Edge of Evil (2005)

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This was the audio edition -- still a little boring. The most interesting aspect was the blog concept! The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds—bounced off the air by executives who wanted a "younger face." With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A. any longer. Cut loose from her moorings, Ali is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona, by the death of a childhood friend. Once there she seeks solace in the comforting rhythms of her parents' diner, the Sugarloaf Café, and launches an on-line blog as therapy for others who have been similarly cut loose.

But when threatening posts begin appearing, Ali finds out that running a blog is far more up-close and personal than sitting behind a news desk. And far more dangerous. Suddenly something dark and deadly is swirling around her life . . . and a killer may be hunting her next. ( )

I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I love how it starts out over a snowy mountain pass, it hooked me in. I thought over how Ali Reynolds was fired abruptly from her position at a news station and how true that is. I was swept away for many chapters as the stories unfolded. To me there a lot of extra bits that we did not really need, the Sugarloaf Café parts are almost not needed at all. Yes its funny to have her working there again but we don’t to hear about the buyers interested as Ali has no standing on if it should be or not. I hate that there is not more of her cop friend, there is a hit of something more but it left me wanting more. I also wished we could have seen more of the lady that worked with Reenie- she looked like a partner in crime in the making, wanted more interaction. I love the blog, it was a great idea to have her venting like that and the plot in that area was refreshing and something new. I do wish that end result of the blog happened later in the book and not as soon. It felt more powerful than the real climax. The climax itself felt a bit rushed to me and left me wanting more from it. There are a lot of opening in this book, hopefully they continued on into the next one. ( )

A rather thin plot but enjoyable nonetheless. The first half of the novel is overcrowded with introductions to characters who have no relevance in the book at all, like her gardener and Duarte and his family, and too much detail is dumped at the introduction of some characters instead of becoming part of the story. Willing to try some more in the series though ( )

Hokey title for a hokey book but it kept me occupied on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I feel obligated to give at least 2 stars to any book that keeps my attention until I read the last page. I won't be looking for other titles by this author (the old "too many books, too little time" thing). ( )