Meg Reed is mourning the death of her father, a well-
known journalist. She idolized her father and learned
the craft at his feet. Newly graduated with a degree in
journalism, jobs are hard to come by. With papers
closing and magazines folding, Meg is sleeping on her
best friend's couch.
A chance meeting in a coffee shop leads to a job at an
adventure magazine. Now, Meg has a job which she is
woefully unprepared for. Portland, OR is a great place
to live but the joys of nature have never been big in
Meg's life.
When one of their premier reporters breaks his leg, Meg
finds herself covering one of the last challenges of a
reality TV show. Climbing to Angel's rest is enough of a
challenge without the shock of having one of the
contestants fall to his death. No one believe Meg at
first but when the body is discovered, the police will be
called. Everyone is content to assume it's nothing but
an unfortunate accident; except for Meg.
Meg and her friends will get caught up in an
investigation which could lead to someone else's death.
Life becomes even more complicated when Matt tells her
that he has proof that the death of Meg's father was not
the accident everyone assumed it to be.
SCENE OF THE CLIMB is the first in a new series, I enjoyed
the relationships
between Meg, Matt, and Jill. Her quirky Gran added a
touch of levity that Meg needed to lift her from her
depression. Her complicated relationship with her mother
adds to Meg's difficulties. It was amusing to watch her
lie to her employer about her interest in adventure
travel and then struggle to fit in with the magazine's
other writers.
Ms. Dyer-Seely has started an intriguing new series which
will be of interest to anyone who likes cozies. Her
skillfully plotted book with the unexpected revelation of
the killer's identity, kept me interested from the first.
SCENE OF THE CLIMB was a solid start to the series.
Portland, Oregon, is the perfect fit for someone like Meg
Reed. It's a city with a small town feel, where she can
crash on the couch of her best friend Jill, now that she's
graduated from journalism school. . .
But a girl needs a job, so Meg bluffs her way into writing
for Northwest Extreme magazine, passing herself off to
editor-in-chief Greg Dixon as an outdoor adventure
enthusiast. Never mind that Meg's idea of sport is
climbing
onto the couch without spilling her latte. So when she
finds
herself clawing to the top of Angel's Rest--a
two-thousand-foot peak--to cover the latest challenge in a
reality TV adventure show, she can't imagine feeling more
terrified. Until she witnesses a body plummet off the side
of the cliff. Now Meg has a murder to investigate. And if
the climbing doesn't kill her, a murderer just might. . .
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