SKY HIGH introduces super sleuth Nicki Valentine, a widow and mother of
two. Nicki has recently opened Sky High, her private
investigation business. Attending a wedding for friends Mia
and Bruce, officiated by her beloved Aunt Liz, her date is
handsome, hunky, Dean. Her instructor while attending
P.I. Academy, Dean helps with her first case. They share
a celebratory kiss when it is solved, narrowly missing
mixing business with pleasure when Dean moves overseas for a
temporary high paying, high security project. He's back.
Nicki is hoping for romance. Is he?
Wondering why the nuptials are late in starting, Nicki goes
to question the bride. Surprise! Surprise! Bruce Fallon is
a no-show for his own wedding. Where is the run away groom?
Instead of a beautiful wedding, a nightmare begins.
Guests are invited to attend a reception where everyone is
whispering and wondering. Nicki hears about unfulfilled
promises by Bruce. Not only to Mia, but to his mother
Lydia, who he promises to be a donor to combat her unique
and life threatening disease. No one knows where Bruce is.
Frank Fallon, wealthy father of the missing groom, hires Dean
and Nicki to find Bruce. The fee is fabulous.
As they begin to investigate Bruce, nasty discoveries are
uncovered. While attending Smyth College in Virginia, he is
accused of raping female student, Andrea Morgan. Charges
made, he received a "slap on the wrist," left school and
immediately transferred to Maryland State University.
There, he met and wooed Mia. Eli Morgan, the father of the
victim, has held a grudge against Bruce. He has made
threats by phone calls and e-mails, and make him the prime
suspect to the police. When the police discover he
traveled to Virginia the day before the wedding, he is arrested.
When Bruce's body is pulled from the river not far from
where the police found his abandoned car, Eli is charged
with his murder. Case closed?
Susan O'Brien writes a cozy mystery with humor, a touch of
romance, and a plot that zigs and zags to keep you guessing
who done it? One of the characters is a Medium who gives
Nicki a message from her cheating husband who died five
years ago. Nicki is a modern-day Nancy Drew and a very
likable character who by now is an expert pole dancer. Who
could not fall in love with Dean who becomes the donor for
Bruce's mother? Looking for a book that has all of these
ingredients, look no further. My praise for SKY HIGH is sky
high. You will love it.
Single mom and rookie P.I. Nicki Valentine rarely gets time
off, so attending a wedding with her superhot colleague Dean
sounds dreamy. But things turn nightmarish when the groom—a
soon-to-be transplant donor—disappears, and Nicki and Dean
commit to a partnership they never planned.
Together, they examine the groom’s unfulfilled promises,
including one to his mom, a psychic medium with an unusual
health need. As family secrets emerge, Nicki must face
questions about her late husband, whose long-ago betrayal
still threatens to cloud her judgment.
With support from her pole-dancing best friend, her
always-on-call family, and the loves of her life (her two
kids—and possibly Dean), Nicki must uncover the groom’s
demons while conquering her own.
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