Quiet Hearts, A Promise McNeal Mystery

Promise McNeal Mysteries #3

by Morgan James

Quiet Hearts…
In the third Promise McNeal mystery, a vacation/honeymoon following a romantic wedding is planned for Jekyll and St. Simons Islands. But you know what they say about the best-laid plans of mice and men…
Promise, Daniel, Susan, and Susan’s friend Sam Quinn travel from the mountains of Western North Carolina to Georgia’s Golden Isles searching for a few days of sunshine and surf. What they find is murder, a cursed Chinese chair that washed ashore on Jekyll in 1942, a TV talk show host---Aileen Wang--- whose determination to restore a decayed mansion could get her killed, and a sixty-year old mystery rising out of the coastal fog.
Then on the day of the wedding, violence strikes the family and Daniel is called back to North Carolina. With Daniel on the trail of one killer threatening Perry County, Promise, Susan and Sam must combine wits and Southern grit to catch another killer on Jekyll Island--- before he catches them.

Genres: Mystery

363 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2014

About the author

Morgan James lives in Western North Carolina. She is the author of The Promise McNeal mystery series,The Beyond Mysteries, and the contemporary novel, Sing Me An Old Song.

Reviews

[Jeanie Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quiet Hearts is an even more taut and compelling mystery than her first book. This one less introspective and more mystery directed. Promise never expected her wedding day to turn out this way but the way her life goes, maybe she should. Tragedy calls Daniel back home on their wedding day but he asks/orders Promise and Susan to stay on the island while he checks things out to make sure it is safe for them to return. Since there is a mystery calling to Promise she agrees to remain on St. Simon for a short time.

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Third book as good as first two

I really am enjoying this series and hope the author continues it. The books have charm and character, they hold the reader's interest, and have well thought out plots.

[Judi Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 3rd in the series. Promise McNeal, and her boyfriend, Daniel are going to St Simones Island to finally get married. Promise is a psychologist that left a nice income business to move to the mountains of North Carolina.

If you have read any of the other books, you know that Promise is slightly psychic, which she keeps sayings she isn't, but she has dreams that take her into all kinds of situations. While spending a few days before getting married, Promise and Daniel run into some old friends. Then things start happening quite quickly on the Island. Promises's friends wife, Aileen, gets shoot. No one knows why and of course Promise is going to find out.

Along the way you run into another mystery that is happening that will be covered in the next book.
Don't want to write to much about that as it might be a spoiler. I would say read the books in order and you won't be disappointed that you started this wonderful series. The characters feel like you know them. Great series with just enough mystery, romance and good times!

[Evelyn Grabas · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an alright read. The story was very good, just didn't like the manner in which it was told. I normally do not read Promise McNeal mysteries as I do not particularly like how they read and Promise, for some reason, rubs me wrong, but I got this one for free so I thought I'd gives it a go. And, again, I hate cliff hangers. If the author is so concerned that the reader will not read another of her novels that she must begin another mystery within the one being told without ending it, then the author does not have faith in her ability to write a book that will put her on the reader's go-to list, so she must resort to teasing the reader to entice them to read another of her books. Well, she failed with me.

[Ellen White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Promise remembering summer when they did get to the beach, and out of the hot Atlanta days.mHer mother’s love for the beach or was it the undivided attention of her father.With no cell phones to chase him to another poker game, and there always was another. Daniel and Susan own a restaurant, he has retired, and they bought my store, thank goodness.
With plans to get married, and time in the sun., her dream says something else. Will plans now of Daniel being asked to be a sheriff and draw the killer out, agreeable to Promise. Or a trip to courthouse to finish the wedding.
Hopefully answers in the next book.

[Jeannie Chambers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I chose this book from my ever-growing, to-be-read stack because I felt like I needed to read something comfortable, a book I’d feel right at home reading, a book to ‘get lost’ in.

This is the third Promise McNeal story I’ve read, and I always hate for them to end. This one had me traipsing back and forth between Jekyll Island and St. Simon’s Island, but there was action the the mountains on western N.C. too. As it turned out, there were murders in both places to be investigated and solved.

Promise McNeal and some of the other characters are as real to me as people I meet on a daily basis.

I’m ready to read more.

[Subhajit Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

The front cover of the book is catchy and the title is justifying. In this story, the overall presence of compact grip and tactfully written mystery are enough to keep the reader at the edge of the seat. Characterization is perfect and connecting. I would like to recommend it to all suspense and mystery lovers.

[Joann Clifton-Manske · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Mystery

This book gets 4 star due to the fact that there are actually 2 mysteries in this book but only one of them is sort of resolved. Definitely not Me James best. Hopefully, in her next book she will wrap up the mystery that began in this one. These are fun books full of interesting characters man I'm ant to get on to #4.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent series!!

I love this Excellent series!!
It's got lovable series regulars meeting up with interesting characters that populate the current mystery. Lots of fun with a few laughs.

[Tom Kauley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Promise is always interesting

I am enjoying this series. Promise and her friends are fun and interesting. The author gives the reader a great sense of place. Thank you.

[Alison bensken · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read

Awesome book ready for my next in the series,good storyline,keeps your interest all the way till the end,you won't be disappointed.

[Evonne Hutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent mystery! Can not want to read more from the same author
Good story line with great characterization

[Charlene Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marriage

Daniel and Promise get married a few hours later they are separated by death, family, mystery, murder, history of an old island.

[Carlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

All I can say is Wow! This 3rd book in the Promise McNeal mystery series is as good or better than the first two. Several interrelated mysteries including one 60 years ago kept me guessing along with Promise......as she says, "there are no coincidences"..... as she doggedly followed the clues. This book is set, for the most part, on two of the Georgia coast barrier islands, St. Simon's and Jeckell, both with warm childhood memories for Promise. She is there to marry Daniel and spend their honeymoon. Accompanying them were Susan, Daniel's daughter, and Sam Quinn, an Episcopal Priest and Susan's good friend. But plans have a way of changing! Daniel is called back to Perry County in the North Carolina mountains to deal with a mysterious death while Promise and crew stay on the islands to deal with an. attempted murder and more. I am starting #4 in the series and the last one so far, so I'm hoping the author is busily writing #5!

[Karen Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book...great setting, interesting characters, and gripping story. Getting some of the history of Jekyll and St. Simons Islands added much to this read for me. James keeps the intrigue going and therefor the pages turning.