When I noticed another book series written by Colleen Coble, I immediately downloaded it to my Kindle. Until I started writing this review, I had not realized Tidewater Inn (The Hope Beach series) was published back in 2012, which means it was published before the Sunset Cove series that introduced me to Colleen Coble books.
Once again, I was not disappointed by this combination mystery and romance. As a matter of fact, just like the first Colleen Coble book I read, "The Inn at Ocean's Edge", I was drawn into the story and ended up staying up really late one night to keep reading.
For me, it was a good thing I was already a Colleen Coble fan before I started reading "Tidewater Inn" since it starts with a young woman's abduction from a beach by two men in a boat. That is a horrifying occurrence and would make me put down most mystery books immediately. But, I trusted the author to not put me through an unbearable story.
I don't like to read, or see, explicit details or scenes of crimes. Since I was already familiar with Colleen Coble's writing, I knew that was not her style. Her stories are strong enough on their own that they don't need graphic details for her books to make the bestsellers lists.
Tidewater Inn
As I said, the story begins with Nicole Ingram being abducted from the beach. What I have not already told you is that her best friend and business partner, Libby Holladay, was helplessly watching via a webcam. It all happened so fast, that calling 911 didn't stop the crime. Nicole was grabbed, injected with something, and dragged into a boat in a matter of moments.
It was hours before Libby could get from Virginia Beach to Hope Beach. When she did arrive, she found she was soon the sheriff's #1 suspect because the webcam recording had been erased. He believed Libby had orchestrated her business partners abduction, most likely murder, and erased the video to protect the kidnappers.
Libby had no way of knowing if Nicole's abduction was a convenient opportunity for human traffickers or if it was somehow related to Nicole's discovery that Libby was the heir to Tidewater Inn.
Furthermore, Libby had no idea that her father had not died when she was 5, as her mother had told her, or that her father had 2 other children, younger than Libby. Her half-brother believed that he had inherited Tidewater Inn and was already brokering a deal to sell it for millions of dollars. That kind of money certainly might be worth murder. But, why would he kill Nicole instead of Libby?
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To find out why Nicole was abducted, if she is dead, or why Libby's father
disappeared from her life decades ago, you will need to read the book.
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Ah - a cliffhanger. Now I WILL have to read the book as your review has left me wondering what happened to Nicole and the answers to all the other questions. :) Thanks, Sylvestermouse, for this recommendation.
ReplyDeleteThis certainly sounds intriguing. It is definitely one I will want to read. Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteThis type of plot would normally be too suspenseful for me, I think. But thanks to your heads-up that there is no graphic violence and knowing that we share similar tastes in literature, I feel more confident that I could handle it. Thank you for an excellent and intriguing review. Mouse!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very good book, with a storyline I could get lost in. Thanks for the recommendation, and no graphic violence would put it on my list as well.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a really good book for me to get into. Thanks for this recommendation as I also love a good story without all the gore and guts! My imagination can do all that and more without having to put it into words. It is now on my to READ SOON list.
ReplyDeleteI think I would go with your first instincts, not knowing about this author. But since you recommend it, if I were to see it when out and about, I might give it a glance.
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