I enjoy reading mystery
and suspense books and was excited to read Dani Pettrey’s newest novel One
Wrong Move, the first book in the Jeopardy Falls series.
Christian O’Brady’s
received a frantic phone call from his client Tad Gaiman about a break-in and
theft at his art gallery in Jeopardy Falls.
Christian had installed state of the art security system at all three of
Gaiman’s art galleries. When Christian
arrived on the scene, he learned that the impenetrable system was compromised
by his client and a mystery-women he had met the night before. Christian will be working with Sheriff
Brunswick and insurance investigator Andi Forester to find out what happened. When news comes out about break-ins at Tad’s
other art galleries, this case just got a lot more complicated.
The premise of this
storyline is interesting and many characters were likeable. There was a lot going on in this story. There were a lot of characters, Christian’s brother
and sister worked with him, along with a work associate. Christian’s brother Deckard knew of Andi, but
under a different name, and what he knew about her was not good. Andi had a lot of baggage and had left her
last job with the FBI under a cloud of suspicion. Not a lot of people believed in her innocence,
except for friend Harper.
Andi was not the
only person with personal baggage. Christian,
Deckard, and their sister Riley had a rough start and had battled putting their
past and the memories behind them. It
seems like everyone’s past was coming back to haunt them.
I had some problems
with this book from the start. At the
beginning there are two brutal murders that take place and were told from the
point of view of the bad guys. It seemed
over the top and especially ugly which surprised me in a book from a Christian writer
and publisher. It did not make the story
better and I thought about putting the book down. There were multiple bad guys and keeping
track of them was challenging.
There was a whole lot
of past baggage with the main characters, almost everyone of them. They were likeable, but it was a lot of
issues to get through. Perhaps the volume
of issues took away from the storyline.
The Christian faith
was somewhat included, but was not deeply developed. The physical attraction between some of the character
could have been toned down some. There
were some illogical decisions or risks that were taken that did not make sense. I didn’t quite believe the ending. With two brutal murders and other violence in
addition to major high end art theft, it did not seem logical that law
enforcement would be on site to get the bad guys.
There were elements
that I liked in One Wrong Move, likeable characters, and an interesting
storyline. But it was overwhelmed by the
number of characters with lots of baggage and details. I like Dani Pettrey’s writing, but
this story kind of detracted from itself by the volume of characters and subplots.
I would like to
thank Bethany House Publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read
a complimentary copy of One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey. I was under no obligation to give a favorable
review.
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