Monday, May 6, 2019

Book Review: Fatal Fortune: (A Dr Pippa Durrant Mystery Book 1 )by Miranda Rijks

Fatal Fortune: A Dr Pippa Durrant Mystery Book 1 (Dr Pippa Durrant Mystery Series)
Title: Fatal Fortune  (A Dr Pippa Durrant Mystery Book 1 )

Author:  Miranda Rijks 

Stars: 3

Review:
Fatal Fortune characters lacked direction and were placed it the story to only move it forward without any reason for their actions or lack of action. The plot moved along but had very little focus. The synopsis has readers excited for this story that ends up losing readers with its lack of focus and direction.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of Miranda Rijks Fatal Fortune. 


Synopsis:
It certainly seems that way when Pippa’s photo is found on the body of murdered lottery winner, Leanne Smith.
 Pippa soon finds herself a suspect at the centre of a huge media storm. But she has an invaluable skill set – she is a human polygraph, expertly trained to spot lies and deceit. Skills she will need to help her to solve the mystery of who killed Leanne before it destroys her career - and her life. 
But every cloud has a silver lining and this one arrives in the shape of DS Joe Swain. Initially suspicious of Pippa, he comes to trust her and to value her lie detection skills. Soon it’s clear there’s a definite spark between them..
Then, when another body turns up, Pippa realises her reputation isn’t the only thing in danger. Can she identify the killer before she becomes the next victim?
Kindle Edition273 pages
Expected publication: May 5th 2019 by Inkubator Book

About The Author:
Miranda Rijks
In all my books I’ve drawn upon what I know. There’s the bucolic countryside of West Sussex, which was home for the first twenty years of my life and has become home again. The places I love: Switzerland, South Africa and The Peak District (which was home for 17 years). I’ve taken inspirations from my world of work (setting up, running and selling businesses in retail and leisure) and in particular, what fascinates me most: family and friend dynamics.
The one thing I’ve left behind is my experience of having cancer. In August 2015, I was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma in my right femur. Apparently there is a one in three hundred million chance of getting that as a 49-year-old woman! It was undoubtedly the hardest year of my life. One day we left our home in the Peak District to move to London for treatment; I never returned. I went through eleven rounds of chemo and had my femur removed and replaced.

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