A review by muddypuddle
The Survivors Club by J. Carson Black

4.0

Plot, characters, setting. It's the setting that was most wonderful for me in this fairly grizzly mystery - in and around and south of the streets and mountains I know so well - from the Rincon foothills of Tucson to Patagonia and Nogales, even the lonely close-to-the-border ghosts towns where I snooped when I first arrived in this city-in-the-desert. (I never realized the danger I might be in until a few years later, but that's another story!) The protagonist is okay, quite smart and real, making occasional choices that might be a bit questionable, which makes her even more believable. The plot, although interesting, is difficult to totally believe, since I don't think Ms. Black ever really gave enough information about why this family did what they did - all as adult siblings. I can understand one of them, and maybe two, but I needed more proof as to how the other two might have been motivated to participate in some of the things they took part in. All in all I enjoyed its many facets, its many personalities, and its many stops along the route!