The Eddie Shoes Mysteries: Book 3
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
It was supposed to be a mother-daughter getaway but nothing is ever ordinary for private investigator Eddie Shoes and her unconventional mom, Chava. Especially when Eddie stumbles upon a stranger who is gravely wounded. As a wildfire sweeps through the forest, Eddie struggles to save the man, who begs her to help him find his missing daughter before succumbing to his injuries. Now on assignment for a dead man, Eddie is short on clues. Of course, that doesn’t stop her mom from wanting to help out. After all, Chava’s own illegal behavior makes her a criminal expert of sorts. And when Eddie’s mob-connected dad joins the search, Eddie starts to wonder if she and her family are the good guys or the bad guys. Either way, Eddie’s determined to get to the bottom of this mystery—even if it kills her.
A relaxing vacation turns deadly in the third installment of the Eddie Shoes Mystery Series, Three Strikes, You’re Dead, by Elena Hartwell.
Eddie Shoes and her mother, Chava, have rewarded themselves with a relaxing trip to Wenatchee. Expecting good food and many trips to the spa, Eddie cannot wait. With her relationship with Chance, her former flame, stagnant, Eddie wants to forget her everyday life, even for just a weekend. But when a calming hike leads to murder, Eddie is thrust into an investigation.
With her estranged father, Eduardo, joining them, the family must figure out who the man Eddie found in the fire and where his daughter is. Nothing is as it seems, and as the investigation continues, Eddie and her family find themselves right in the middle of danger.
Three Strikes, You’re Dead is a solid installment in this series. I really like that this edition brought the family closer together, and we got to see how their relationship has and still is developing. The pacing was great and kept up the thrill until the end. I struggled a bit, though, as I found the whodunit was too easy to figure out, and Eduardo’s connections felt too convenient. I understand that part of the mystery of Eduardo’s character is how he has these connections, but it was just a bit too much for me to believe. I still enjoyed the story, and it was a nice little reading getaway.
Three Strikes, You’re Dead is an edge-of-your-seat mystery that brings Eddie and her family closer to danger than ever before.
Elena Hartwell spent several years working in theater as a playwright, director, designer, and educator before turning her storytelling skills to fiction. Elena is also a senior editor with Allegory Editing, a developmental editing house, where she works one-on-one with writers to shape and polish manuscripts. If you’d like to work with Elena, visit www.allegoryediting.com.
Her favorite place to be is at Paradise, the property she and her hubby own south of Spokane, Washington. They live with their horses, Jasper, Radar, and Diggy, their dogs Polar and Wyatt, and their cats Coal Train and Cocoa. Elena holds a B.A. from the University of San Diego, a M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Tacoma, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.
She also writes as Elena Taylor, to learn more visit www.ElenaTaylorAuthor.com
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Thanks! I’m glad you liked it! I can’t wait to read the rest of this series myself!
Thank you for your lovely review!