By Kelly Bridgewater
"When the
Royal London Hospital orders a top neurosurgeon and workaholic to take a week
off in Maui, he stumbles upon a murder and becomes obsessed with finding the
killer. His efforts confound and irritate local detective Lisa Kealoha, but
once they join forces, they uncover a destructive plot that runs far deeper
than either of them could have imagined"
My
Thoughts:
Elysium
Tide
by James R. Hannibal features a mystery on the Hawaiian islands with a doctor
and a detective. With the doctor from London, it was definitely a unique take
to a character's background. The story
starts in an operating room, not with a dead body, which had a unique twist to
starting a mystery novel. As soon as the story moves to Hawaii from London, the
suspense element jumped into full force. A dead body or two. Mishaps. Car
chases. Among other things that kept the mystery element moving through the
story. While I do enjoy these type of things in the my suspense stories, I
wanted more. Plenty of dry moments where nothing was happening. A lot of
getting to know one another. I felt like the plot was boring and needed more
action. Really did not capture my attention the way I like a mystery novel to
do. Even with this element to the plot, a big transformation moment occurs to
Peter, the doctor, and those are the moments I enjoy seeing in novels. Overall,
Elysium Tide by James R. Hannibal was
an okay mystery, but it really did not have enough action for me. I wanted more
to the plot.
I received a complimentary copy of Elysium Tide by James R. Hannibal from
Revell Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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