A make-or-break election. A food poisoning epidemic. A town in chaos.With a highly charged local election consuming the community, Police Chief Cassidy Chambers braces herself for a challenging day of breaking up petty conflicts and tamping down high emotions. But when widespread food poisoning spreads among potential voters across the island, Cassidy smells something rotten in the air.As Cassidy … air.
As Cassidy examines every possibility to uncover what’s going on, local enigma Anthony Gilead again comes on her radar. The man is running for mayor and his cult-like following is growing at an alarming rate. Cassidy feels certain he has a spy embedded in her inner circle. The problem is that her pool of suspects gets deeper every day.
Can Cassidy get to the bottom of what’s eating away at her peaceful island home? Will voters turn out despite the outbreak of illness plaguing their tranquil town? And the even bigger question: Has darkness come to stay on Lantern Beach?
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Dead on Arrival by Christy Barritt continues her Lantern Beach P.D. series. Wow! What a mystery! From food poisoning to a horrible mayoral race, Barritt takes Cassidy and me for a joy ride. From the first chapter, the plot takes off and captures my attention. I finished the book in a little over two hours. I couldn’t put it down. I’m really tired of reading about Gilead Cove and their leader. He makes me sick. I really can’t wait to see what Barritt does to seek justice for this horrible cult leader. As for the characters, I still enjoy watching more of the familiar characters and keeping up with their daily lives. Overall, Dead on Arrival is a wonderful addition to the series. I think when Barritt finishes composing all of them, I will have to sit down and binge read them in order to get the full effect.
Oh my goodness! I decided to just keep reading all the books in this series because I couldn’t put them down.
This book is the one that had me not sleeping at night and remembering events that happened years ago. This story could have been taken from right out of the newspapers. It sounded so familiar. At the time I was so surprised people would actually follow this movement, but they did and many people suffered. In this story, Chief Chambers is trying to solve a mystery and keep the town of Lantern Beach safe from being taken over by a manipulative man with a deadly charm to deceive people.
Christy Barritt is the kind of author who weaves her stories with so much action and suspense that your heart pounds and you find yourself suspicious of everyone around you, even your own family. Her books are the kind you don’t read at night, or you’ll never get to sleep. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE THESE BOOKS!
This author has a way of capturing you from the very first page to the very last. She is tremendously skilled at keeping us guessing who the bad guy is, in this story!
I was given this book by the author which did not influence my review in any way, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Love all of Christy’s books. Keeping you reading when you should be doing something else!
Love this author. Her books never disappoint
This series is really heating up! With only one book left after this, the action is getting more and more fast-paced. A bout of food poisoning at a political event leave many sick and one dead. Could it be someone close to Cassidy responsible for this crime? What is Anthony Gilead’s true motives as he is now running for mayor? Is Gilead somehow connected to Ty’s past? You will have to read the book and the rest of the series to find out the answers to these and many other questions.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
As Cassidy and her friends are geared up to help their good friend Max run for mayor against the current ineffective mayor, Anthony Gilead, leader of the ever-growing cult on the island, throws his hat in the ring. With rising suspicions of the cult leader, and the knowledge that Gilead’s Cove seems to be drawing in more and more people, Cassidy is desperate to find out the truth. Add to that, wide-spread food poisoning among Max’s friends, a possible shut-down of Cassidy’s friend’s popular restaurant. and Cassidy has her hands full. The shocking result of the election, the evidence of voter fraud, and Ty’s violent sickness, and further hints that someone knows of Cassidy’s past, has Cassidy at her wit’s end. I can’t wait for the conclusion in Book #5!
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The opinions are my own. I loved it.
This was a great Christian suspense story. I really enjoyed it
Hard to put down
Dead On Arrival was another excellent addition to the Lantern Beach Mystery series. Like with all of Christy Barritt’s books, I was hooked from the very beginning and raced through the pages to reach the thrilling conclusion.
It’s the day of the mayoral election and tensions are high. Cult leader Anthony Gilead is in the running and Lantern Beach natives are anxious about the consequences if he were to win. A deadly food poisoning epidemic hits, causing the turnout for the election to suffer.
This was very fast-paced. It was probably the quickest I’ve read one of these books. The stakes were so high and I just had to know how things would turn out. I’m so invested in this community and these characters. I can’t wait for the next one!
Love this author, never disappoints, as in this book. Great mystery series.
Not as good as the first 3. this one was predictable, slow moving, and still no resolution.
“She could use a good day. In her short tenure as police chief, too many things here on Lantern Beach had gone wrong.”
Truer words were never spoken. Police Chief Cassidy Chambers has navigated personal threats, solved multiple murders and intentionally spent an enormous amount of energy on an eerie cult leader who seems to psycho-analyze local citizens into his back pocket. And now? . . . an epidemic break-out of food poisoning on the eve of a local election has been deemed as a form of bio-terrorism. Someone is just as determined to destroy Lantern Beach as Cassidy is to protect it, and she’s concerned that someone close to her is successfully feeding the dark side of the community with valuable information.
Stay tuned! There’s more to this story than one book can hold!
As addictive as potato chips!
The more I read this series, the more I anticipate the next edition. The explosive, intriguing action combined with mysterious, complex characters compels readers into the secrets of Lantern Beach.
Ongoing danger and investigation, new crimes and mysteries riddle the island. With a conscious effort to pace the reading, immersion into the drama is a given. Perhaps other fans also attempt to warn PD Chief Cassidy Chambers, her crew and friends.
I received a copy of the book without obligation. This review is my opinion.