Review: Intriguing Story Line
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
Although we never do find out for sure the connection between the death of the young woman and the life of FBI agent Elaine Brogan, the hints of it are there and perhaps the answers are found in volumes 2 and 3 of the aptly named Lust, Money, & Murder.  The book focuses primarily on the background history of the heroine, although it spends a few too many pages on her sexual exploits during her college years for my own personal taste.  The sex during those pages seems gratuitous rather than as part of lending themselves to any real purpose, which is part of the reason I've only given it 4 stars. I will say, again, it is possible that those sexual encounters may end up playing some part in books 2 and 3 but they could easily be taken out without subtracting from the overall story in any way. The characters present themselves well, and each has a definitive voice of their own to lend to the story.