Review: Killing With Kings

Killing With Kings by Lois Lavrisa
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

​I received an ARC copy of this book. What follows is an honest review.

Killing with Kings was an interesting read. I kind of figured out the who did it but not the why. There were clues as to the why but I just did not pick upon them.

When a friendly high stakes poker game turns not so friendly and one of the players turn up dead, there is a tendency by everyone to think that it was an accident due to the fact that peanut allergy he had. Even though Sargent Jose Rodriguez thinks it was murder, no one else does. He teams up with the victims daughter, even though he is not supposed to be working on the case.

While entertaining, there is a side story that works with the story but may be offensive to some. The sargent is gay. It did not bother me, but I know that some of my more stronger Christian friends may take offence at it.

There were a few places it got a little wordy, that is why the 4 star review. Pick it up, you will enjoy it.

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Review: The Blonde with the Dangerous 'Do: A Dani Silver Thriller

The Blonde with the Dangerous 'Do: A Dani Silver Thriller by Duane Lindsay
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

​I was provided and ARC of this book. What follows is an honest review.

This is the third in the series of Dani Silver stories. Dani is a female con artist who has a father that is the most famous grifter of all times. In case you did not know (I did not know until I read book 2) that a grifter is another name for a con artist.
This story picks up just after the previous book, 'The Ghost Coach'. You do not have to read it before this, what you need to know is provided you with little interference to the story. Dani has a day off before heading to her home and does a little window shopping. She buys some sexy outfits and then heads out to the airport and decides to watch people. Recognizing one as having the signs of a fellow con artist she decides to have some fun with him, and then winds up going with him to Branson in place of her home.
Now the fun starts, well maybe not for Dani. The man's brother thinks she is spying on them and their scam. They take her out to the development that they are building and throw her down a man hole and close it just as it starts to rain. Dani survives what would kill someone else by sheer luck and determinism.
Thinking she is dead, the men go on with their business until they start seeing weird things. The con men are about to be conned by Dani and her crew, as well as a new one or two.

This is a fun book. It has the right speed that it needs and the characters stay true to themselves, and in fact that becomes an issue that Dani had to face, staying true to herself.
Most ages would enjoy, though violence and sexual innuendo might not be appropriate for the younger crowd.

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