This week at the Gilpin Library
by Larry Grieco
Some books can best be described as “genre-bending,” mixing together several types of popular fiction that attract readers with differing interests. One such book is Dangerous Refuge, written by Elizabeth Lowell, which combines the romance, suspense and crime genres to produce a book that is a love story, a suspenseful page-turner, and a murder mystery all in one. When the head of the Davis family ranch suffers a suspicious death, his nephew, Tanner, a big-city homicide cop comes to the ranch to settle his uncle’s estate. He meets local woman Shaye Townsend who is working for an environmental conservancy that acquires and protects old ranches. Shaye wants to preserve the Davis family homestead. Tanner and Shaye hardly can find anything they agree on, except this: they have got to discover the circumstances of Tanner’s uncle’s death. Shaye’s familiarity with the territory, local connections, and knowledge of the political atmosphere, and Tanner’s skills and experience as a police detective make them an effective team in the pursuit of justice. But they find working closely together produces sparks that neither had seen coming. Inevitably Shaye becomes the killer’s next target, and Tanner realizes he would give his life to protect her. Elizabeth Lowell has over 30 million books in print and loyal readers all over the world. Booklist: “Lowell brilliantly mingles danger, deception, and desire to create a captivating story that is edgy, sexy, and completely satisfying….Romantic suspense at its best.”
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