Let Us Prey

by Jamie Lee Scott

[Cocktails and Books]

I enjoyed this first installment in the Gotcha Detective Agency series. The characters were engaging and often times entertaining, while the whodunit storyline kept stringing you along to other conclusions. Now, I will admit, I had my initial guess about who the killer was (turned out I was right) but I ended up changing my mind several times because the author did such a great job of casting doubt on all the players.

Mimi was the kind of character that I like. She's strong and has no problem standing up to people, but all of that covers a vulnerability she doesn't like to show. We saw her cover that vulnerability a couple times (some more successfully than others) but that made her more likable, in my book.

Mimi employees a cast of characters I can only hope we'll get to see more of in future entries into the series. Charles was my favorite as the gay technie guy who doesn't really appear to be gay yet dresses like he is. His bantering with Mimi (and Nick in some cases) was comedic and often times broke the ice during a tense situation.

The only character I didn't really like was Nick. I wasn't sure if he was written specifically that way...to throw readers off, but to me he had "dick" tattooed across his forehead. There were many times I had to wonder why Mimi was even having to fight an attraction to him because the minute he started barking orders and being condescending to me would have iced over my libido for good.

An excellent start to the series and one I look forward to reading more of.