Review: A gripping book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2013
In "The Lighthouse Reef" Vickie McKeehan takes us back to Pelican Pointe, a small cosy community in California. Artist Logan moves into town and takes up residence in an old lighthouse. Young carpenter Troy helps Logan doing it up. Logan soon gets involved with Kinsey, an aspiring lawyer with several jobs to support herself during the humble beginning of her career.Sadly, in contrast to this beautiful and romantic background stands the more serious matter of a serial rapist and murderer who has been committing his evil deeds for over 25 years, but only now do the connections between the victims become apparent.When Logan's employee Troy becomes a prime suspect over the disappearance of a girl he was seeing, Logan and Kinsey up their game to free him and find the real murderer.Having expected a straightforward romance novel, I was unprepared for the sadder parts of this book which begin immediately in the prologue, and having had slightly wrong expectations probably helped to grasp the gravity of the tragedies and also to then enjoy the more light hearted romance parts of the story.Kinsey and Logan are characters with a lot going on in their lives which gives them the necessary depth to make their love story engaging and real.The investigation is helped by ghostly appearances of Scott, a dead soldier who has a personal interest in solving the murder. The past weaves itself into the present in the lives of the cast as well as in the murder investigation. With many suspects to investigate this is as much a great detective novel as a romance that handles a delicate and sad subject rather well.McKeehan is a competent writer with several impressive book series under her belt, all of which I can recommend as heartily as "Lighthouse Reef". If you like your romance novels with depth, or a detective novel with some bite, you have come to the right place. Enjoy.