Trust (Waverly Beach Cozy Mystery, #1) by Pamela M. Kelley

Trust (Waverly Beach Cozy Mystery, #1) Reviews

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  Jennifer

  2.5 Stars
  Not my cup of tea. Just an OK read and an OK mystery. A little silly at times. It was a short read but I still skimmed parts of it, especially all the food prep portions.
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  ReadAlongWithSue

  *** I was given this book by the author to read and review honestly***
  
  I am so glad that I had the chance to read this book. I love a good book I can get my teeth into now and again and its not predictable. This was NOT predictable at all, right at the end you think you 'got it' but then it all did a sudden switch. Yep, it smacked me in the face.
  
  If you had a hidden secret from the past that stayed with you, but you were 100% innocent as a child but then as a grown up it reflected on something that was happening now, then people would point the finger and get you hung drawn and quartered before you had a chance to sneeze! This is what happened to Lauren. She and David are about to get married, would he believe her? Would he stand by her? Or would he be like the others?
  
  This book was intense. I loved it and will be following this author.
  I can't wait for more books from Pamela M Kelley, if they are anything like this, I know I am in for a good read!
  
  This is not a writer, this is an up and coming author who can definitely write a good story and deserves to be 'up' there with the best.
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  Wonda

  Quick-Easy whodunit! I can see why this is called a beach read...poolside for sure! I did guess the ending, but it wasn't too bad! Simple and fun...but nothing special! Yet, good enough for me to check out number two!
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  Cheryl

  This is the first time reading this author and I loved it. Lauren is the main character and is getting ready to get married when one of her students ends up murdered. She finds herself in the middle of the of it all and it brings back memories of another time when as a teenager she was also accused of murder.
  It shows how hard it is to continue to trust someone when all this is going on. How hard it is to put up with the press and the way the feel it is their right to a story, even if they have to make it up around just one or two words.
  In the end they solve two murders. Loved this story.
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  Sylvia Joseph

  Great really a Mystery
  
  Loved the book , the twist and turns the saying all the way no she did not do it but wait this one maybe kept you guessing yet with the feeling of Chuck , but never thinking he was the father, great book, will have to recommend it to all mystery lovers and was written extremely well.Will have to get Trust when I catch up on my reading ,looking forward to seeing what grandpa teaches these young law fellows, I have two grandsons that I are both on the law force and think they would enjoy this lightly yet knowing novel Thank you . Loved its details
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  Julia David

  A pretty good mystery. You really think that Lauren couldn't have murdered her student, but everything keeps pointing to her. If she didn't, who did? Lauren had confessed to a murder years before when she was a teenager, but she didn't do it and they never found out who did. Now, Lauren came back to town, is getting married soon and one of her students is found dead. He was murdered with her golf club. Her fiancée has complete faith in her, but others in town wonder about her. She is hounded by the media, worries if her wedding will happen and if she will have a job when this is all over. Can they find the killer before she loses everything?
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  Pamela

  Lauren is a high school teacher who loves her job; engaged to be married very soon. When one of her students is found murdered, rumors start flying that there may have been something between her and the student. And she has a past run-in with the police when she was a teenager. Good cozy mystery.
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  Brandy

  Too cozy for me!
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  A.M. Cummins

  I listened to this audiobook on hoopla in one sitting. The story was engaging and kept me hooked.
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  Karen

  Really enjoyed it!!
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  Rosalee

  This is probably really 3 1/2 but close enough... Lauren returns to her home town with a new look, using a new name and trying to forget something that happened 20 years before. She falls in love and is set to be married; she has a job she loves and everything looks like happy ever after. Then a student she was working with, counseling, is found dead. Rumors abound, and her secret comes out, making it seem like history is repeating itself. Will her friends stand by her? What does she really know about her friends? Could one of them have murdered twice? A good plot and one that keeps the reader guessing.
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  Kristine

  Lauren Stanhope returns to her home town to start over. she is a teacher who becomes invested in a student who has a tough homelife and failing grades. he is found murdered and she is the suspect. she denies any involvement in the murder but her lost golf club is the murder weapon. while keeping with her innocence, she has to relive something from her past that gave the police reason to suspect her. she along with several friends were arrested and questioned in the murder of a friend. while exonerated, with left a reasonable doubt that she could have done it again. turns out to the partner of her now husbands firm.
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  Linda

  The hype did not fit the book. The book's targeted audience did not include me, but the author's mechanics were good and she moved the book right along. It is hard to rate this kind of book. The author passed up many twists and. turns that would have made the book great. I could imagine the storyline taking on real issues appropriate to the book's subject. There was more space for twists and turns that would made the book less predictable. The author could have told targeted groups how to protect themselves. But the book was her book, not mine.
  
  Thank you, Ms. Kelley, for a good read.
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  Anne - ReadingfortheWeekend

  I enjoyed this! Great characters and an interesting story.
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  DiAnne

  I loved the well developed characters and the plot in this novel. Well written and reads like stories we hear about on the news and in newspapers which makes it very believable. I found it hard to put down and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was stunned with the surprise ending...I did not have it figured out until the very end.
  
  Three weeks before the wedding, your fiancé becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation. What would you do?
  
  In TRUST, 36-year-old, high school teacher Lauren seems to have it all. She moved back to Waverly, a small seaside town, just north of Boston, MA several years ago. She has a great career, and has finally found true love. Lauren's wedding is just a few weeks away, when one of her students goes missing and when his body is found a few days later, she suddenly becomes a person of interest.
  Her fiancé, David, is a former minor-league pitcher turned stockbroker, who is excited to settle down with Lauren. But when the missing student is found dead, and the media turns its attention even more closely on Lauren, David is surprised to discover that Lauren hadn't told him everything about her past.
  With the help of his 91-year-old grandfather, who is a retired town sheriff, and his best friend Jake, the current assistant sheriff, David sets out to find the truth.
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  Toni

  Wow, an emotional roller coaster!
  
  This is a fast paced book that keeps the reader engaged with believable characters and a believable storyline. Lauren is a teacher engaged to be married within weeks when one of her students who had been missing turns up murdered.
  
  She has to deal with a turmoil of emotions; heartbreak over the death of her student, stress of the upcoming wedding, and to top it off she is a person of interest in the murder of her young student. Then she has to deal with the harassment of the news media and the fear that her fiance might not want to marry her anymore.
  
  Add to this emotional turmoil the fact that Lauren has a secret past that comes to light, and you have a recipe for an honest to goodness suspense thriller that you can't put down! I loved it.
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  Ferne

  Lauren Stanhope is an English teacher in her hometown of Waverly, Massachusetts. In less than 3 weeks, she’ll marry David Landers, the love of her life, and her closest friend and colleague will become her sister-in-law. Could life be any more perfect?
  
  I was unaware that this was the 1st book of a 2-book cozy mystery series until the end of the story. For this reader, it read as a contemporary romance emphasizing the dynamics of the young couple’s relationship rather than a cozy mystery.
  
  I enjoyed the relationship between David and his 91-year-old grandfather, retired sheriff of Waverly, the most. The comfort of their standing Tuesday night dinners at a local pub with good food and conversation was heartwarming, not to mention their adventurous stakeout. That alone would be the reason to spend more time in Waverly.
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  Vivian

  Lauren is a schoolteacher who's earned respect from parents and her students. What they don't know is that her past may soon haunt her. After learning one of her students is found murdered, she confesses her past to her fiancé, David. Instantly feeling relief; a weight off her shoulders. Even still, she's considered a person of interest.
  
  David is a partner for a well known investment firm. Having grown up with his partners helped. It built trust. All three successful and now all three would be married and settled down. Until the news from their past makes its way to the present.
  
  ~ a very quick read. Ending is too unrealistic for my taste.
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  Selena

  Lauren is a school teacher and she is engaged to David. She moves back to her old hometown after some years away. Her name has changed and no one suspects that she used to live there.
  
  Then one day, one of Lauren’s students is found murdered. He was a good looking, older looking kid. Since everyone knows he had a crush on a much older woman, it is assumed Lauren is it and she is under speculation for his murder. The weapon is found after the body is discovered and Lauren’s finger prints are on it. And the weapon is her golf club.
  
  It’s a story of discovery and digging to find the truth.
  4 stars
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  Artguy

  On the one hand, it flows well and is easy to follow because of its clear writing and narrative flow.
  
  On the other hand, I don't think I have ever read something so WASP-y. I mean, right down to calling Billy Joel and Elton John your favorite music. I can't imagine a book being more lily white.
  
  This is a bit of an unusual book, too, or perhaps a new way to write and make money. The plot was a generic murder mystery that at times seemed like a vehicle to give recipes and advertising for Target and Pottery Barn. It was like product placements in movies, and I suspect that's not mere speculation.
  
  Then again, I am definitely not in this author's target audience.
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  Deepa

  It was a sweet simple mystery. If you like books that don't have grisly murder scenes or a psycho where every other character is getting killed. this might be the book for you.
  I would say its a very young adult or pre teen friendly book.
  Nothing really outrageous.
  That said, the negatives for me were, it wasn't a page turner or unputdownable. I wasn't really invest in the characters.
  Also a lot of evidence was pointing to Lauren but pretty much everyone believed it couldn't be her.
  Worth a read for sure but it doesn't get me excited to check out the rest of the series.