The Swap: A Nicole Graves Mystery (Nicole Graves Mysteries Book 1)

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The plot within this story was quite simple and nowhere near as involved or intricate as in the three earlier novels. Boyarsky’s weightless complications expertly combine menace with bling, making the heroine’s adventures both nightmarish and dreamy. A. with its peculiar mix of balmy weather, the celebrity-crazed media, and a corrupt power structure hidden by the veneer of glamour and wealth. Nicole flipped through the pages, noting the neat, feminine handwriting, which she presumed to be Ashley’s. I also really enjoyed all the scenes where the characters were in danger, such as various cat and mouse chases (between herself, the victims and the perpetrators).

Nancy Boyarsky's writing has been praised as "well-crafted, tautly-written" by James Lilliefors, author of the Amy Hunter novels The Psalmist and The Tempest, and "thoroughly entertaining and unforgettable" by Dave Edlund, USA TODAY bestselling author of the Peter Savage Novels. Then she noticed he was looking at the papers on her desk—case files that were strictly confidential. The walls and furnishings were in pale neutrals: whites, beiges and grays, accented by dark-brown furniture. If crime mystery is your thing, this is one series you want to get your hands on and if it’s not your thing, well, you’ll love the read anyway.Nicole believes Abigail has been framed, but the victim's tight-knit circle of friends and relatives are most unwilling to talk to an American detective. Days later, under remarkably similar circumstances to the case she is investigating, someone near and dear to Nicole is kidnapped and a ransom of her full inheritance is demanded.

The cops—there were two of them—were clean-cut, polite look-alikes, young enough to be fresh graduates of the police academy.It was of pale-gray stucco with a single dark beam running across the front, marking the division between the first floor and second. In Liar Liar, Foreword Reviews falls once more for the "tough and likable protagonist Nicole Graves" and Midwest Book Review praises the "exquisite tension" throughout the story.

Nicole has street-smarts and is strong-willed, exactly what I like to discover in a leading character.

I had no difficulty at all reading this book with its American cultures etc - I simply enjoyed being in Nicole’s shoes as she solved the mystery. Nicole paused and nodded, silently acknowledging Rexton’s loss before asking, You think your daughter-in-law engineered the home invasion and kidnapping to get his money? First, his house is obviously worth several million dollars; Second, the man is dead, dead, dead; Third Nicole finds that the investigator has been stalking her. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and INscribe Digital/Light Messages Publishing for giving me a copy of this book on the understanding that I provide an honest review.