Review: Aussie author Vicki Tyley is a "Superb" Talented mystery/crime writer and I am addicted to her style of mystery/crime novels.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2012
When I saw that the 5th mystery/crime novel "Bitter Nothingsby Vicki Tyley was released I was like a little kid at Christmas opening a present.  I couldn't wait to buy and download this story and start reading, which of course I did instantly. The cover alone tells a story. This authors prologue got me hooked and sucked me in immediately. JMO but a prologue is vital to me because it either grabs a reader right away or not. If not I will read 4-5 chapters and if it doesn't grab my interest by then or has lots of issues like spelling, formatting problems etc. (I am not talking about a few errors) I won't waste my time reading it because there are thousands of new author e books on my Kindle to go to and I have been lucky to have found some very good new author's.I could not put Bitter Nothings down until my eyes closed for the night. This story kept my total attention from beginning to the very last word in the epilogue. Ms. Tyley includes Aussie spelled words/slang which I love. I find myself Googling the places that her characters go to in Melbourne (it only takes a few minutes to put yourself right there with the characters) for me it makes me feel like I am watching a movie. I got hooked on Vicki's stories because there is no gore or sexual scenes and I have not been able to guess the correct perpetrator/s in any of her 5 stories. To me that is a challenge for a writer and a reader and I love that. It also shows me the time, effort and talent that Ms. Tyley has to successfully master these tasks.Ms. Tyley never has any need for "fill in spots" in her stories, every word is important. She writes her story descriptions of characters, places and things with very few words needed because her few words hit the bulls eye every time. There are many twists and turns to keep a reader engrossed with every single character and what they are up to and what is going on.I highly recommend all 5 of Vicki Tyley's stories, all seem edited and formatted.Kudos once again for your fifth book Vicki Tyley. Great read!! Waiting for book 6 : >)Fatal Liaison|Thin Blood|Sleight Malice|Brittle Shadows|Bitter Nothings