Murder and Desire in Orange Beach

by Tami Ryan, Jim Cavanaugh

Josh Myers is the Detective Lieutenant of Police in a small sun-drenched beach town on the Gulf of Mexico.

Murder is normally not normal here. However, things have changed. The winds and waves of crime have been delivered to his doorstep. Josh is personally and professionally entangled in a sailor’s knot of sex, romance, broken hearts, deceit, blackmail, greed and homicide. The beach town has never felt so dark. The swirling hurricane of events threatens to destroy the happiness of this vacation destination paradise.

Grab your beach chair, sunglasses and umbrella and follow Josh’s journey beyond the sea.

Genres: Mystery

378 pages, Paperback

Published May 13, 2024

Reviews

[Carol Collins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Messy read

This book is an ok read, but jeez, it needed to be proofread before release. Aren’t there editors or proofreaders for this? The sentence structure is a total disaster and punctuation was sorely lacking where appropriate. It was very annoying to try to put sentences together while reading. The plural for boys was constantly spelled as the possessive boy’s. Messy! Additionally, the women characters were all unlikable & were depicted as intelligent businesswomen who used sex to get what they wanted. All of them used sex as a means to an end. My grandmother would have called them very loose indeed! Lol. I was very disappointed that a woman writer would portray successful women in this way. This book was not worth my time!

[Kelly Hudson · Rating 1 out of 5]

The gets a “DNF” in all caps. On the first page there are two sentence fragments. On the third page there is a run-on sentence. I stopped at that point. Also, having the shooter set up in a boat was unnecessary.

This writer needs a proofer. No, strike that, an English teacher.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

Decent storyljne. Fairly easy to predict who did it. Very awkward dialogue and lots of grammar errors. I found it difficult with how one chapter wrapped up a situation then the next chapter went backwards.

[Susan Lovett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic!

This is a great mystery. The fact that I am familiar with some of these places is a big plus. The characters are well written, and the plot has a couple of twists that are awesome. I couldn't stop reading until I was done. Highly recommend this book!

[Elaine Ballard · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was engaging, but the writing and editing were poor. This book really needs an editor.

[Jackie Simons]

Read 6/24

[KENISHA SHAW · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing!

This was definitely an intriguing read. Murder and Desire in Orange Beach did not disappoint. I highly recommend this novel for anyone looking for a good read!

[Sarah Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat predictable but good suspense. The writing and editing are somewhat B level. I enjoyed the book overall.