Review: Feisty, Fun Heroine in a Fast-Paced Mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
"Don't Shed a Tear" is the second Lola Hussey book I've read, and I enjoyed it as much as the first. Last time we saw Lola she had just solved her first crime as a fledgling private investigator, with the help of two sexy partners, Joe and Julian.This sequel picks up a little after where "Don't Call Me Baby" left off, and Lola and Joe (whose real name is Al, but she sticks with what she met him under) are happily in a relationship--though she still questions if she has feelings/attraction to Julian. The three are now a team taking on new clients, and their first is a man named Rory Templeton, who has hired them as protection for his up and coming reggae fusion star King Dix.Lola's forced to hit the gym to step up her protection abilities, but it stops being fun and games when someone shoots at King Dix and Lola sees her long-lost brother, Marley, at the scene of the crime. Her job becomes twofold: protect the musician and find out who is trying to kill him, and track down her brother."Don't Shed a Tear" is filled with suspense and a page-turning plot, lightened by the humor of the characters and the romantic entanglements. I can't decide who I want Lola to end up with, which makes for a great triangle. Though this book can be read by itself without having read the first one, I'd still recommend a reader pick up the other one first, so that they can enjoy its plot without any spoilers. Recommended to fans of mysteries, romance, and Stephanie Plum books.