Release: January 5th 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Acorn Publishing, LLC
Source: RABT Book Tours
Find it at: Amazon, B&N
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An appalling act of violence and an unsolved double-murder.Small-town investigative reporter, Shelby Day, is determined to hunt a killer. As her search draws closer to uncovering the twisted truth, she begins receiving ominous warnings to stay quiet and drop the story. The young journalist is in danger. Her charming cameraman and best-friend, a person with his own secret past, says he wants to protect her. But Shelby is headstrong and dodging anything that could lead to love. She can’t allow anyone to distract her as she fights for the two women who deserve justice.She never expects along the way she’ll have to stop and save herself.Ticktock… If Shelby doesn’t solve the crime soon, she’ll become the killer’s next victim.
About the Author:
Holly Kammier is the international best-selling author of Kingston Court, Choosing Hope, and Lost Girl. Co-Founder of Acorn Publishing, the UCLA honors graduate is an accomplished writing coach and a former journalist who has worked everywhere from CNN in Washington, D.C. and KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, to the NBC affiliate in small-town Medford, Oregon.
Lost Girl and Choosing Hope are cross-over novels to Kingston Court, with overlapping characters and locations.
The California native and mother of teenage boys, lives in San Diego, California close to her large family (she is one of eight siblings) and friends.
Alongside her focused training and career in dance, writing has always been one of Courtney’s passions. She knew she would write a book—although she never imagined her memoir would take such a twisted turn.
Lost Girl: A Shelby Day Novel Review:
Lost Girl is an interesting crime mystery thriller that I enjoyed reading.
Firstly, the characters are nicely drawn out. I liked Shelby as the main character. Sure, she is a bit frustrating at times from the way she treats Jack, but I could understand her reasoning. To be honest, Jack came across as too possessive and I thought Shelby had good reasons to take a step back. But, I liked their chemistry. Actually, I liked Shelby with both Julian and Jack as she had good chemistry with them both. Moreover, it was interesting to see Shelby balance work, her love life and her father’s condition.
Moving to the plot, I thought the author did a nice job in setting up the murder mystery. The story starts off very well where we are immediately pulled into the double homicide. There are quite a few potential suspects to keep you guessing. The killer also turned out to be someone who I did not expect, which was a nice twist. The author put in all the right elements to make this a good crime, mystery novel.
My only criticism with the story is how it shifts focus in between. The story starts with a bang where the plot focuses only on the murders. But halfway into the book, the author shifts focus to only Shelby and Jack and their drama. Later towards the climax, the story is only again on track with the mystery. I felt like the character development and the plot didn’t go hand in hand. It would have been nice if the author integrated these elements in tandem.
Apart from that, this was a very nice crime mystery story. I hope we see Shelby Day in future novels as well.
Giveaway
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Book Tour Schedule
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the Lost Girl: A Shelby Day Novel by Holly Kammier Blog Tour hosted by RABT Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
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