Review: Mayhem in Arizona
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2011
Kate escaped from Mexico, testified against a drug lord and has been on the run ever since. Now she's found a place and a job she loves, guiding Jeep tours in Arizona.  When the brakes on her Jeep are sabotaged, nearly plunging her and her clients into oblivion, she fears her past  has caught up with her.What I liked about the story: fast moving, exciting action. Kate's a sympathetic character and the bad guys are satisfyingly evil, the good guys do win.Problems: mainly concern the very short length. I wish Amazon would clearly classify it's ebook lengths: short story, novella, book length. This read like an extended outline to me. I wanted the characters fleshed out a little more."I'd found Jack and Alice." No other description of the folks she was looking for. I don't like excruciating detail of dead folks, but a little more than this would be good.The clues planted in the first chapter are too glaringly obvious. I can't bemore specific without ruining the book for another reader, but I immediately tagged it as another instance of a common plot and only wondered how Kate and the sheriff couldn't see it.But all in all, a decent short read, maybe perfect for that dentist's waiting room or an airport lounge? I'm buying the next one . . .