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A review by alesia_charles
Die Buying by Laura DiSilverio
4.0
I honestly didn't expect much from this book, so I was pleasantly surprised. My dubiousness had a lot to do, I admit, with the fact that I don't particularly like shopping. (Huh. I used to loathe it; I wonder when that stopped being true?)
Anyway, E.J. Ferris is an engaging heroine, determined to make her own way in the world; yet the fact that she doesn't, strictly speaking, *have* to actually makes it more credible that she does things that could easily jeopardize her job. The ex-CIA grandfather is, perhaps, pushing it a bit, but he's so much fun that it's hard to care while the book is going on.
The novel also features a pretty good whodunit, a police detective who doesn't stop to listen often enough, and a passel of escaped reptiles. Or rather, "liberated" reptiles. DiSilverio properly follows the rule of Chekhov's gun (I was quite looking forward to that for a good chunk of the book) and weaves two ongoing mall security problems into the story along with the murder thread to good effect. All in all, a satisfying book.
Anyway, E.J. Ferris is an engaging heroine, determined to make her own way in the world; yet the fact that she doesn't, strictly speaking, *have* to actually makes it more credible that she does things that could easily jeopardize her job. The ex-CIA grandfather is, perhaps, pushing it a bit, but he's so much fun that it's hard to care while the book is going on.
The novel also features a pretty good whodunit, a police detective who doesn't stop to listen often enough, and a passel of escaped reptiles. Or rather, "liberated" reptiles. DiSilverio properly follows the rule of Chekhov's gun (I was quite looking forward to that for a good chunk of the book) and weaves two ongoing mall security problems into the story along with the murder thread to good effect. All in all, a satisfying book.