Review: The ultimate amateur sleuth
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2012
Lynn Franklin has been an acquaintance forever (well, for decades) and I knew she was a superb writer. Her debut novel proves it. A tale of intrigue that swirls around a flawless blue diamond (think of price tags in the tens of millions), a murder, and an attempted murder. Psychologist Kimberley West is called by her jeweler grandfather to return home. She's avoided the jewelry business partly because of her cousins' avarice, and we get to see that clearly. But she is the best jeweler of the family besides grandpa, who is in ICU in a medically induced coma. Why the murder of a man who was trying to make industrial diamond films for artificial limbs? Why the attempted murder of her grandfather? Why the semi-cooperation from the police? Why did she feel so attracted to her old high-school flame, who once stood her up? Why? Why? Why?So many questions. So few answers. But Kim will not give up.I'm not going to tell you the conclusion. Just that you'll be completely satisfied, and that you'll be looking forward to the next story, which will probably feature a jewel of a different color.Well done, my friend.Charlie