This is book 5 in the Caribbean Murder Series but they do not have to be read in order as each book is stand-alone. We have the partnership of two private detectives called Cindy and Mattheus who respond to telephone calls to solve mysteries but this one is a little closer to home. Mattheus is married to Shelly who disappeared six years ago but now her body has been found. Can Cindy and Mattheus find the murderer and bring them to justice?
Death by Deceit is a cross-genre novel bridging crime, mystery and romance. The crime is the murder of Shelly. The mystery is why Shelly disappeared six years ago and what she did next. The romance is the relationship between private detectives Cindy and Mattheus.
Jaden tries to write a compelling novel by combining crime, mystery and romance. Sadly what Jaden produces is only an okay - 3 star read. The crime, mystery and romance parts are all only okay, nothing is noteworthy. Everything is low key and nowhere in her novel did I think “this is really good”. The closest she got was providing background to domestic abuse from workers at a women’s refuge shelter. Nothing is special, strong or gritty, no special forensic science or involved police procedure. The plot does not have a gripping mystery and the romance does not have any steamy sex. This whole novel is low key and is like having a soap opera on television playing in the background. Death by Deceit is NOT a bad novel and it does capture two moods rather well. People walking away from their marriage while their partner is unaware of how unfulfilled and unhappy they are plus women who go back to their abusive husbands simply because of how much they love them.
Death by Deceit passes the time and is an okay read that I will vote the middle score of 3 stars. If you want a mixture of crime, mystery and romance together in the one book, then I can recommend Loreth Anne White and Jaden Skye is clearly NOT in the same league.
Death by Deceit is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2012.
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