I listened to the audiobook for this book and enjoyed the narrator. These similarities help keep the book comfortable, but the differences help keep the book fresh. Sunshine’s steamy crush is Levi, a man she has known her whole life. Charley’s steamy crush is Reyes, a man she met briefly as a teen but has been on her heart ever since. Sunshine has Quincy, her life-long best friend. She is trying to solve a major mystery in her life-what happened when she disappeared for five days fifteen years ago? That mystery has influenced her entire life and has become her single focus in life.Ĭharley Davidson had Cookie as her best friend and shoulder to lean on. In this book, Sunshine Vicram is a single mother who is also a sheriff. Both books are set in New Mexico and feature some of the best female protagonists I’ve read in mysteries. My first experience reading Darynda Jones was with First Grave on the Right, the first book in the Charley Davidson series. That said, I was surprised with the twist about the reason why.

The only negative that I can come up with is that I figured out who the kidnapper was about halfway through the book. The way the descriptions are written of the town and the surrounding landscape was stunning. Reading this book, I felt like I was in Del Sol, New Mexico. She writes strong, powerful, independent women. She is also determined to uncover the biggest secret of all–what happened to her fifteen years ago? Positivesĭarynda Jones’s writing is quick and witty. The town is full of secrets, and Sunshine is determined to keep some buried. And many of the other students go out of their way to not welcome her to the school. Unfortunately, an event that happened before school causes many of the students to dislike her. Little did she know, the muffin basket would bring a car through the front window of the sheriff’s office, followed shortly after by a US Marshall.Īurora Vicram is starting at a new school. Reunited with her best friend, Quincy, they wonder what their first day on the job together will bring. CW/TW: violence, kidnapping, bullying, alcohol use Synopsisĭel Sol, New Mexico’s new sheriff, Sunshine Vicram, has returned home a little unsure how she won the position as she never entered the election.

Darynda jones a bad day for sunshine