I would have liked the secondary characters to have had a bit more about them seeing as Jo insists in the narrative she is so dependent on them as friends and mentors.īut we can't have everything. He brings the FBI in, who straight away decide it's personal against them and go off and solve the crime. The story starts at 4 murders in and very quickly Oliver and FBI boyfriend Vitarello work out the whodunnit and where-he'll-next-do-it which is a shame in a way as it makes small town Sheriff look like well a small town Sheriff. I think sometimes a little bit too much action in too short of time seeing as I'm sure no one slept. The book is fairly short and packs a lot of action into it.

And you know what, it's cleverly done and doesn't detract from the story and gives jo Oliver a bit of a different but good character background. Every so often lead character Chief jo Oliver will stop and pray for guidance and author Catherine Finger will write out these prayers and then off we go with the rest of the action. I'm spiritual rather than religious and wasn't brought up in a religious household so it's not something I really see in my reading material.

I can't really think of a better way to put it. This, for me was a little bit different from either your standard detective novels or the quirky bookshop-turned-sleuth novels simply because it's quite a Christian book. I was convinced I'd read this book - looks like I forgot to put the review on here :)

Anchored by Death by Catherine Finger