Flashes of a Dying Hour (Liv Wilde Mysteries Book 2)

This story has been absolutely amazing!

I love Liv, her Grumpy Gal persona, and her gang already to bits from the first book, but now we also get one of my favourite authors featuring in this one? Hell yes!

The story was great, the characters wonderful, the atmosphere Lynda has created by her writing absolutely nails it too.

This story is very well-written, the incorporation of Poe is super interesting and highly intriguing, and the humour is, as always in Liv's stories, nothing but wonderful.

My only, very slightly, complaint - on an incredibly high level- is that I felt the menopause aspects, which made the first book so extremely different from anything else that's out there, fell a little bit short in this one. But this, of course, show more does not affect the mystery itself in any way, shape, or form. On the contrary, if you found them a bit redundant and tedious in the first book, you'll definitely enjoy this book a lot more. I can live without them, but I think it would be a shame to refuse this series a point that made it absolutely stand out in the vast amount of mystery books out there. That's all - and not for me to decide.

Last but not least, one can definitely say Lynda Allen has grown quite a bit as a mystery author since her first story about Liv and her gang came out. The writing in this one was much more refined and condensed, more 'on point' if you will. So, if you had a problem with the writing in the first book, you should give this one a short regardless.

Personally, I am very much looking forward to the third book in the series, and hope it releases soon(TM).

Keep up the great work, Lynda! show less