Friday, August 23, 2013

A Review of "Reese's Leap" [63]

Reeses's Leap by Darcy Scott
Published by: Maine Authors Publishing
Publication Date: March 23, 2013
Number of Pages: 216
ISBN: 978-1938883347



You want to help a friend out, be a buddy, right?
Darren's son died a short time ago in a drug fueled accident and he has been having a very hard time dealing with it. So against his best judgement, Gil accompanies his friend out to Mistake Island, where Darren's girlfriend and several other woman are meeting for their annual girls week on the private island. No phones, no electrics, no bathrooms....just a lodge and some rustic out buildings, Adria Jackman's family summer retreat.

Gil and Darren planned to head back to the mainland that evening, until the dense fogged rolled in. Then one of the woman brings a man she met wandering the island to dinner, an ex-con named Pete, who started going on about how his brother was killed on the island two years ago, and he is out to figure out what happen.
Throw in some tales of dead sailors and mysterious treasure, a dead body that soon turns up, and the realization that they are all trapped, seemingly the prisoner of a madman, and a great story is underway on the rocky Maine coast!

This the second book in Scott's Island Mystery series, and it is a good follow up to the first, Matinicus.
I must say I totally enjoyed the first and this is a worthy, if less complicated, follow up. But worry not, this one can totally be read as a stand alone. I think if you do, you will want to go back and read the first because out hero, Gil Hodges, is a fabulous character. He is a botanist, a half-hearted professor, a hard drinker, a baseball lover and a man who has the absolutely worse luck in woman in the entire world. Not that he does not keep trying whenever he can. Soon, he is going to have to learn this lesson.

The setting on this deserted Maine island is also a winner for me. Yes, I love all things Maine coast, but add in the fascinating history some of these places have, going back centuries, and the hard working, hard living people that live among them and you have a great place for a rather violent thriller. No, these are not cozies, between the drinking and a splash of sex and any number of violent deaths, these books have a bit of an edge. Happily, we have good-hearted Gil as our guide. He is a smart guy, good to have around in an emergency, but maybe he needs to be a little more suspicious of people, especially beautiful women and start thinking with his Big Brain and not with his...well, I will leave that for you to fill in, since this is not an R-rated review.
And as a botanist, specializing on the flora of these coastal islands, rich and sometimes surprising diversity due largely to migrating birds and the seeds they leave behind, he lets us explore a side of these islands I was not really aware of a pleasant addition to the murder and mayhem.

It seems there is to be one more book in this trilogy...yes, since it will be a trilogy....Gil back in an adventure that will take him back to Matinicus and I must say, I can not wait!



 DARCY SCOTT is a live-aboard sailor and experienced ocean cruiser who’s sailed to Grenada and back on a whim, island-hopped through the Caribbean, and been struck by lightning in the middle of the Gulf Stream. Her favorite cruising ground remains the coast of Maine, however, and her appreciation of the history and rugged beauty of its sparsely populated out-islands serves as inspiration for her Maine Island Mystery Series, which includes 2012’s award-winning "Matinicus" and the newly released "Reese’s Leap." Book three, "Ragged Island," is currently in the works. Her debut novel, "Hunter Huntress," was published in June, 2010 by Snowbooks, Ltd., UK.


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27 comments:

  1. Oh, I really must read this, even if I don't like the name Mistake Island. But I love the name Reese's of course, since it has that positive association with peanut butter cups. And I love books set in Maine, especially if they take advantage of the location and talk about it. (And oddly, books set in Maine seem to do that more than books set anywhere else!) My family actually goes each year to some place in W. Va. that is like this place: "no phones, no electrics, no bathrooms....just a lodge and some rustic out buildings" - me? I'm not interested in accompanying them! :--)

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    1. the older I get, the more I agree with my SIL that 'roughing it" is staying at a hotel without room service..or a bar! lol

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  2. I actually enjoy rustic, but NOT for a girls weekend. That type of retreat requires the spa, access to alcohol, and someone to cook meals for me! I'm really attracted to this trilogy...please scream at me and remind me when the third is published and I shall have a Gil Fest.

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  3. So glad you enjoyed this book! Great review! Making me want to read this title asap. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

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  4. Thanks so much for the lovely review and I'm so glad you're enjoying the series! I'm working on the third book, Ragged Island, as fast as I can...

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    1. hey, I posted this comment the other day! It's gone!
      I just wanted to thank you for stopping by...writers are my rock stars, after all.
      I really enjoyed both these books and must, must get the third one SOON! :-)

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