Review: Laugh out loud funny!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
When I read the first Mercy Watts mystery (A Good Man Gone) it was so good that I wondered if it was just a fluke, but I just finished Diver Down, the second book in the series that I was fortunate enough to win in a LibraryThing Member Giveaway to review, and I thought it was even better!! This series makes me laugh out loud and want to read passages to everyone around me. I love the humour. I can hear it in my head and the characters, despite their quirkiness, feel real and believable. These books would make an awesome movie or tv series!Mercy Watts is fun and spunky and I love the thoughts in her head that sometimes come out between what she actually says (especially to her mother!). Between her side-kick/partner Aaron, an older, rumpled, hot dog-obsessed savant- chef that sticks to her like glue, even when she doesn't want him there and her Marilyn Monroe-lookalike Mother (the older version...Mercy looks like the younger version), her mother's sister Aunt Tenne and her cousin Chuck, a police detective , Mercy's life is full of advice she doesn't want, loyalty, love and the occasional rescue when needed. Somehow it all works because the writing flows, the characters are likeable, and the story pulls you in and doesn't let go. I stayed up way too late because I had to finish it!In Diver Down, Mercy (and Aaron), her Mom, Aunt Tenne and her Mom's friend Dixie go on a *Girls Vacation" to Roatan, Honduras and despite her efforts to avoid it, Mercy gets drawn into investigating possible domestic abuse, attempted murder and a kidnapping. We also begin to find out a few family secrets, although there are still some left to uncover (which means I can't wait to read Book 3!!!).I highly recommend this book/series to anyone who loves fun mysteries. Mercy has definitely become one of my favourite sleuths and I hope she's around for a lot more adventures! :-)