Shadow of a Doubt

When Detective Liz Ramsey scans the crowd gathered about the crime scene of a young woman who was murdered, she is notices the tall, thin man at the back. Catching his eyes, she is struck by the impact of his gaze.

In the course of her investigation Liz runs into the bystander later. His name is Greg Conyers and he just happens to be the town’s local celebrity and a man that she is strangely drawn toward, even when the evidence starts to point his way.

From the very first paragraph to the ‘The End”, Karen McCullough’s voice in SHADOW OF A DOUBT will have the reader glued to the pages. There is a general feeling of eeriness and tension that is so needed in a great romantic suspense. This reviewer was rather happy a couple times that she was reading it in broad daylight.

Unfortunately the characters, especially Liz Ramsey, bring the story down. This reviewer finds it very difficult to believe that a police detective would totally ignore evidence toward a suspect because she is head over heels in love. For that matter, most police that have reached the rank of detective tend to be skeptics and to fall that deeply in love that quickly is slightly unrealistic. And if that woman...errr detective had gotten out of her car yet again without either her radio or phone...

Even though SHADOW OF A DOUBT did not earn a place on this reviewer’s keeper shelf, this reviewer will be on the lookout for more of Ms. McCullough’s work as the potential to be a phenomenal author is definitely there.

September 2006