Evan Delaney Novel China Lake: An Evan Delaney Novel, Book 1, (Paperback)

from tututhefirst

A new protagonist for me. Evan Delaney, attorney turned writer, has been given temporary custody of her nephew Luke. Luke's father (Evan's brother) is a Naval Aviator who is deployed to keep the world safe for democracy. His mother abandoned him because she could not abide the 'Navy way' of life....

from 26kathryn

I really enjoyed this book, I could hardly put it down! The suspense was built up throughout the book and their were some surprising twists towards the end. Some parts of the story seemed quite far fetched which was a shame. But all in all a very good thriller.

from SimonW11

At last an author who knows when something isn't a rodent. "Outlaw vigilantes of the genus Mustela" have a small but heroic role in this book. After the ultra violence that I was reading at the start of the year. the slow build in this one made a pleasant change as did the intelligent lawyer hero...

from DianeS

This reads like the first of a new series, featuring (female) amateur detective Evan Delaney. Evan is a lawyer, doing legal research and journalism, which evidently allows her to take a lot of time off to detect. One way of allowing an amateur to get involved in an investigation is to involve her...

from

I'm not able to finish this right now - it's well-written and very suspenseful, but too intense for me right now. I need something lighter. Therefore, I can't give it a reasonable review or rating.