Angela's Reviews > Blood on the Breakwater

Closer to a 2.5. This is a good first effort in the realm of adult fiction by Victoria, BC, radio broadcaster and children’s author Jean Paetkau. But she really could have used the guidance and eye of a good editor.
There were lots of little things — using “stated” instead of said, referring repeatedly to the main character as the journalist instead of using her name, referring to another character by the wrong name — that pile up irritations for the reader.
Obviously, Paetkau is leading up to a key plot point with the repeated references to the lead character’s children’s allergies, but there were so many, it was grating.
Still the story was interesting and relatively well paced. With some expert help, I bet the next novel would a much better read.