Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Review: Tightrope by Amanda Quick

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Title: Tightropež
Series: Burning Cove
Author: Amanda Quick
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: May 7, 2019
Publisher: Berkley
ASIN: B07GD4WKRS

Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but things are not going well. After spending her entire inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns too late that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is murdered by his robot invention during a sold-out demonstration, rumors circulate that the curse is real.

In the chaotic aftermath of the spectacle, Amalie watches as a stranger from the audience disappears behind the curtain. When Matthias Jones reappears, he is slipping a gun into a concealed holster. It looks like the gossip that is swirling around him is true—Matthias evidently does have connections to the criminal underworld.

Matthias is on the trail of a groundbreaking prototype cipher machine. He suspects that Pickwell stole the device and planned to sell it. But now Pickwell is dead and the machine has vanished. When Matthias’s investigation leads him to Amalie’s front door, the attraction between them is intense, but she knows it is also dangerous. Amalie and Matthias must decide if they can trust each other and the passion that binds them, because time is running out.

My rating:

It isn't an overly lucky period for Amalie Vaughn. First, a madman almost killed her when she was still working as a trapeze artist, then her first (and only) guest at her new bed-and-breakfast is murdered by his own robot. And now she has to put up with a private investigator than may or may not have ties to the mob.


Reading a couple of good suspense novels back to back, stumbling onto a not so stellar ones is more noticeable than ever.
Boring, overly-complicated, with one suspense plot too many, and a rather dull cast of characters. The romance was bland, the constant descriptions of the "energy" swirling around the hero got annoying really fast (I was wondering how long Ms Quick would last before introducing a member of the Jones family into this series).

I liked the main suspense plot, though, and I wish the rest of the story matched. The reveal of the real mastermind came as a surprise (I thought it was someone else), but still, the plot got bogged down by too many players and too many red herrings.

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