by Joyce Tremel
Max and Jake are in a brew and burger contest at the local beer festival. One of the judges is murdered and Jake is suspected. Max looks for clues as does her dad. I did not figure it out until it was explained at the end. The story was good. I love the references to the different Pittsburgh neighbo...
The downside to first person present: it's way too easy for the author to spend an insane amount of time inside the MC's head. At least 40% of this book is internal dialogue. The other 60% was just ok. Nothing exciting but nothing eye-rolling either. The murder mystery was crafted with good ...