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    Small Town Spin

    By LynDee Walker

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    When a superstar athlete's son turns up dead in a tiny town on the Virginia coast, crime reporter Nichelle Clarke gets the inside scoop.

    But she quickly spies a gaping hole her inner Lois Lane cannot ignore.

    Determined to unravel the mystery, Nichelle fights off paparazzi cameras and an unexpected rival. She uncovers an illegal moonshine operation, a string of copycat suicides, and a slew of closets stacked with more skeletons than slingbacks.

    Chasing a killer who's a breath from getting away with murder, Nichelle realizes too late the culprit has her number—and it might be up.

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    SMALL TOWN SPIN by LynDee Walker - A Henery Press Mystery. If you like one, you'll probably like them all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHenery Press
    Release dateApr 8, 2014
    ISBN9781940976044
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    • 2/5
      I can understand why people like this book. I'm not one of them. The core of the mystery is unbalanced. The good ending couldn't make up for the lackluster parts that comprised of most of the book. Nichelle's reporter skills are given way too much importance. Some reactions to her work are mystifying. The three young people murdered don't get equal focus. Not that they should, except if they help the pacing of the story, which they would. The chick lit aspect of this book were embarrassing, as the studs don't even know how to kiss properly. Too much tongue. The author has a varied vocabulary as opposed to a rich one. She is talented, but her poor plotting and pacing skills are her undoing.
    • 5/5
      This is what a cozy mystery should be. It's fun but not fluffy. Entertaining but not shallow. Touching but not melodramatic. I'll start with a series summary: Nichelle Clarke is a journalist for the Richmond, VA newspaper, covering the crimes and courthouse beat, giving her ample, believable opportunities to find herself up to her eyeballs in mystery. She's smart, likeable, a bit cheeky and has integrity to spare, but doesn't hesitate to give as good as she gets. She has great sources who like her and a couple that like her just a little bit more than the rest, including one ex-boyfriend and one sinfully beautiful man that seems to be in the business of sin, in a Goodfella kind of way. Small Town Spin centres on the story of a former Superbowl champion whose son is found dead from an apparent suicide. While not normally her bailiwick, close friend and sports columnist, Parker - whose also a close friend of the bereaved father - asks her to be the first to break the story, in hopes of setting the tone for the media storm that will break when the death is made public. She soon finds holes in the sheriff's suicide theory; it could be, but it doesn't make sense. Another teen death soon follows, this one with a note the parents swear is fake. Nichelle discovers that the police found moonshine at the scene of both deaths, and she's just not going to let this go. Obviously, teen suicide is a big topic in this book - if this is a hot button topic for you, tread carefully. My peripheral experience with suicide was as an adult, but I thought the author did an excellent job balancing respect for the tragedy that is suicide of any kind, and a cozy tone that kept the story enjoyable and not at all heavy. There's nothing here that made me feel like my feelings were being played; the story was written, I thought, with sincerity and a skilful hand. I love Nichelle; I'd jump at the chance to call someone like her a friend any day. I like Parker, who plays a part in every mystery in this series - he's cheeky and charismatic without being slimy. I dislike Shelby and think she's a bit over-the-top hateful, but I've resigned myself to at least one hateful character in every cozy series. Nichelle acquires another one in this book, Spencer, and someone needs to hit him a good one. But at least in these books, Nichelle doesn't just take it - she dishes it right back out to both of them and I find myself cheering her on each and every time she puts them in their places. So, the romantic angle. I'm conflicted and it's where that half star went. I hate love triangles. HATE THEM. But Ms. Walker introduced two men from the very first book. Kyle, the ex-boyfriend/ATF agent, and Joey, the Italian-by-way-of-New-Jersey uh...businessman. Who drives a black Lincoln. Really, I think all the stereotypes are ticked here, except that he's beautiful and of the refined, luxe variety of goodfella. Anyway, by the end of the first book, I thought she could make this work in the same way Janet Evanovich makes it work - Nichelle doesn't have to choose. One is unsuitable anyway. But in Small Town Spin she's angst-y and feeling guilty and conflicted and now I'm starting to feel angst about the love triangle. I like Kyle and I like Joey and I don't want her to have to choose. It's the 21st century, Nichelle is her own woman, and for the purposes of this series I don't see why she can't have both. In a safe and ethical manner, of course. The mystery. The mystery was excellent and so well plotted. Really, deliciously convoluted with blind alleys, dead ends (those two might be the same thing), lots of suspects. There is moonshine. Hootch. White Lightning. How cool is that? I don't think I've ever read a cozy that involves moonshine, and I've read a boatload of cozies. I'm not sure about the murder method; it doesn't jibe with what I know about the subject, but I'm willing to concede I'm not an expert. Do teenagers get Type 2 diabetes? I don't mean the obese teens, the guy here is an athlete and seems to have been born with it. I thought it was only Type 1/insulin dependence that one could be genetically born with and develop as a child. Dunno. Very little was predictable about this mystery and what little I was able to see coming ended up coming from totally different directions. I was confronted with the murderer the same time Nichelle was. That's always a good thing in a murder mystery. This series is rapidly becoming a top 10 favorite and I am looking forward to the next book. I received an ARC from NetGalley and Henery Press in exchange for an honest review, but I'm purchasing a hard copy of this book for my shelves because it's one I'll be reading again.
    • 4/5
      This is the first book I've read, but the 3rd in the series. They can easily be read as stand alone, and I didn't feel like I was missing information or back story at all.

      A very good mystery book. Lots of action and mystery, not a ton of fluff. Easy to read, very well written and kept me engaged to the last page. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      4 Stars I have enjoyed reading A Headlines in High Heels Mystery. Nichelle really knows how to use her heels. I was totally lost about who was guilty and what was really going on. Lots of drama and crime stories, some romance. I really like the rescue scene. Nichelle Clark is a crime reporter for Richmond VA paper. She has someone gunning for her job. She is always trying to scope a TV reporter Charlie. Nichelle likes two different guys, that are opposites when it comes to the law. She has taken the day off because she does not feel well when she gets called to work a teen suicide of a famous football player. Nichelle will be the only reporter the family will talk too. After talking to parents, Sheriff Nichelle does not want to write it off as a suicide right away. There were a couple of stories I keep thinking and rethinking about. One a girls dancing bar. Church ladies are out in parking lot taking pictures of cars and men and sending to the wives. Nichelle goes in to here their story. She tries to cover both opinions. I finally decided I would be upset if I found out that my husband was at the bar. That would be any bar. No matter what the girls were wearing or not wearing. Nichelle sure writes a lot of stories in a day. I thought that was interesting. Lately I seem to read a lot of stories with women not knowing which guy to choose. One of them is some type of cop and the other guy is on the other side of law or sitting on the fence. The dangerous guy sounds more interesting in the books. In this case I do like what I know about Joey. In real life no way. I will keep reading this series by LynDee Walker. I was given this ebook to read for purpose of giving an honest review by Netgalley and Henery Press.
    • 5/5
      Small Town Spin by LynDee Walker is a great read, involving a serious subject. Through Nichelle's respectful reporting and interviews of the grieving parents, Walker handles the sensitive subject of teen suicide well.

      Richmond Telegraph investigative reporter Nichelle Clarke is asked by the Telegraph's sports columnist, Grant Parker, to cover the apparent suicide of the son of his friend (a star quarterback). Nichelle uncovers the truth about the death, plus other deaths that follow, and makes some enemies along the way. Interesting subplots include the mystery of the moonshine operation, and a girly bar that is causing quite a commotion in certain circles.

      LynDee Walker's journalist background is obvious in the details she includes, about such things as the newsroom, the daily conferences with the editor and the reporters, and doing interviews. These details make this series unique, and are part of why I love all the Headlines in High Heels Mysteries. Book four in the series, Devil in the Deadline, will be out January 6, 2015, and I can't wait!

      LynDee has a winning way with words, also. To illustrate, here are some of my favorite quotes from Small Town Spin:

      • Spring always puts me in the mood for new shoes. To be fair, so do summer, fall, and Wednesday.

      • I dialed Joey's number on my Blackberry....
      "You feeling any better?"
      Good Lord. Just Joey's voice on the phone made my toes tingle. Part of me was afraid of his questionable occupation. Another part was just downright chicken of falling so hard for a guy it could never work with. Yet I couldn't stay away from him. Oy.

      • "...You bet I will, ma'am." He tipped his Mathews Eagles baseball cap.
      Ma'am. I vowed to stop on the way home for new eye cream.

      • He could stay mad 'til I left my house in garden clogs for all I cared.

      I highly recommend Small Town Spin, which has earned our Five-Kitty seal of approval!

      (Originally published at Jane Reads)

      Note: The publisher provided a complimentary review copy of this book to me, in exchange for an honest review.