Trouble Comes in Three's (Rose Gardner Mystery): A Kayla Hicks Book Review
Rose is BACK!
What is Trouble Comes in Three's About?
It’s been nearly three years since the fall of the Hardshaw Group, and Rose is living a low-key life in Fenton County. She’s happily married to Joe Simmons, raising her own two children along with her niece and nephew, and running her landscape business. Everything is coming up…well…roses! And still, when she and her best friend Neely Kate unearth a peculiar wooden box in a client’s yard, she finds herself yearning for the good old days of solving mysteries.
Be careful what you wish for.
Before she can even fight that particular urge though, a teenage boy shows up asking for protection from “The Lady in Black”. There’s no denying it. Trouble seems to be landing right on Rose’s doorstep just like it used to. And no one knows better than her; trouble always comes in threes…
The past is better left behind, but is it ever really gone?
My Review:
I have loved this book series since I discovered it, having quickly binged through the whole series in just a couple of months. And I was truly sad when the author announced the last book in the series.
However, she brought it back and showed readers that Rose's checkered past was catching up to her just as she gained everything she ever wanted in life. A family, trusted friends, a husband, and a business she built from the ground up.
I'll admit, the beginning of the book had a slow start as Swank caught readers up to speed on what Rose had been up to in life for 3 years. But then once someone comes asking for the Lady In Black's help (Rose's former criminal world disguise), things pick up speed.
I loved jumping back into Rose's relationships with Neely Kate, Joe, and everyone else. And I can't wait to see how her past comes back to haunt her.
However, as much as I love this series, and I realize Swank was catching the readers back up to speed in the storyline, I think I'm giving this book a four-star review.
Get it here: Trouble Comes in Three's by Denise Grover Swank