Customer Reviews

Killing Kin

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I miss Leigh Ann and hope Ms. West will get back to her computer very soon and give us more of this sassy, yet grounded sleuth! What a delight! Leigh Ann has more than a sense of justice, she has humor, insight and knows what she wants in a man. It's great to find a character that is decent, yet can match wits with the grungiest perp! Come on, Leigh Ann...we're all waiting for your next caper.

Ms. West tells a good story. She describes her characters so well, you feel like you know them. The mystery is good and the story moves along so well, you don't want to stop reading. I would highly recommend this book.

If I wrote anything like this with the "colors" reversed, I'd be a racist! All the bad people are "white" and the "black" people are beautiful and good. No shades of gray here.

And such moralizing! My gosh, I sure am glad that cops are not such prudes in the real world. 50% of people have smoked MJ, and that's 50% of cops too. But certainly NOT our heros here!

Any woman worth her salt should obviously be a spitfire - the heroine smashes Duck in the face with her fist as hard as she can when she finds him?

Is there anyone who read this who didn't forsee that Duck was on the trail of bad reefer? Other than the heroine, that is. Why doesn't law school and 7 years as a cop doesn't translate into at least some ability to "detect"?

I'm really sorry to all you fans. Obviously you loved having such perfect idols (or something). But not one of these characters reminded me of any real people I've known in the real world. Real people - whatever their color - have good AND bad.

If I wrote anything like this with the "colors" reversed, I'd be a racist! All the bad people are "white" and the "black" people are beautiful and good. No shades of gray here.

And such moralizing! My gosh, I sure am glad that cops are not such prudes in the real world. 50% of people have smoked MJ, and that's 50% of cops too. But certainly NOT our heros here!

Any woman worth her salt should obviously be a spitfire - the heroine smashes Duck in the face with her fist as hard as she can when she finds him?

Is there anyone who read this who didn't forsee that Duck was on the trail of bad reefer? Other than the heroine, that is. Why doesn't law school and 7 years as a cop doesn't translate into at least some ability to "detect"?

I'm really sorry to all you fans. Obviously you loved having such perfect idols (or something). But not one of these characters reminded me of any real people I've known in the real world. Real people - whatever their color - have good AND bad.

If I wrote anything like this with the "colors" reversed, I'd be a racist! All the bad people are "white" and the "black" people are beautiful and good. No shades of gray here.

And such moralizing! My gosh, I sure am glad that cops are not such prudes in the real world. 50% of people have smoked MJ, and that's 50% of cops too. But certainly NOT our heros here!

Any woman worth her salt should obviously be a spitfire - the heroine smashes Duck in the face with her fist as hard as she can when she finds him?

Is there anyone who read this who didn't forsee that Duck was on the trail of bad reefer? Other than the heroine, that is. Why doesn't law school and 7 years as a cop doesn't translate into at least some ability to "detect"?

I'm really sorry to all you fans. Obviously you loved having such perfect idols (or something). But not one of these characters reminded me of any real people I've known in the real world. Real people - whatever their color - have good AND bad.

I enjoyed reading this book. It provided greater insight to Duck and his family. It was fast pace and full of suspense especially surrounding Duck's dad.

What a wonderful book this was. I first read Sunrise and knew that I found a new author and character I would like a lot. Until I read Killing Kin, I had no idea just how much I would respect them as well. Leigh Ann Warren is true to herself, and has a level of self-respect (without bitterness!) that I don't usually see in today's mystery characters. What a strong woman she is, and how nice it is to read a mystery from the viewpoint of a woman who's lived life, not been damaged by it. I will definitely be looking for any and all Leigh Ann Warren books to come along. With this book, Chassie West now tops my "buy hardback, on release day" list!

Killing Kin is Chassie's best mystery yet. A tight, suspenseful plot gives new depth to series protagonist Leigh Ann Warren, as well as her relationship with Duck Kennedy, who's mysteriously gone missing. Add some colorful secondary characters and subplots, blend together with Chassie's patented style, paint in the DC backdrop and you have a great read! Excellent!

We have got to have more of this from Chassie West! I agree with the other reviews: great characters, suspensefull, clever, and extremely hard to put down. These characters would be great in a series, but Chassie West keeps her mystery junkies waiting entirely too long between book fixes. So begging and pleading for a series is probably an exercise in futility. I just hope that we get another dose of this excellent writer sometime in the foreseeable future!

I read this in a day - wonderful characters, fun and REAL. I just added her other two to my order form. This is a short review only because I am up WAY past my bedtime because I just had to finish it! Normally, I go for the mysteries where the locations are the the most well developed, but Chassie West beats them all with her great characters and wll plotted story.

I hope there will be more to come for Leigh and Duck, and maybe Tina and Tank. (especially since Tank quilts!)