Hallowed Ground, Review for BE Reviews
Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong
Bear Butte county PI Julie Collins is struggling to learn the business while her partner dears with his own issues. Left on her own she gets involved with a case that leads to several disturbing murders. While trying to track down a missing girl, nothing is what it seems and everyone around her is getting hurt.
Hired to find the missing girl by Tony Martinez, Julie starts to get suspicious when things don't add up. Nothing about the case, or her feelings for Martinez, are simple and as the body count rises she becomes the next target for the killer.
From page one of this book I was taken in where, frankly, I didn't expect to be. I'm not sure why. The blurb on the back of the book is good but something in me hesitated. Maybe I've just read too many "just ok" suspenses lately so I didn't want to expect too much.
Hallowed Ground has a lot going on from a missing child and a Lakota Holy group, to rival Casinos and an east coast crime family, reminiscent of the Mob. Add to that one badass hero who heads a version of what I assume to be the Hell's Angels. Even with all that the author keeps everything straight. There was no time where I had to go back and re-read something to figure out what she was talking about. The only thing I was kept guessing about until the end was who did it and I love that.
Told in the first person we get to see the world through Julie's eyes. She is a is a kickbutt heroine, with a scarred past and an interesting way with dealing with things. She's tough and yet, not so tough. Like so many of us, her mouth gets her in to trouble on more than one occassion - she's feisty and real. I like her, although I'm not sure I'd want to hang around with her, as trouble seems to follow wherever she goes.
Having not read the first book in this series, Blood Ties, I will now be placing it on my to be read list. While this is definitely a stand alone book I'd like to see more of Julie Collins and her world. Ms. Armstrong has me hooked and it looks like I will have to wait for November of this year for the third installment. I highly recommend you get Hallowed Grave.
I give this a 5
Labels: Rating 5
posted by Michelle @ 5:23 p.m.
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