Tilt a Whirl

Tilt a Whirl

There isn't much sun in the fun when a billionaire real estate tycoon is found murdered on the Tilt-A-Whirl at a seedy seaside amusement park in the otherwise quiet summer tourist town of Sea Haven. John Ceepak, a former MP just back from Iraq, has just joined the Sea Haven police department. The job offer came from an old army buddy who hoped to give Ceepak at least a summer's worth of rest and relaxation to help him forget the horrors of war. Instead, Ceepak will head up the murder investigation. He is partnered with Danny Boyle, a 24-year-old part-time summer cop who doesn't carry a gun and only works with the police by day so he has enough pocket money left over to play with his beach buddies at night. In the first novel in a new series written in the spirit of Carl Hiaasen's work, the Tilt-A-Whirl murder pushes Ceepak's deep sense of honor and integrity to the limits, as unexpected twists and turns keep the truth spinning wildly in every direction.
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Amit Gawande@amit
3 stars
Sep 22, 2021

Breezy read; author wants the content to be light. Ends up leaving it to be not so much. As a popcorn read, it is an ok mystery novel. But as a mystery novel, it really fails. There is no built-up towards the twists; they are just thrown in as required. Characters are not written, revealed, enough to justify their actions. Reader can't reason why they behaved the way they did. And with the end this book has, it can't leave me neutral. I need to feel dearly for one side or the other. None of the characters on either of these sides have depth enough to make me feel for them. Plus the mid-third is too slow with plot circling around the same 'twist'. Anyway, was I bored? Not really. Interesting plot, light narration, enough twists (though predictable), pacy start and finish. Ingredients that make this an ok read. Chomp on it. But, once done, it may leave your more heavy that you expected to be.

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Oliver Magnanimous@oliverm
1 star
Apr 3, 2024
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Alix N@alix
4 stars
Nov 18, 2023
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Alex King@discoberry
3 stars
Aug 12, 2022

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