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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
An essential read for those of us immersed in P.I. Sharon McCone's world. There is a lot of change for every one of the characters, equivalent to the second movie in movie trilogies.
Relationships are rupturing, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. The surprises really start when new relationships begin. Even McCone and Ripinsky are uncertain of each other, distance growing between them with each chapter. They stare at each other more coldly as the incidents pile up. Will they still be a couple by the time they discover who is threatening McCone's famous brother-in-law, Ricky Savage?
Relationships are rupturing, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. The surprises really start when new relationships begin. Even McCone and Ripinsky are uncertain of each other, distance growing between them with each chapter. They stare at each other more coldly as the incidents pile up. Will they still be a couple by the time they discover who is threatening McCone's famous brother-in-law, Ricky Savage?
One of my recent faves in this series. Really great characters.
I finally had a chance to pick up with my rereading of the Sharon McCone series. I know I likely listened to this book on audio (cassette!) sometime in the early 2000s but had zero recall on it. Much like Eye of the Storm (which also centered around a mystery involving one of Sharon's family members...) I found the secondary characters rather distasteful for the majority. It was all just so ugly - which, I suspect was kind of the point given that the book is called The Broken Promise Land, a fictional song by Sharon's county music superstar brother-in-law about all the horrible ways people can inflict damage on each other.
Also, if like me you've never been a big Rae fan - this one will likely push you over the edge. I stopped reading the series years ago around book #20 and I'm at the point now where my recall is really sketchy - but I'm kind of hoping that we'll get less of Rae's dumpster fire shenanigans now that she's boinking Sharon's brother-in-law (one can hope).
So yeah. I didn't really like any of these people and found them rather gross. Sharon, Hy and Mick were the only ones I didn't want to strangle at some point. BUT - after a rocky first half of me hating nearly everybody, the book takes subsequent twists and turns that engaged me - and I ended up coming around.
Also, if like me you've never been a big Rae fan - this one will likely push you over the edge. I stopped reading the series years ago around book #20 and I'm at the point now where my recall is really sketchy - but I'm kind of hoping that we'll get less of Rae's dumpster fire shenanigans now that she's boinking Sharon's brother-in-law (one can hope).
So yeah. I didn't really like any of these people and found them rather gross. Sharon, Hy and Mick were the only ones I didn't want to strangle at some point. BUT - after a rocky first half of me hating nearly everybody, the book takes subsequent twists and turns that engaged me - and I ended up coming around.
4 stars for a fast moving mystery. Sharon McCone is a Private Investigator based in San Francisco, California. Ricky Savage is a popular country music star. He is married to Sharon's sister Charlene. Ricky comes to Sharon because he has received several cryptic threatening letters. She agrees to take on the case, and persuades him to hire RKI, a security company specializing in protecting high profile people. It is run by Hy Ripinsky. Hy and Sharon are in a relationship.
Sharon does solve the case with help from her team. There are some twists and turns in the plot. I was not sure how it would end and who was behind the letters until the end.
I read this library book in 3 days.
Sharon does solve the case with help from her team. There are some twists and turns in the plot. I was not sure how it would end and who was behind the letters until the end.
I read this library book in 3 days.
Second time reading it. This time through, I was not thrilled with all the drama and Sharon seemed to be too caught up in the guarding part of her job and not doing her 'figure out the person threatening' part of her job. The pacing was not great either, so many irrelevant side stories, too many characters to keep straight, too many red herrings. Seemed totally unlike her other books, although I've not read all her other books. That said, if you are fascinated by the music world, this might be a good one for you.
So much happens in this novel - we see the end of Charlene and Ricky's marriage, as well as how Rae and Ricky come together. Someone is stalking Ricky, becoming increasingly more threatening.
Sharon brings in Hy to provide security as Ricky begins a tour with this unknown threat menacing from the darkness.
This was satisfying to read, even after reading later books, to see how things happened.
Sharon brings in Hy to provide security as Ricky begins a tour with this unknown threat menacing from the darkness.
This was satisfying to read, even after reading later books, to see how things happened.