This was a great suspense novel, I loved it! It took me a couple chapters to understand what was happening in the real world and what was on the page of Evie’s next book, but the suspense gets real really fast and I was sucked into the story. Personally, I wouldn’t call it a romance novel, it is more of a great suspense with a small romantic subplot, but that didn’t make it any less entertaining. A great fast paced novel to read during your vacation!

Have you heard of “The Fourth Wall,” an imaginary barrier separating the audience from the fictional characters? In Crime Story, the characters don’t break the 4th wall. They walk through the front door. Of the author’s house.

Crime Story was a fun and UNIQUE read! Think Ten Thousand Doors of January meets Castle. (We’re talking crime fiction combined with hilarious banter and a heaping helping of surrealism. Or is it Magical Realism?)

I tabbed so many great lines. Dime Shepherd is funny IRL, and let me tell you, that comes through loud and clear in her writing.

Meet Evie, best-selling author of 15 crime novels, who is seriously STUCK trying to write the 16th:

“I”m afraid of going to Australia too, with its plethora of bitey, toxic wildlife.”

“HIs apartment…is the kind of stately jewel that makes ordinary people like me self-consciously brush lint from their clothing as they enter.”

I loved Evie. I identified with her fear of change and risk. I admired how she pushed herself out of her boundaries. I loved how mind-bendingly creative the book’s concept was.

Write faster, Dime! I need to spend more time with these witty and engaging characters!