Ocean City Lowdown: A Jamie August Novel by Kim Kash

Ocean City Lowdown: A Jamie August Novel by Kim Kash
Publisher: Self-Published
Genre: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (172 Pages)
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

Ocean City Lowdown introduces Eastern Shore Maryland reporter Jamie August, who has a talent for unearthing more than her editor wants and a weakness for Ravens jerseys and sparkly underwear. She is assigned to cover the grand opening of a big new housing development in Ocean City, Maryland. But instead of writing about wrap-around porches and rattan furnishings, she uncovers kickbacks and payoffs, blackmail and murder. Jamie’s tenacity, smarts, and sheer recklessness—plus some smokin’ striptease dance moves—can get her out of some tight spots, but are they enough to save her from a psychopathic arsonist and two generations of corrupt real estate tycoons?

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I liked Jamie. She is definitely a quirky character with some questionable traits, such as getting drunk and then sleeping with someone she met at a bar. When that someone turns out to be the married son of the owner of Ivory Enterprises, her life becomes truly interesting and very dangerous.

The pacing Ocean City Lowdown, is excellent. It drew me in from the first page, and as the story progressed, the intensity grows, until it soon became impossible to put the book down. Clues abound and the plot has a lot of twists and turns.

The characters are very well drawn and interesting. There is the car dealer who decides to place his mother’s beloved Impala on the roof of his car dealership. There is Tammy, the librarian who does research for Jamie in return for meatball subs. Jamie travels by bus and the bus drivers are also very distinct and real. And the further Jamie gets into her research, the more characters she meets, some of whom she could definitely do without.

Mystery lovers who enjoy an action-packed story with great characters set in an interesting location are sure to find Ocean City Lowdown an exciting read.