Hell To Pay – Book Review
Author:Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: SkipJack Publishing (17 March 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1939889367
ISBN-13: 978-1939889362
Genre: Romance/Mystery
About The Book:
USA Best Book Award-Winning Series, Cross Genre Fiction.
Third book in the Emily series, a spin-off from Katie & Annalise.
Big-haired paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily thinks she’s got her life back on track. Her adoption of Betsy seems like a done deal, her parents have reunited, and she’s engaged to her sexy boss Jack. Then client Phil Escalante’s childhood buddy Dennis drops dead, face first into a penis cake at the adult novelty store Phil owns with his fiancée Nadine, one of Emily’s best friends. The cops charge Phil with murder right on the heels of his acquittal in a trail for burglarizing the Mighty is His Word church offices. Emily’s nemesis ADA Melinda Stafford claims her witness overheard Phil fighting with Dennis over a woman, right about the time Phil falls into a diabetic coma, leaving Nadine shaken and terrified. Meanwhile Betsy’s ultra-religious foster parents apply to adopt her and Jack starts acting weird and evasive. Emily feels like a calf out of a chute, pulled between the ropes of the header and the heeler, as she fights to help Phil and Nadine without losing Betsy and Jack.
About The Author:
Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, the What Doesn’t Kill You romantic mysteries, and (possibly) hilarious nonfiction. She resides deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY. Pamela is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as hiking with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs and goat, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile.
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My Take:
The book is seventh in the series of ‘What Doesn’t Kill You‘. A reader might feel that starting with the seventh one would not be a good idea but if given a try, you won’t feel it’s the seven installment. As soon as you begin reading and are few chapter into the book, you are engrossed and it’s hard to put the book down. Sure, initially everything feels our of place and takes time to bind the things together as if the reader has jumped directly in the middle of the story.
The story is woven with expertise, mixing up romance, thrill, mystery in the appropriate proportions. At no times the reader would feel the story has gone out of the hands but yes sometimes it does becomes a little predictable. But nevertheless it’s an enjoyable ride to read through. A moderately paced story lets the reader join the clues together.
The characters are as real as they could be, especially that of Emily whose character shows all human emotions from pain and courage to vulnerability. The essence of human quality is not lost in focusing on the mystery. The love and romance adds smile to the lips of the reader. Bottom-Line: A perfect mix of romance and mystery
My Rating:
4/5
Scale of Rating: 1– Ignore It!! 2-Don’t Touch It!! 3-One Time Read!! 4-Add To Your TBR!! 5-Read it NOW!!!
And now I’ll leave you with a quote from the book.
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