Deadly
Target is Elizabeth
Goddard’s second book in the Rocky Mountain Courage series. I looked forward to reading it because I’ve enjoyed
Elizabeth’s novels in the past.
Erin Larson is a criminal
psychologist and crime podcaster. Erin
and her friend are kayaking on Puget Sound when out-of-nowhere, a large yacht
is speeding towards them and tries to mow them down. They narrowly escape by abandoning their kayaks. After being rescued Erin, receives a phone
call from her former boyfriend, Detective Nathan Campbell, in Montana. She is filled with dread as he tells her that
her mom tried to commit suicide and is in the hospital. This is just the beginning of the action in
chapter one. The rest of the book is
filled with twists and turns, attempts to kill either Erin or Nathan and their family
members and others caught in the crossfire.
It stretched from Washington to Montana and Boston.
Deadly
Target is action-packed
and filled with many twists and turns. Nearly
everyone was suspect and couldn’t be trusted.
It took me a while to get into the story because the tension continued
to build and build and build with multiple incidents. I didn’t connect with the character Erin
because I found her off-putting. I liked
Nathan but didn’t understand what he saw in Erin.
As much as I wanted
to like Deadly Target, I didn’t enjoy it. The story had too many twists and turns and too
many characters. It was hard to follow,
and stretched the imagination. The plotline
with its endless action just wasn’t believable, especially towards the end. Added to those negatives, the main character
wasn’t very likable. That’s why I don’t
recommend Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard.
I would like to
thank Revell Publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read
a complimentary copy of Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard. I was under no obligation to give a favorable
review.
