A Passion for Murder

Another heinous crime occurs in Alaska, and with no time to heal from the last brutal case of The Snowman, and Stowy Jenkins, Detective Quaid returns to his job. PTSD, a former lover, and an odious villain test his mettle and his sanity.

A Passion for Murder is the final book of the Detective Quaid Series. It's time to give these characters the ending they deserve. This book begins where Murder, Just Because left off.

In A Passion for Murder, the Quaids find that the road to happiness is never easy; even before they have time to recoup from the Snowman's last vicious acts, another demon arises. Steven and Sarah discover that the road to 'happily ever after' has many detours and challenges. Especially if Steven is to continue his life's work.

Steven's passion will take him away from his family when they need him the most, but everything is possible when true love is involved.

My thoughts …...

Have you ever just wanted to throttle a character in a book you were reading?

Detective Steven Quaid is just such a character for me. It’s a love/hate emotion for one of my favorite characters. He’s so typical “male” sometimes. Then there’s also Alice Fox. She’s one that grows on you. Both are characters from A PASSION FOR MURDER, the final installment in the Detective Steven Quaid series by author Yolanda Renee.

This is a fascinating book with such realistic characters you wind up having emotional responses to their actions. The characters come alive the way the author has them interacting. You feel you know these people or at least people just like them.

The story line is fast paced and suspenseful. Just when you think you know who the killer is or what is going to happen next, the author throws in red herrings to make you wonder if you’re on the right track. Maybe you are, maybe you aren’t.

While this is a spellbinding murder mystery, the author also ties in serious issues such as rape and PTSD. She tackles the subjects head-on and gives the victim’s perspective.

This story will hold your attention from beginning to end. Even though this is the final installment in the series, the story can be read on its own. However, once you meet these characters, you’ll want to know even more about them.

Be prepared to get lost in the beauty of the story’s setting and enchanted by the characters as A PASSION FOR MURDER holds you captive.

A side note ….

When it comes to writing a review, I always worry that I won’t be able to convey how good a book truly is through what I say. For this reason, I sometimes put off writing a review longer than I should.

That’s what I’ve done in the case of A PASSION FOR MURDER and another book I’ll share my thoughts on later this week. Both are great books by two of my all-time favorite authors. Both are series that I’ve enjoyed from the beginning. They are two different types of genres with major things in common – fascinating plot lines, realistic characters, and the unique talent to draw you into their worlds within the first few paragraphs. I hope you’ll check out both.

Thanks for stopping by today. Now I gotta know, do you ever talk to the characters as you read?