Great idea and concept for a book. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Highly recommended. .

4.5 stars

This is the second book in the Hayden Kent mysteries by Kait Carson.

Wow, how did it take me so long to read book two in this series? This was a fun and totally surprising ride. I am loving the whole para legal who teaches diving aspect of the story. The series is just filling a void in my life. I just sucked this story up like a well-loved slurpee flavor. I couldn’t read it fast enough.

There is a huge twist at the end of this that is so surprising you will have to pick your jaw off the floor when it happens. I was like… wait, what are you doing? No, no, it can’t be you!

This book is so readable and easy to connect with. I just loved it so much. When I realized I still had this in my kindle collection, I had to Gibbs-slap myself. Why hadn’t I picked this one up sooner? I was so enthralled that I wanted… no, I needed a book three only to discover this series stopped after two books back in 2014! Yikes and what? This series can be blockbuster if properly marketed. I posted on Facebook that I was reading this and Kait herself posted to my thread saying that YES, there would be a new book out in 2021! Yay! It will be titled Death Dive! And I cannot wait!

If you like cozy mysteries, definitely check this one out. You won’t be disappointed.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.

This is the second book in the Hayden Kent Mysteries by Kait Carson. It is the first book I have read by this author. I often read books out of order in series to see how well they read stand-alone.

I had some difficulties in the first chapter or two as it seemed to continue from the first book without much explanation as to who the characters were and how they interacted. By around the third or fourth chapter, I had caught up and could enjoy the story. While I think the story can be read stand-alone, I recommend reading the series in order so you can understand the back story on the characters which becomes fairly important by the end of the book.

Hayden Kent is both a paralegal and an experienced deep diver. In this story, both areas of expertise are important. When a client dies in mysterious fashion, Hayden jumps in trying to find out if there was anything nefarious behind the death.

I laughed a bit at how much time Hayden took off from work (I was a paralegal for a time and could not get away with that much absence.) The author even mentioned a couple of times that Hayden might be considered a part time employee if it continued.

It was easy to see that the author has expertise as both a paralegal and a diver. The descriptions of the dives and the equipment used was very interesting and gave a lot of insight into the nuts and bolts of the field.

I'm looking forward to more books in this series and will go back and read the first book as well.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.