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Dead Ends (Main Street Mystery #2)
by
Sandra Balzo (Goodreads Author)
The second title in the ‘Main Street’ series – a blast from the past has deadly consequences for the small town of Sutherton . . . - Fall arrives early in the High Country of North Carolina, but journalist AnnaLise Griggs is more concerned about one particular trio of visitors: Benjamin Rosewood, his wife Tanja, and their daughter, Suzanne, especially as AnnaLise and Ben h...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
September 1st 2012
by Severn House Publishers
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I hate it when I start a series and enter it mid-way; whether it is the second book in the series or the fourth book in the series. When I won Dead Ends from a goodreads giveaway and learned that it was the second book in the series, I felt a bit iffy about it. Then when I also first started reading Dead Ends, I automatically knew that the book was not for me.
To start with, the first few chapters were dull, long, and boring since I didn't know any of the...more
I hate it when I start a series and enter it mid-way; whether it is the second book in the series or the fourth book in the series. When I won Dead Ends from a goodreads giveaway and learned that it was the second book in the series, I felt a bit iffy about it. Then when I also first started reading Dead Ends, I automatically knew that the book was not for me.
To start with, the first few chapters were dull, long, and boring since I didn't know any of the...more
This novel finds our friend, AnnaLise Griggs staying with her mother, Daisy as scary medical tests loom before Daisy. To AnnaLise's mortification, while sitting in Mama's Cafe, her former lover, District Attorney Benjamin Rosewood enters with wife and daughter. While worrying about her affair being disclosed to her family and friends tragedy strikes...
Suffering a near death on a curve of the mountain, Daisy and AnnaLise hold on to their lives as their car hangs precariously close to the drop off...more
Suffering a near death on a curve of the mountain, Daisy and AnnaLise hold on to their lives as their car hangs precariously close to the drop off...more
What should have been a simple trip home for journalist AnnaLise Griggs has turned into a nightmare. It is time for college to start and who shows up in Sutherton, North Carolina to start class, Suzanne Rosewood with her parents in tow. Her mother, Tanja and her father, Benjamin, the district attorney of Urban County, Wisconsin. AnnaLise and Ben have a bit of a past. A past she would love to forget. Now it has followed her home.
AnnaLise has errands to run and the Rosewoods all have plans so the...more
AnnaLise has errands to run and the Rosewoods all have plans so the...more
This is the second in the Main Street mystery series and I found it a quick read. AnneLise, a reporter who lives in Wisconsin is home in Suterton, NC on leave to help her mother who is having memory lapses. The arrival of her former paramour DA Benjamin Rosewood, his wife and daughter take her by surprise. Evidently Ben's daughter is a student at UMO, University of the Mountain. AnneLise, having ended the affair thinks he is trying to get her back. Having realized her mistake of having an affai...more
AnnaLise gets involved in a murder when her married ex-lover arrives in town with his wife and child. By asking questions, AnnaLise suddenly becomes a threat to a killer who’s hiding in plain sight. This was a good read and the author did a great job in keeping me in suspense with the many twists and directions the story took in unraveling and exposing a killer. AnnaLise is a strong yet vulnerable heroine as her search for answers brings her face-to-face with some of her own past actions. This c...more
Journalist AnnaLise is still waiting to learn of mother Daisy has early-onset Alzheimer's when her former lover, district attorney back in Wisconsin, shows up--with his wife and daughter. When a death follows, AnnaLise becomes a suspect, although the police chief is her best friend from high school. She's sure that she knows who the real killer is, but she has no proof. As more secrets are exposed, she and Daisy end up in danger.
Dead Ends is the second installment in Sandra Balzo's Main Street Murders series. While I am a big fan of her Maggy Thorsen series, this one just isn't quite as good though it is hard to pinpoint why. Maybe it's more of relating to the other character just a bit more. AnnaLise is shocked to see her former lover show up in her town with his wife and daughter. Not surprisingly, the wife is killed in a tragic car accident. Once it becomes obvious that it was murder, AnnaLise starts trying to figure...more
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I really love a good mystery and Dead Ends was just that. There was a nice slow build to find out what the mystery was, which gave you time to get to know the players and then there was an explosion of possibilities- fantastic. I must admit until the reveal I was wrong about who the murderer was, I won’t say who I had it pegged on but it wasn’t correct. I really loved the realistic and comfortable setting as well as the well crafted characters. It was very easy to bond with AnnaLisa and her fami...more
I was lucky enough to win this book from a Goodreads giveaway. I like a mystery and this was a good one. A quick read featuring characters that were easy to like. It had a down home feel based on it's location that added to the book.
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Sandra Balzo is an award-winning author of crime fiction, including nine books in two mystery series--one set outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the other in the High Country of North Carolina. MURDER ON THE ORIENT ESPRESSO, the eighth Maggy Thorsen Wisconsin coffeehouse mystery, will be released in December.
Balzo's books have garnered starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, while being recommen...more
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