Review by Terrance McArthur
Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of the book and links to purchase it.
Paraiso Island—It’s a Caribbean paradise. Warm breezes, easygoing attitudes, delightful accents, local cuisine, rest.
To Plum Lockhart—It’s a place of torment. Humid air that frizzes her hair, a place where things take forever to get done, language barriers, unfamiliar foods, murder.
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When her first booking at the renovated villa results in murder, Plum and Juan Kevin launch into a morass of do-nothing police, a tangle of motives and lies from the victim’s friends, and neighbors who have their own little secrets.
Plum comes to the island with attitudes, prejudices, and entitlements that make her an unsympathetic protagonist, but her drive and the island’s environment and people make a gradual change. She undergoes a metamorphosis, loses her high-maintenance crustiness, and discovers happiness and self-worth in the Caribbean. You stop laughing at her, and you find yourself enjoying her.
Why Read It Takes Two to Mango?
• Plum’s development from a self-centered workaholic to a person who recognizes her faults.
• Juan Kevin is more than a studly hunk—he’s kind.
• The settings—Rush-rush New York City is a stark contrast to the lush, lush tropical island. The descriptions of Paraiso become a virtual Caribbean vacation for the reader.
• The mystery has unexpected twists and turns, with enough red herrings to fill a Jacuzzi.
• Doyle’s a seasoned writer, known for the Hamptons Murder Mysteries, and this is the beginning of a new series.
So, park yourself under a beach umbrella with a cooling beverage, and enjoy. Remember, It Takes Two to Mango.
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Disclosure: This post contains links to an affiliate program, for which we receive a few cents if you make purchases. KRL also receives free copies of most of the books that it reviews, that are provided in exchange for an honest review of the book.Terrance V. Mc Arthur is newly retired as a Librarian in Fresno County, California. He is also a storyteller, puppeteer, magician, and maker of pine needle baskets. On top of that he writes stories that range from rhymed children's tales to splatterpunk horror. He's an odd bird, but he's nice to have around.
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