Review: Romantic mystery with an emphasis on Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2012
Deadly Triad Book One: Deadly Reflection ISBN 9781612520551, Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc, e-book by Nancy Kay is a Romantic Mystery with an interesting plot.Cassi Burke has returned to the small town of Pine Bluffs to visit her aunt and takes her large, newly acquired, mostly untrained dog for a walk in the woods. Suddenly, the animal bolts dragging her to a partially concealed body. Here, he grabs a knife from the corpse, which Cassi wrestles from his mouth at the precise moment Nick McGraw charges through the underbrush to investigate the commotion. Confronted with an armed person and a corpse, Nick, a visiting Homicide Detective from Philadelphia, responds as would be expected. Having no jurisdiction to proceed, however, he calls in the local police and attempts to stay out of the ensuing investigation. (He also is related to the police Chief, local detectives and others.) Because his attraction to Cassi is electric, and since most facts seem to disassociate Cassi from involvement in the homicide, the relationship quickly escalates. Several complications arise that cast doubt on Cassi's innocence and Nick is confronted with the nightmare situation that initiated his having taken a leave from his job to come back here to try to heal psychologically. To provide more details would not be in the best interest of prospective readers.With respect to my overall impression, I believe a little explanation is in order. I have read Romance novels only when I have acquired them for review, judging, or other. However, there have been a sizeable number of these, and some of the more recent ones I have enjoyed more than others. The most likely reason for this I just recently have learned - the romantic suspense genre is `loosening- up' and has acquired a larger number of sub-genres than the old traditional publishers allowed. Nancy Kay is an author who seems to have capitalized on this fact. She has produced a bit of mystery mixed with sensual heat, but in a manner that emphasizes the "romantic" aspect. Thus, she has provided an interesting mystery, a `different' plot , a well written story that moves along at an excellent pace; and a modern sexual relationship that is beautifully enough portrayed to conjure up thoughts of `romance' as portrayed in an earlier time.If the rest of the books in this series are as enjoyable as this one, romance readers on any level, or of any generation, can look forward to an extended period of enjoyable entertainment. Reviewed by John H. Manhold, award winning fiction/non-fiction author,