Review: You won't predict this one...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2010
Jacinta is an out of work investigative journalist looking for the next big story.  Boy, does she find it in a nonstop murder mystery that takes over an Australian town and its police force when two bodies show up and they can't find a third one that is missing.  Tyley takes her readers on twists and turns that will keep you interested. You definitely won't be able to predict the ending...I was way off base and shocked at who did it, which is exactly where Tyley wanted me.While the story is absolutely fabulous and deserves five stars, I'm rating this as a four star because I did have a few issues with the writing.  There's a bit of over dramatization (like when Jacinta is reading the court paperwork and sweating...), a little too much telling to the reader instead of showing us, too many chapter breaks, not enough dialogue in certain scenes, and a few typos.  The climax scene which the whole book leads up to is WAY too short - we've been dying to find out who did it and are shocked to see who did it - but we need more time to digest that scene and it should have been a lot longer, more drawn out.  We want to savor the excitement and terror of everybody finding out the answer to the question that has been dogging them for so many years.  We also want to hear from the murderer WHY they did it. We want to see the police show up and be made to look the fool because they failed to solve the crime dogging the townsfolk.  All these issues, while a bit distracting for the reader, don't break the magic of the book.  They're simple issues that could be fixed with a good editor and the book would be a five star in my opinion.The bottom line is that Tyley has some incredible talent with story creation and this book will hook and shock you.  It is well worth the money.  I'm looking forward to see more from this author as she hones and perfects her craft.