Having lived in the area of The Forgotten Coast from 1993-2009, the memories flooded back as I read this book. The places are real, but the characters and murders are the amazing fantasy of Dawn Lee McKenna. After reading it, I joined Kindle Unlimited so that I could have the rest of the series for free. The descriptions are vivid and I feel as if I am there. The characters are complex but believable. I can't wait to see what happens next!

These were so good that I read through the first five in about a day and a half without even stopping to add them to my goodreads list :) Really well written--just three and four stars for me because they're a bit darker than I usually like.

Fun easy read and takes me right back to Apalachicola FL where I vacation each year!

Low Tide by Dawn Lee McKenna
Book starts out with a man on the beach and the detective who is covering the case trying to solve it by the clues left behind.
Maggie has children and an ex husband and a boss Wyatt who also pitches in. They follow many leads and it brings up the past, events that occurred that she still suffers with nightly nightmares about.
Like how the story goes, clues are a bit dismal but other things come to light Didn't care how the book ends Riptide the next book in the series is metnioned.
Was nothing really special about this for me.

3.5 stars

I'm really glad I have the whole series of these because book 1 ended super abruptly. Not even a cliff hanger. Just a "turn the page to the next chapter and it's the end". It was certainly a page turner (small town intrigue, murder mystery and awkward love interests) though and I'm intrigued as to what happens next. I sense though that this might be one of those "one book in four parts" rather than a series.

It takes a lot for me to dislike a book but this one qualifies.
A book needs to have a beginning, middle and end that fit and make sense, this one does not.
The book is set up to be a mystery that starts with a murder/suicide.
The main character is investigating this murder/suicide while dealing with her own personal demons and relationships.
Then midway the book shifts from the murder to drug dealers and from there the whole thing falls apart.
The ending was rushed and made absolutely no sense to the rest of the book.
Even with this being book one in a set/series, it still needed to finish one vein of investigation before it moved on to another.
Reading this book was like getting on a bike with the plan to ride 10 miles across town but after two hours of riding you realize your bike is stationary and you never left home. Time wasted!

This book was a smooth, nice, easy read. An easy one to get through in just a few hours. Character development is solid without being overdone and the transition from one storyline to another was very well done.

Unfortunately, there were no real shockers or hair-raising experiences here and while I can understand what the author is attempting to accomplish by generating interest in the next book of the series, this first book could have still benefitted from a bit more substance at the end; at less than 200 pages, there was ample room for the extra.

I likely will read on in the series in time.