Dying to Read by Lorena McCourtney (REVELL)

Cate Kincaid is a substitute P.I. for her uncle. It doesn't take long before she finds her first dead body at the bottom of a stairway. The dead woman is Amelia, the head of the mystery book club in Oregon. It is amazing how one death can lead to so many different suspects and eccentric people. However, Cate has the stamina to react and regroup very quickly. Perhaps, this good character trait is because she believes in prayer. At one time she prays with Willow. Willow never forgets that prayerful moment. When she is in dire straits again, she asks for Cate's prayers again.

My favorite character is Willow. She is really a complex character. Far more psychologically thrilling than Cate who is an ordinary, loving and helpful citizen. I love trees. Perhaps, this is why I liked Willow so much. Who she is and what she needs or wants begins to open up while she is far up in a tree sitting on a limb. She is up there to try and save the tree. Cate calls her a tree sitter. I would have never guess a tree sitter, lover of the environment could tell as many wild stories as Willow tells during the course of Dying to Read by Lorena McCourtney. I thought a lot about what makes it easier to spin a lie than to tell the truth. By the end of the novel, I decided that lying isn't worth the effort. God will end up laying out the perfect truth like a woman would lie out her grandmother's antique Queen Anne Lace tablecloth. So if what we are spinning is going to unravel anyway, well, it's not sensible to waste your time and the time of other people by making up hair brained stories about your life. Can't wait to read the next Christian mystery by Lorena McCourtney. I hope spoiled Octavia, a cat, will continue to appear in the novels too.lorenamccourtney

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