Narrated by Cheryl May
Run Time: 7 hrs and 29 min
Genre: mystery-ish/thriller, treasure hunts
Summary:
The discovery of a body sends Leigh Lacosta and a few friends racing to find a treasure.
Additional Comments:
- Characters 4.5/5: Compelling characters. I think the tough-as-leather mother figure was my favorite side character. I forget her name now though, which says something for how much she was actually in the book.
- Bad guys 4/5: Are a tad nebulous.
- Plot 3/5: Some really big gaps and leaps of logic and ginormous coincidences, but it’s still a fun caper. I won’t go into specifics for the sake of spoilers.
- Performance 4/5: Good. Voices were easy enough to distinguish. The narrator fit the MC well, which is important with first person narration style.
- Ending 5/5: Enough closure to be satisfying and enough of an opening to continue the series.
- The title and categorization as a mystery don’t really fit. Sure the girl in the tide kicked off this thing, but that’s about it. She was barely a footnote in the grand scheme of things. It’s more of a treasure hunt story like National Treasure or Uncharted.
Conclusion:
All around fun if you can suspend disbelief and just follow the convoluted trail.
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