Crime Writer by Dime Sheppard

 

Synopsis:

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: NYPD detective Carolyn Harding is volatile after a messy divorce, and Detective Jay Ryan 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's 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?

Review:

Evie Howland is an author that is stuck at the third chapter of her 16th crime book, until her main characters become more real than she expects and they start to help her. Unfortunately with the good guys came the bad ones, will our author be able to write in order to save her own life?

Crime Writer is an interesting and intriguing story. 

The writing,the mystery and the surprising storyline are well executed, the pressing rhythm kept me on my toes throughout the book. The only drawback for me is that the end felt a little rushed.

Our heroine, Evie, is a good character, we see her growth, she little by little comes out of her safe place, she breaks her shell of solitude anf fear coming out as a whole new person. I also liked the fictional characters, Carolyn feisty attitude is so entertaining and Ryan calm is so powerful. Their journey was really enjoyable, they slowly gain more personality and when they start to acting up they don't make their creator life easy. 

This was my first time reading this author but I would definitely read another book written by Dime Sheppard.

Release Date: 10.01.2021