out what really happens. I recommend you do!