Deadly Sanctuary
by:
Sylvia Nobel (author)
The first title in Sylvia Nobel's popular mystery series that features spirited, flame-haired reporter Kendall O'Dell. The author's trademark style is to produce exciting, well-written, edge-of-your-seat, adventures with 'knock your socks off' surprise endings. Her judicious use of language and...
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The first title in Sylvia Nobel's popular mystery series that features spirited, flame-haired reporter Kendall O'Dell. The author's trademark style is to produce exciting, well-written, edge-of-your-seat, adventures with 'knock your socks off' surprise endings. Her judicious use of language and lack of graphic sex and violence make her novels suitable from teens to seniors.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780966110579 (0966110579)
Publish date: April 28th 1998
Publisher: Nite Owl Books
Pages no: 360
Edition language: English
Series: Kendall O'Dell (#1)
Yet another temporarily free Kindle book. Mystery/romance, not particularly intricate but not unsuccessful. Implausibly rushed plot climax and denouement, due largely to oversimplified villains.
I don’t expect much from this kind of mystery story. It’s filler, basically, mindless entertainment with a bit of a puzzle to generate some suspense. A few interesting characters, a well-realised setting, a gradual reveal of clues - it’s not much to ask. Sadly, this book fails to reach even these mi...
The only thing that saved this book from 2 stars was the last 60 pages where things got a little interesting. Another Free ebook via BNs Free Friday's program. I tell you, series are not my thing - especially female detectives. Anyway, Kendell O'Dell is an asthmatic relocating to Arizona due to h...
This book was a free download on the Kindle, so I thought I'd try it even though it appeared to be self-published. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the amateurish writing - melodramatic language, too much use of "I" and "my" in the first person, dialogue tags gone wild, and a lot of dialogue in di...