Review: Parkway Plunge!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2010
Having read the first Rachel Myers book, Blind Malice, and then skipping to Appalachian Trail Mix,the fifth book, I decided to go back and pick up with number 2.  Blue Ridge Parkway Plunge takes place while Myers is getting settled in the mountains after moving back from Arizona.  Jackson does a great job of combining the the everyday, seemingly thousands of little things that have to be done during a relocation, and the investigation of the death of Isaac Starling's best friend. I really relate to the Myers character as a real person; she's not  perfect, just someone who likes horses, likes gardening and doesn't mind getting her hands dirty doing real work. I'm not a big fan of flashbacks (there's one really long one) but Jackson handles it beautifully so the reader does not lose sight of the current story.  My own love of doing research in graduate school makes me admire Myers' determination to leave "no stone unturned" to find the killer. This one may cause me to buy my own Kindle.