Tuesday 4 January 2022

Book Review - Crime Writer By Dime Sheppard

  Crime Writer

By Dime Sheppard



My Review:

This is Dime Sheppard's debut fiction novel and I can't wait to see what she writes next! I am still reminding myself to breathe from the fast paced action of the story. It does not stop!

Evie is on a deadline to finish her 16th novel in a hugely successful crime fiction series. She is also planning a wedding to her billionaire fiancé, Daniel. Evie has little interest in being in the spotlight which is where she finds herself with this marriage. To top it off, she has writer's block and no matter what she does, cannot write anything. That is until her fictional world begins to come to life in her real world. Enter her lead detectives, Jay and Carolyn. Love these two!

There are so many things to enjoy about this story. It is fun, serious, playful, emotional, heart stopping and heart warming - all at once. Sheppard sets up Evie's world where the reader can't help but feel a little sorry for introverted Evie. She then introduces the characters from Evie's fictional books into her real world to try and give Evie a boost to get her story written. Sheppard's cleverly written storyline seamlessly transitions between the two worlds. As the stakes rise so does the action, intrigue and cleverly crafted character plotlines. 

Readers will enjoy the rollercoaster ride Evie goes on to complete her writing deadline. They will cheer as she succeeds and groan as she fails. Most of all, they will wish Evie finishes her novel with an ending to beat all endings. And Dime Sheppard does not disappoint. Wow! I am still smiling from the final three words ...

(spoiler alert - DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO FLIP TO THE FINAL PAGE AND READ THEM UNTIL THE END)

Strongly recommend you read this fiction if you have ever wondered what would happen if your favourite characters came to life and visited you.

From the publisher Dime Sheppard

Evie Howland has problems.

Guns. Bombs. Murderers.

And that’s just on the page…
 

In real life she’s meant to be planning a wedding to adorable billionaire Daniel Bradley, but Evie is seriously snarled in the sixteenth book of her successful crime series. In fact, her protagonists are becoming almost impossible to wrangle: one is volatile after a messy divorce, and the other has that heated look in his blue eyes again. They’re both sick of being written. And frankly they’re getting a little…physical. Evie is beginning to wonder if she’s ever going to finish Book Sixteen and get them back into fiction where they belong.

 

But when a disturbingly familiar homicide surfaces in the city papers, it seems as if other, darker characters might have crossed the fiction-frontier too. In which case, Evie is in a lot of real-life trouble.

 

If she is going to survive it, Evie must face her own worst fears, and learn that real love can be the best way of writing her own story.

 

But can she change the ending?




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Crime WriterCrime Writer by Dime Sheppard
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is Dime Sheppard's debut fiction novel and I can't wait to see what she writes next! I am still reminding myself to breathe from the fast paced action of the story. It does not stop!

Evie is on a deadline to finish her 16th novel in a hugely successful crime fiction series. She is also planning a wedding to her billionaire fiancé, Daniel. Evie has little interest in being in the spotlight which is where she finds herself with this marriage. To top it off, she has writer's block and no matter what she does, cannot write anything. That is until her fictional world begins to come to life in her real world. Enter her lead detectives, Jay and Carolyn. Love these two!

There are so many things to enjoy about this story. It is fun, serious, playful, emotional, heart stopping and heart warming - all at once. Sheppard sets up Evie's world where the reader can't help but feel a little sorry for introverted Evie. She then introduces the characters from Evie's fictional books into her real world to try and give Evie a boost to get her story written. Sheppard's cleverly written storyline seamlessly transitions between the two worlds. As the stakes rise so does the action, intrigue and cleverly crafted character plotlines.

Readers will enjoy the rollercoaster ride Evie goes on to complete her writing deadline. They will cheer as she succeeds and groan as she fails. Most of all, they will wish Evie finishes her novel with an ending to beat all endings. And Dime Sheppard does not disappoint. Wow! I am still smiling from the final three words ...

(spoiler alert - DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO FLIP TO THE FINAL PAGE AND READ THEM UNTIL THE END)

Strongly recommend you read this fiction if you have ever wondered what would happen if your favourite characters came to life and visited you.

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