Steele Will by Linda Twiggs

Steele Will by Linda Twiggs
Publisher: Self-Published
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense
Length: Short story (91 pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Snowdrop

Devastated by the death of her husband, Lara Steele finds herself floundering in an emotional abyss. In a bid to deal with her grief and get her life back on track she hooks up with her old school friend Slade who introduces her to the exhilarating world of kickboxing and helps her to establish a small private investigation firm. Still learning the ropes she cuts her investigative teeth on low key cases, chasing errant husbands and finding lost pets.

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It’s obvious that Lara’s kickboxing instructor Alex has feelings for her but reluctant to become romantically involved again she keeps him at arm’s length. Everything is going to plan until Lara’s world is thrown into turmoil when she lands a new case and gets sucked into the unfamiliar world of gay nightclubs, pornography and exotic cabaret. It soon becomes apparent that her life is in danger when Paris, a sociopathic drag queen starts to stalk her and poisons her dogs.

Just when Lara is certain that everything is under control, events take a turn for the worse when her elderly eccentric PA , Matty vanishes. A frantic midnight phone call leads Lara to an isolated cabin and a deadly encounter where Lara is forced to outwit a deranged killer to survive.

This is a really cute story about a female P.I. named Lara Steele. A short description might sound like many other female private investigator stories but Lara’s clumsiness sets it apart from other books as do her friends. We never like to think we’ll be left alone. The other half of a partnership by ourselves. Alone to move forward; to manage all of the things we always thought there would be two of us to do. That’s sure the way Lara felt too. She never thought of herself being the one to have to carry on alone. But Lara’s spunky and her friends are interesting and her mother has moved in with her…whoops that last part isn’t necessarily a good part.

Since I have mentioned Lara Steele’s interesting friends twice already, you probably have the idea I think Linda Twiggs did an excellent job developing and describing her characters. I think I had as much fun with them as Lara Steele did. There is humor and wit written here and yet action and mystery too. I’m saying all of this about a 91 page book. What might have seemed like a novella felt like a complete, absorbing novel.

This is Book 1 in a series titled “Lara Steele series”. Book 2 is already out. My advice is that you read books 1 & 2 and hope for Book 3. It’s what I’m going to do.