Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Mann Hunt
SERIES: Declan Mysteries #1
AUTHOR: Peter E. Fenton
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishingi77
LENGTH: 275 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 29th, 2023
BLURB:
How far would you be willing to go to finish the job?
Declan Hunt is having a bad week. His kidnapping case is showing little progress, his office assistant has left him on short notice, and his latest investigation has left him literally battered and bruised. But things change when he hires twenty-four year old Charlie Watts to help out at the office. They form an unlikely partnership trying to solve two seemingly unrelated cases whose threads begin to weave together when the missing person case turns to murder.
The investigation takes them from the dark alleys, gay bars and bath houses of Calgary, to the richest parts of the city during the world-famous Calgary Stampede.
But will they be able to discover who the killer is before another life is lost? And will Declan be able to solve the mystery of his relationship with Charlie who is clearly attracted to him — especially since it is evident that the attraction is becoming mutual?
REVIEW:
Declan is in desperate need of help and Charlie is just the guy to help him…as a receptionist?
But Charlie isn’t content with sitting behind a desk. He’s been cautious his whole life and he’s tired of taking the safe route. Besides, the job they’re working on now isn’t a one-man job.
I’ll be honest and say that I picked up this book because its set in Calgary Alberta and I thought it was interesting to read a book set somewhere so close to home.
Charlie is an interesting character. He’s spent his whole life trying to please his family but they don’t really seem to care if he’s happy as long as he’s behaving how they think he should. I felt bad for Charlie and couldn’t help but feel a connection to this people-pleasing man.
Declan was a little harder. I feel like we didn’t get to know him as well and I really wanted to.
My biggest complaint is that first of all, it felt really rushed. Especially the last quarter. It felt like the author got bored with what they were writing and just wanted to get it done. It was like there was all this build up and that was really good, but then it was like someone popped a balloon and it all fell flat.
There’s a little steamy sex in the book but not too much. Maybe not enough and that’s something coming from me these days. I liked both MC’s but I didn’t really feel like they had a lot of chemistry between them.
So the things I liked? The premise was good and the main characters were interesting and easy to relate to. I can overcome a lot of things if I like the characters.
I just felt like the author needed to slow down a little so it didn’t feel like you were running down hill the whole last part of the book. I’ll be looking for the next book for sure, because I want to see where Declan and Charlie go!
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