Desperate Measures is
the third book in the Port Aster Secrets series. I read the books out of order, book two, then
book one, and finally book three. I was
able to follow the storyline, and felt in reading book two first that it worked well
as a stand-alone read. I do believe,
however, reading books one and two first is important to truly comprehending book
three. I have greatly enjoyed the series, and will look for other books by
Sandra Orchard.
While in several
series I’ve read lately each book focuses on a particular character from a family or
group of friends, the Port Aster Secrets series follows the adventures of a plant
researcher and amateur sleuth, Kate Adams, and her love interest, Detective Tom
Parker. Kate solves a variety of
mysteries, many linked to a pharmaceutical company that has its eyes set on her
research laboratory, and the mysterious plants she harbors. Kate’s dogged determination to clear the
names of loved ones, to restore relationships, and to ferret out the truth
often frustrates Tom, who only wants to insure her safety. The author includes
an abundance of red herrings, and does not make it easy on her readers to solve
the variety of mysteries that pop up in this book and in this series.
My favorite quote
in this whole series comes near the end of book three, “Isn’t it funny how
often what we think we want is really only how we’d imagined getting
it?...Makes me glad that sometimes God says no so he can give us what we truly
desire.” That second sentence is fairly
easy to comprehend, but the first takes some rereading to truly capture the
wisdom there.
I would highly
recommend this book, but once again would encourage readers to read the first
two books of the series before reading this one. I thank Revell Publishers and Christian
Fiction Blog Alliance for providing Desperate
Measures for my honest review. I did not receive
any monetary compensation for a favorable review and the opinions expressed
here are strictly my own.
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