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Death In The Dark (2000)

by Emily Kimelman(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1480177687 (ISBN13: 9781480177680)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

series

A Sydney Rye Series

review 1: In this, the second second installment in the Sydney Rye series, Mulberry sends his friend Merle to bring our heroine back to life. Merle brings his 3 dobermans with him to teach Sydney Rye (formerly known as Joy) and Blue (her huge mutt) to become a team to be reckoned with. Merle is a damaged man, but is able to bring about quite a change in our girl. She goes from being a lay-about, alcoholic, beach dwelling loner to a woman with a purpose- and, thanks to Merle, the skills to succeed. Sydney grows a lot in this book and I look forward to her evolving even further in future books. I received a free copy for an honest review. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be happy to buy the next in this series.
review 2: This episode opens with Joy, aka Sydney, and Blue la... moreying low in Mexico with no big plans except to live quietly, taking each day as it comes. Unexpectedly, Sydney gets a job offer which entails some hard-nosed training. This, it turns out, is the catalyst she needs to begin living again. The training is like nothing she’s ever done before and, almost against her will, she gets some eye-opening advice. Learning to control her impulsive nature is difficult for Sydney but she gives it a shot. Until tragedy strikes, and she and Blue get caught in a trap while trying to avenge a terrible wrong.Like Unleashed, the first Joy Humbolt adventure, the writing is terse and tight with just enough descriptive detail so that the reader can picture the scene and fill in many of the details mentally themselves. This works very well in this novella because the story moves along at a fast clip. The characters are quirky and mesh with their backgrounds and the story line exceptionally well. Twice there were episodes where the story moved ahead a bit faster than I was easily able to keep pace with and I became a little confused, but the activity and timeline became clearer thanks to a subsequent conversation. I think these were intentional devices to strengthen the emotional pull of the piece. I enjoyed the offbeat humor and sarcasm that Joy/Sydney often spouts off with and, of course, Blue is absolutely the best dog ever! I am looking forward to the next installment as Sydney embraces her new job.An electronic version of this book was provided to me by the author in return for my honest review. I have not received any other compensation.Reviewed by Laurie-j less

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