If you like mystery, and suspense than the Moonlighters series is for you.
936784
I've read probably every book Terri Blackstock has written, yep I'm a big fan. The Moonlighters series is great for 3 reasons: 1: It's a great series to read full of suspense and plot twist that really keeps you reading and staying up late to find out what happens. 2: While it's a series it also can be read with out reading the others in the series. Yes stuff from the past books is brought up but you will not be lost. I say this because I read them out of order. I read book 2 first, then went back and read book 1 (that one slipped by me) and now book 3. and reason number 3: They are written by Terri Blackstock, Love her writing style.

Twisted Innocence is mainly about the troubled sister. She can find trouble a mile away but now that she is a single mom she is trying to walk the straight and narrow. Well that didn't work out as great as she planned. She has found trouble big time and how is she ever going to get out of it and keep her sweet baby safe. Lucky for her she has some awesome family that will do anything and everything to help her solve this big mess and find her when the big mess turns into a kidnapping.

Twisted Innocence really kept me guessing and while the ending makes sense I didn't really see it coming right away. Twisted Innocence was a good book 3 of the series, and I think it might be the last of the series. If it is I will be sad but understand, sometimes it's best to leave a series on a good note and not run it to the ground.  If you like mystery, and suspense than the Moonlighters series is for you. Check out Truth Stained Lies, Distortion, and Twisted Innocence.

thank you Zondervan and Blogging for books for sending me a copy of Twisted Innocence. All thoughts and opinions are my own and were no way influenced by the free book.
3702031
I liked the stores enough to have read the entire series. I enjoyed it and found it quite entertaining. It was different something new that I had not seen or read before. The story plot lines weren't super complicated and kept to a more or less simple formula. But the author still put in twists, suspense and mystery though.
1086071
I am a fan of MHC so I enjoy all of her books except the ones she writes with her daughter.  Moonlight Becomes You is a good mystery but not one of her best.
798158
This series features an intriguing small town, a psychic bookstore owner, and way too many murders in a short time period. I recommend it for most: low descriptive violence, a touch of romance but not sexy, pretty well edited, and no cursing I noticed at all. This book is much more in the psychic end of the spectrum, nothing magical much. The mysteries, so far as I just finished book two also, are quite predictable though.
2334672
And we read it in a group.  Not my usual taste in mysteries but still good.  Try it.  Judge for yourself.  You may have found a new series to enjoy.
1406791
If you want a mystery that does nothing but deliver suspense, this is not the book for you. This book opens with a quotation from Epictetus which speaks of the human soul and choice, and concludes: "For ruin and recovery alike are from within." A WELL-KNOWN SECRET offers both a literary mystery and a very engaging exploration of human ruin and recovery.
I see that this is the second in a series. I had not read the first, and found that the book stood on its own.
Terry Orr, our hero, is a writer turned amateur detective. He is engaged to solve mystery of Sonia Salgado, who has spent 30 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. What really happened? Why did she do it? Why was she murdered after being released from prison? Terry unravels this decades-old mystery in classic amateur PI fashion -- asking questions, getting less-than-straight answers, getting a bit battered in the process. That part of the novel is well executed, but not overwhelmingly new and different. What makes A WELL-KNOWN SECRET stand out -- and it does stand out -- is the other stories that Fusilli is telling.
A WELL-KNOWN SECRET is set in post 9-11 New York City. That story of ruin and recovery runs throughout the book. The more personal ruin that we unravel is that of Terry Orr himself. We read in a newspaper story at the beginning of the book that Terry's wife and infant son were killed four years ago. In the course of his solving the mystery, we find out more about what happened and why, and watch to see if and how Terry and his daughter will recover.
A WELL-KNOWN SECRET is a fine novel and an enjoyable mystery. Its somewhat leisurely pace will likely madden anyone after a strict suspense fix. However, if you are willing to slow down a bit, it is a very rewarding read. I found it a bit slow at first, but once hooked, I could not put it down. I read A WELL-KNOWN SECRET in one sitting. I will definitely pick up the next Terry Orr novel!
4909872
I would recommend the series but there are other authors I think are perhaps more edge of your seat reading.
2260752
It's part mystery and part science fiction.  After the first plot twist occurs, the remainder is more predictable.  Worth reading, YES.
2866575
Mermaid Moon is the second book in the Sunset Cove series.  I really enjoyed the first book Inn at Sunset Cove and was hoping I would equally enjoy the second.  While I did like Mermaid Moon, I didn't love it.  The story involves Mallory Davis who left her home 15 years before in the wake of a scandal.  She returns home when her father dies to try to figure out why he was murdered.  She finds herself and her daughter in grave danger as someone seems to want them out of the way.  Kevin is her ex-fiance, but being in law enforcement, her agrees to help keep her safe .

I will say that I did enjoy the mystery in this story.  It was really intriguing and had a few twists.  There was one big surprise toward the end that I definitely didn't see coming.  The whole thing kept me guessing and I was eager to get to the end to find out the whole story.  What I didn't love was romance part of the book.  I felt like Mallory and Kevin got back together a bit too quickly for me. I just wasn't feeling the bond between them.  I also was a bit underwhelmed by the "scandal" that sent Mallory fleeing from her home.  She kept talking about whispers and looks from the people in the community now that she was back.  I was confused because it seemed to me that aside from Kevin's parents, everyone she encountered welcomed her with open arms.

If you are looking for a good clean mystery, there is one in this book.  I do recommend checking it out.  Characters from the first book play a role in this one, so it was nice to catch up with them.  I do look forward to Kate's story in Twilight at Blueberry Barrens coming in September 2016.
4820857
This  book is more romance and less mystery. One twin, Jerry,  is murdered in Cozumel, his twin brother, Jonas, comes to investigate. Elizabeth Palmer ends up in the middle of a drug smuggling operation gone bad. The twists and turns are up with Nora Roberts' romance mystery writing, but not with her mystery style exhibited in Sanctuary. The book is enjoyable and entertaining.  If you are like me, once I star any book I don't want to put it down until I finish. The same goes for this one. After all, if you finish, you miss the surprise at the end.
4654732
Decent writer who kept my interest. The author knows how to build suspense. Perhaps I have watched to many police and mystery shows, but I felt as though it was predictable. I appreciated that it wasn't overly long and drawn out. I wasn't so smitten with the story that I would continue to read the series.
1185252
Typical mystery. Not much action. But if you're a fan of murder mysteries, you'll probably like it.
699082
If you like suspense this is a book to read. It has a good storyline and interesting characters it's more suspense than anything else
1198796
I was actually going to rate this 3 stars until I started trying to put a finger on why I didn't enjoy it more.  On reading the blurb, I thought: it's my kind of mystery! The way they got into the "search for the bad guy" phase of the mystery was different and interesting. Why then did it feel like I had to push myself to finish it?

I think I need to seriously put the blame on characterization. For all the amount of time I invested in these people, I really didn't feel anything when anything bad happened to them. Someone gets stabbed? Ho-hum? Someone dies? Yawn.  By the end I still couldn't tell Shannon from Lisa (and Lisa is the protagonist.) The bad guy himself was not forecast from their first meeting but I felt more satisfaction about opening my mail than his big reveal. I could blame that on too many characters, but I've read books with more characters that I could tell them apart.

The other problem with the book is that the pacing is slow without much suspense. Since you're not getting the payout of character definition, at least you should be able to feel curiosity and suspense about the action. I didn't. Part of this is because there were too many "red herrings" and side trips (for example, while solving the main mystery, they manage to find several other killers who have eluded the police for years. These really have nothing to do with the main mystery.) There's also a ton of redundancy (like the mentions of the song used in the title...four or five times.)

I also didn't like the ending.  It wound on long after the killer was found (and dealt with). I understand finding the bodies of the women who died to give closure to their families was the point of the group, but the action itself felt tacked on.

I can't say I'd recommend reading this book or any more in the series.  I was kind of surprised to see that it was a series.
4639583
I am a big fan of Amelia Peabody and the Egyptian mysteries that take place around the turn of the 20th century. This isn't of that caliber. I also like the Barbara Michaels gothic series, but Bliss isn't that good either.
641533
I've read the series before, but am just now reviewing. I really love the characters, but I feel like very little happens over long periods of time. Each book's time span is several months, but there's no real conflict or drama. Sometimes the stories are wordy and drawn out. Maybe it's because I'm into more suspenseful and darker books. I do recommend giving the series a try, it may be more to your liking than mine.
1348562
If you like books with magic, and suspense, this is a good series. I would rate this series as good as Harry Potter but your lead character is a girl named Catrin. The writer writes in a way that makes this series easy to read. If you read a lot, you know what I am talking about.