Publication Date July 4, 2023

Maybe it’s just me. I wanted to read Collen Coble’s “Break of Day,” because it sounded like JUST what I needed: suspense, strong female protagonist, not too violent. But then I saw it was #3 in a trilogy, which sort of clarified why I was having trouble getting into it. Also, I then saw that in addition to being  categorized as “Mystery and Suspense” (that’s fine), it was also labeled as “Romance” and “Women’s Fiction”  — the first being NOT my genre and – well, I have no idea what makes something “Women’s Fiction. “

In any case, I thought maybe I should go back to the first in the series , 2022’s “Edge of Dusk.” In between we have “Dark of Night,” from January of this year…when does this author sleep? In any case, I received a copy of Coble’s latest (thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley) in exchange for my honest review, so I tried to get into this series featuring plucky Annie Pedersen and her charming town of Rock Harbor.

I even bought Edge of Dusk, and I truly did give it my best effort. When I looked at reviews for the latest title, they were nearly unanimous: FIVE stars! Clearly it is just me. I will recommend it to people I am fairly certain will love it. I‘m going with four stars, because for years as a teacher I was a notoriously easy grader, and it did sound like a good story. Enjoy!