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Thea Campbell Mystery #3
An Error in Judgment
Thea Campbell is spunky, stubborn, loyal -- and, as boyfriend Paul Hudson points out, a disaster magnet. Danger stalks her when she tries to do the right thing. When Thea’s best friend, Andrea, is arrested for the murder of her husband, Thea knows the police blew it big-time. Her determination to find who really killed the billionaire deposits her into a group of possible the dead man’s greedy, dysfunctional family, a known felon, and a mild-mannered scholar with a personal agenda. Can Thea survive both attempted murder and arson to expose the real murderer? Hang on for a fast-paced, fun read.
334 pages, Paperback
First published July 23, 2011
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October 30, 2011
OK, I was already a fan, so I bought An Error in Judgment expecting an entertaining read. I already knew and liked the characters and I knew Schreyer delivered a well crafted, well plotted mystery with lots of twists and turns. No surprise that An Error in Judgment delivers all of that. What blew me away and made this a must read book is that with this third offering in the Thea Campbell series Schreyer deftly moves from traditional mystery to romantic thriller and blows the doors off the genre while keeping her story real with gently comedic and completely realisic moments between her lead characters. The story is tightly drawn and spirals inward pulling the reader in until the explosive climax. It's a masterpiece. I read it on a Kindle and I couldn't push the next page tab fast enough.
January 21, 2012
I received this book as an author giveaway to read and review. Happily, I liked it!
I did not realize this is the third Thea Campbell story. It is delightful. The story is told in the first-person point of view and it absolutely works because Thea is such a great character. I found myself really wanting to know what she would say or do next. She's funny, but not that laugh-out-loud or slapstick kind of funny - I'd say more quirky funny. If she was a real person, I'd want to be her friend.
The story can't be classified as a thriller, but it's not claiming to be one, either. It moves along at a steady clip, not too slow or too fast. I learned a little about the world of dressage, a little about fossils and fossil collecting, just enough to leave me wanting more. There's a murder, a family gathering for the funeral, an interesting cast of characters, shenanigans to throw the reader off the scent of the real killer and everything comes together at the end.
In my opinion, Schreyer's great talent is in her characterization. Even minor characters are fantastic. God help me - I even wanted more of Birgit and Vince. And I would have loved it if Thea could have been at the reading of the will. I'll bet that was a fun time!
OK, on the negative side, I really don't like the cover art. It looks like something I'd put together, and I know just enough about Photoshop to be dangerous.
Would I have bought this book? At $5.99, probably not because I'd never read anything by this author before. Having read it, would I buy more Thea Campbell stories, which are all in that price range for the Kindle? They meet my criteria for being priced in the same range I've paid for paperback so I'd have to say yes, with the qualification that I'd read all the less-expensive books I own, any less-expensive books I'm likely to buy, and the 100 or so books on my public library e-book wishlist first. (Let me just note - the paperback is priced at a whopping $16 on Amazon. As soon as I pick myself up off the floor, I'll ask if paperback prices have gone up dramatically in the last year, or is the Costco book table really that much cheaper?)
All in all, it's a good read and I think readers will continue to like Thea Campbell for some time to come.
I did not realize this is the third Thea Campbell story. It is delightful. The story is told in the first-person point of view and it absolutely works because Thea is such a great character. I found myself really wanting to know what she would say or do next. She's funny, but not that laugh-out-loud or slapstick kind of funny - I'd say more quirky funny. If she was a real person, I'd want to be her friend.
The story can't be classified as a thriller, but it's not claiming to be one, either. It moves along at a steady clip, not too slow or too fast. I learned a little about the world of dressage, a little about fossils and fossil collecting, just enough to leave me wanting more. There's a murder, a family gathering for the funeral, an interesting cast of characters, shenanigans to throw the reader off the scent of the real killer and everything comes together at the end.
In my opinion, Schreyer's great talent is in her characterization. Even minor characters are fantastic. God help me - I even wanted more of Birgit and Vince. And I would have loved it if Thea could have been at the reading of the will. I'll bet that was a fun time!
OK, on the negative side, I really don't like the cover art. It looks like something I'd put together, and I know just enough about Photoshop to be dangerous.
Would I have bought this book? At $5.99, probably not because I'd never read anything by this author before. Having read it, would I buy more Thea Campbell stories, which are all in that price range for the Kindle? They meet my criteria for being priced in the same range I've paid for paperback so I'd have to say yes, with the qualification that I'd read all the less-expensive books I own, any less-expensive books I'm likely to buy, and the 100 or so books on my public library e-book wishlist first. (Let me just note - the paperback is priced at a whopping $16 on Amazon. As soon as I pick myself up off the floor, I'll ask if paperback prices have gone up dramatically in the last year, or is the Costco book table really that much cheaper?)
All in all, it's a good read and I think readers will continue to like Thea Campbell for some time to come.
August 19, 2011
Schreyer puts dressage a bit in the background in this third book in the series and moves Thea's good friend, Andrea, and paleontology front and center. Andrea is now married to a much-disliked older man. When Sig, Andrea's husband, drops dead at a banquet and Andres is accused of giving him an overdose of insulin, Thea and Paul move into the mansion that now belongs to Andrea to help their friend. A lot of unpleasant characters appear, enough that you'll never guess "who don it." I think this series keeps getting better and better.
March 23, 2015
A fun read
I love these books and can hardly wait to get at the next one. I get so irritated at their constant bickering until I remember that's how my grandkids sound and wonder if I did that fifty years ago myself. Then I relax and laugh a lot and I need to laugh, so I love these books as much for the fun as the mystery.
I love these books and can hardly wait to get at the next one. I get so irritated at their constant bickering until I remember that's how my grandkids sound and wonder if I did that fifty years ago myself. Then I relax and laugh a lot and I need to laugh, so I love these books as much for the fun as the mystery.
September 23, 2011
I won this book on goodreads. I haven't read this author before so I didn't know this was part of a series. I did enjoy this book, a basic mystery.
January 20, 2013
Great light read. Second I've read in series ( read #4, too) and will continue to read them as they come out. Need to go back and start at the beginning!
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