The Candidate

Jill Lewis Trilogy #3

by Susan Wales, Robin Shope

Investigative reporter Jill Lewis has bought her small, hometown newspaper in Delavan, Wisconsin. Now she's torn between two very different John, her FBI agent fiancé, and Tommy, the young, charming senator who saved her life. But at least she can count on some peace and quiet as she tries to untangle her heart and make up her mind, right? Wrong. When a scuba-diving accident in Lake Delavan leads her to a remarkable discovery the same day as a top senator's aide is brutally murdered in the same lake, Jill is back in action. But someone wants it all kept quiet. Can she uncover the truth in time? Or has her luck run out?

Genres: Suspense, Christian Fiction, Mystery, Christian, Contemporary

272 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

Reviews

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the third in the Jill Lewis series. Jill has returned to her small hometown of Delavan, Wisconsin and purchased the Lake News paper. After her last stressful and dangerous investigation in Washington, DC that she went through, she is home to work and regroup. One of the first events that takes place after she has taken over the paper is the drowning of Joe Walker, a congressional aide for Congressman Fleming. Walker, a former SEAL, loved to swim across Lake Delavan. On this occasion, the congressman is in a rowboat moving along with his aide as he swims. But something happened and Walker disappeared under the water and never came up. The autopsy shows that the aide was murdered. John, her FBI boyfriend, is in town to visit Jill when the murder occurred and becomes involved in the investigation along with the local police and Jill. Jill still has connections to the Washington Gazette and any important stories that she prints in her paper, she sends to Rubric and Annabelle at the Gazette. Jill is always close to the action and gets tangled up in trouble as usual. Expect lots of suspense, twists, turns and many more happenings. This is a great read.

[Glen · Rating 2 out of 5]

A Washington reporter moves back to her small hometown to take over the small hometown newspaper. A longtime rival of hers moves back as well. Her fiance, an FBI agent returns when the chief advisor of the local congressman drowns in an apparent accident. Of course, it's murder, and her fiance is drafted to run for congress.

More of a Mary Sue than Hannah Swensen. There was a time when the FBI was renowned for being professional, but that time has long passed. This agent would fit right in today's FBI.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A HEA ending to this 3 part series.

Spending her trust fund to purchase the Lake News pleases Jill Lewis' mother, Pearl, so much that Pearl is determined to help by decorating Jill's office. How bad can that be?!?

Jill's enthusiasm to learn to scuba dive comes to a fast halt when equipment failure coupled with tangling weeds puts Jill in danger of drowning.

Congressman Robert Fleming's BFF Joe Walker is murdered while completing his daily swim and Fleming is the # 1 suspect.

Meanwhile John & Jill resume their engagement after John gives up his high profile FBI job to become a congressional candidate to replace Fleming.

Plot twists and murder attempts kept this story moving quickly.

[Margaret Russell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best of the three.

I liked the first book of this series enough to get the second. The second was okay, but a little disappointing, so I read the reviews for the 3rd and final book. The reviews hit both ends of the spectrum and had me wildly curious so I took the plunge. I’m so glad I did. This book was the best of the three. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I was almost completely surprised by the ending. There were just enough hints. Well done.

[Nikolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

The mystery was great. I suspected 2 people but got it wrong. Many additional facts included made it
Fun & learning experience

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light read with just the right amount of suspense - a perfect beach book!

[Phillis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this "who done it" in a warehouse bookstore on the clearance table for $.99. For that price I figured if I didn't like it it wouldn't be a loss. Well it was actually a pretty good story and well written. This is the type of novel that you read when you're waiting as it goes very fast. I must say it had me fooled almost to the very end so I was kind of surprised to read who the bad guys were. I must admit I had a clue when this character first entered the story line. I'd recommend this book. I'm going to pass my copy on to my condo library.

[Lonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was better than the first 2, but the characters still have no real depth to them. They're like actors reading a perfect script with no emotion. I have to say that I loved how the series ended with the newspaper articles and the reader gets closure. Now I can move on to better things... :-)

[Monica]

Jill Lewis Mystery Trilogy, christian fiction, suspense, mystery, fbi, reporter, senator, political, Wisconsin, political

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read...