Review of Pirogue Wipeout
The Big Uneasy mystery/romance series is about the Baker family and how they all find their happily ever afters – all while solving the crime of the day.
In this story, a passenger from Gemma Bailey’s charter boat ends up dead. Along with two, maybe three others. Dan Baker is the CGIS agent working the case. Dan doesn’t want Gemma to be guilty, but she is one big mystery. Gemma isn’t guilty, but she doesn’t mind being questioned by Dan. The developing romance between Gemma and Dan is about the only thing in this story that we all know will be a sure thing.
Everyone is looking for answers – about the murders, about a plane full of missing people, about a possible loup-garou (werewolf), about Gemma’s mysterious past. “Who was Gemma Bailey?” This is the questions that everyone wants answered in Pirogue Wipe Out. Including, at times, Gemma Bailey.
Everything else is about secrets. There are secrets all around in this story. Starting with the secret Dan is keeping from his family. There is a secret about Gemma’s parents. Add in all the secrets associated with any murder and a wise guy showing up, you just know that there is a whole box full of antsy secrets, impatient to be revealed. This is one twisty murder mystery. You never know what bombshell is going to be dropped. Never knowing is what makes it so fun!
Dan and Gemma are great in the hero and heroine roles. At age 45 and 35, they are both old enough to be cool and young enough to be hopeful. Gemma has become one of my favorite Big Uneasy heroines. Her mysterious past is intriguing, and I even feel like she has more story to tell. Maybe, Gemma will show up in a future Big Uneasy story.
Pirogue Wipe Out is part of a great series, but can be enjoyed as a stand alone. Thanks to the author for providing a copy of her book. My review is my honest opinion.
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About Pirogue Wipeout by Pauline Baird Jones
No-nonsense Coast Guard agent, Dan Baker finds himself going where he doesn’t want to go (the swamp) and feeling what he never thought he’d feel (in love or in like). He really hopes the mysterious Gemma isn’t the murderer because he doesn’t want or need her in his life.
Gemma Bailey’s “get away from it all” summer on the charter boat Reel Escape, is not turning out like she’d hoped. There is a dubious lawyer, a sinister mob figure, and some murders. Was it the Rougarou? It is a pity the way too attractive Dan Baker thinks she’s the murderer.
Can they untwist the tangled ties, clear Gemma and the Rougarou, and ride off into the sunset on Dan’s Triumph?
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