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Still Life Book ☆ 348 pages Download ☆ Work hits too close to home for crime scene photographer Avery Tate when her best friend disappears The only lead is a chilling photo of her apparently dead As Avery her boss Parker and his friends dig into the case she's forced to confront her feelings for Parker when they come face to face with a daWork hits too close to home for crime scene photographer Avery Tate when her best friend disappears The on Book Reviewed by Julie on wwwwhisperingstoriescom‘Still Life’ is the second book in the Chesapeake Valor series by best selling American author Dani Pettrey We meet Avery when she attends a photo gallery at the behest of her friend Skylar who was a model for one of the new exhibits Avery is protective of her childhood friend and feels guilty for getting Skylar involved in the criminal underworld when they were youngAvery discovered a Christian faith and changed her life around; she would do anything to help Skylar do the same As a professional photographer Avery immediately realises something is very wrong when she sees the framed photograph of her friend and to the point Skylar is nowhere to be seenTo find Skylar Avery joins forces with Parker a crime scene analyst who also happens to be the man she loves Romance is always fraught with difficulties in novels so inevitably they have emotional baggage which prevents them being togetherAs I haven’t read the previous book in the series suddenly meeting several other characters in a very short space of time threw me However I found out they were friends of Parker and all worked in some form of law enforcement Each played their part to advance the story and it appeared they were mostly committed Christians who had no ualms with asking the Almighty for help with any tricky aspects of their investigationsA second plot angle was then introduced which I thought might connect with the main storyline but I suspect it is part of the ongoing theme running across the series It did though serve the purpose of breaking up the action and adding to the suspense of the search for SkylarThe book is written in the third person and we see the action from the perspective of various characters The title is a clever play on words and fits very well The chapters are short with hooks at the end so the author achieved her objective of tempting me to read just a little bit further until I found I really couldn’t put it downEach scene is beautifully set with descriptive passages which paint a vivid picture I did wonder at one point if this was going to be a story where the characters never needed to sleep However I think to pre empt any criticism the author herself drew attention to the fact her players had been working for almost two days without a break Whilst the subject matter is strong there is no unnecessary violence or explicit scenes; indeed Avery and Parker are paragons of virtueThis multi faceted book has an exciting plot with a secondary thread weaving through it and is layered over a love story I thoroughly enjoyed ‘Still Life’ and commend the author on a well written story I award a maximum five stars

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Ase she's forced to confront her feelings for Parker when they come face to face with a dangerous criminal Update to review Listened to Audio version I already knew that I loved this story I read it a few years ago and it is a favorite However I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to it through Audible Escape This narrator was so good She did the voices extremely well I loved itWow What a chillingly suspenseful novel Still Life is book two in the Chesapeake Valor series and it was great to return to the characters that were introduced in book one Cold Shot I do believe that readers could read Still Life as a stand alone novel if desired and follow along just fine however I highly recommend reading Cold Shot as it was a book that I thoroughly enjoyed tooI loved the dynamic between Avery and Parker They had great chemistry together on the pages Both of these characters had interesting back stories Parker’s revolved around the tragic and violent loss of his first love while Avery worried that her troubled past would come to light and send Parker running from her There was great emotional depth in these two charactersThe author allowed glimpses into the villain’s thoughts thoughout the book and that added to the creepy factor – in a good way It really emphasized the darkness that he carried in him The crime that this team was trying to solve was such a strange and uniue scenario It made for a very memorable novel full of twists and turns that kept me anxiously turning the pagesI received a complimentary copy of this book All thoughts and opinions are my ownYou can read this review on my blog at

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Still LifeLy lead is a chilling photo of her apparently dead As Avery her boss Parker and his friends dig into the c My ThoughtsI've loved Dani Pettrey's books since I first discovered her with her debut novel I know that I will get a book that is a page turner and well written This one was no exception While this one does stand alone in the series I highly recommend reading book 1 first as Parker Avery and the rest are all introduced in that one What can I say about this book? It was wonderful I read it rather uickly I love the relationship between Parker and his buddies as well as between Parker and Avery There were so many times that my heart just broke for what Avery went through in her life I love how what is one person's problem becomes everyone's because that's how Parker and his friends are I cannot wait until the third book Declan's story comes out later this yearI received a copy of the book from the author to help promote I was not reuired to like the book only to give my honest opinionRecommended to fans of Dee Henderson Dani Pettrey romantic suspense Lynette Eason Irene HannonRating 4 stars