Enough Cannot Be Said!

Colleen Helme has done it again in this touch of paranormal mixed with humor and mystery/suspense series. Couple Colleen Helme with Wendy Tremont King as the narrator and you have a great combination for an audio book series to listen and relisten. This is the fifth book in Colleen Helme's Shelby Nichols Adventures, a light mystery / suspense series, all of which are narrated by Wendy Tremont King. Colleen has returned with same cast, though maybe there is a new additional member that will be carried into book six.

Stumbling upon the first book, Carrots, when the eBook was marked down on Amazon. Before finishing the book, I bought it's audio version, the second book and the second book's audio version as they were all temporarily marked down. I have read / listened to each book in the series and completely understand why Ms Helme's ratings on each of these books are high across the board. Ms Helme puts her sensible 40-something average housewife into uncanny dilemmas in which she invariably learns the truth in the nick time. Her books flow well, have a good amount of tongue-in-cheek humor, plausible mystery and well placed reveals that deepen the mystery before the real crime is resolved. Ms Helme has created a lovable cast of characters:

Shelby, a stay-at-home mom, with spunk and grit, turned consultant with the ability to "read" minds and the ability to get herself into binds;

Chris, Shelby's handsome husband who is also an attorney, they have a very strong relationship, despite the adventure-binds Shelby finds herself in that test Chris time and again -- not his faith in her and them, but his sense of being her protector;

Uncle Joey, the mob boss that always has something to do with the sticky situations Shelby finds herself in, but who never fails to help her, this mob boss is also too likable to be threatening;

Ramos, the too-delicious, too-handsome enforcer/hit man with whom I'd also love to ride behind on a motorcycle, and while he and Shelby often have thoughts of their attraction to one another, they are indeed platonic friends and

Dimples, aka Officer Harris, the local law enforcement officer who befriends Shelby after her first wrong-place, wrong-time bind -- he doesn't know the extent of Shelby's gift, believing that she has "premonitions", but, most importantly, he believes in Shelby.

Each of these mysteries are stand alone, but it would be my recommendation that someone new to the collection read the first book first for a good introduction to the characters. ( )

4 STARS

This is the 5 book in the series but the first one I have read. I liked it so much that I was looking at getting another one and was happy that I already have one on my kindle. I know what I want to read next.

This is a fun detective series. The suspense was good till they revealed it in the story. It also had some funny moments in the book. Good characters. I found myself even liking the mob boss and his right hand man. It had a good mix of elements in the story. Once I got into it I did not want to put the book down till I had finished it.

I really like the characters. Shelby is fun, smart and has secret power that helps and hinders her. She loves her husband Chris. She also has 2 children Has friends in low places and high. They all want to help her when it looks like she might be arrested for murder.

Chris her husband is a lawyer. He does not like it that his wife has worked for a mob boss. Chris is a defense lawyer which comes in handy.

Uncle Joey is a mob boss who knows Shelby's talent and uses it to help him. He has come to like her. He figures it is because of him that Shelby has been set up.

Ramos works close to Uncle Joey and really likes Shelby. Shelby finds him to be good looking and tempted by him. Ramos likes her to and is willing to help her.

She has worked with the police before with her friend Dimples she calls him. He does not think she is guilty and helps her too.

The funniest part of the story was the poker game or maybe the golf game. You have to laugh at those scenes.

I can see me getting the rest of Colleen's Shelby Nichols Adventure books and reading them soon. ( )