Tightrope (Burning Cove, book 3) - Amanda Quick

Written by Amanda Quick
Read by Nina Alvamar
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 48 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Burning Cove, book 3
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release Date: 5/7/2019
Duration: 09:05:19

As we learned in series starter The Girl Who Knew Too Much, strange things happen in 1930s Burning Cove, CA, where people go to rest up or start over.
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Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real.

In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true—Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld.

Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. When Matthias’s investigation leads him to Amalie’s front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out.

Two rviews—As suspects pile up and the danger gets closer, so do Amalie and Matthias. The romance is sexy, and it’s entertaining to watch Amalie save her livelihood through the power of publicity with help from an aging movie star and a celebrity gossip columnist. Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) delivers another Hollywood golden age romantic suspense that’s a little over-the-top, but in a clever, fun way.

Quick excels at developing complex plots that keep the reader guessing, all while building chemistry between Amalie and Mattias as they work together to catch a criminal who may also be linked to Amalie’s past. This tangled novel will satisfy series fans and others looking for a bit of a challenge.

That’s two thumbs up….