Insatiable is the third novel in Emily Kimelman’s Amazon best-selling, award-winning Sydney Rye Series of dark murder mysteries. This series feature a strong female protagonist and her canine best friend Blue. It is recommended for the 18+ who enjoy some violence, don’t mind dirty language, and are up for a dash of sex. Not to mention an awesome, rollicking good mystery. Insatiable begins with private detective Sydney Rye living a simple, disciplined life in London, but when a dangerous man from her past calls, Rye finds she cannot turn him away. Robert Maxim explains that the daughter of a powerful friend has gone missing and he wants Rye to find her. In exchange he offers her something she had given up hope of ever having; freedom from her past.
With her dog, Blue, at her side, Rye meets up with her new partner, a handsome man she’s not sure she can trust. Heading for Mexico City, they go undercover, posing as husband and wife. After meeting with the bereaved parents, Rye starts to sense that there is more going on than just a missing girl. But it isn’t until they arrive in the Yucatan Peninsula, hot on the girl’s trail in Paradise, that all hell breaks loose. Sydney has to reach out for help from old friends and deal with the consequences of her past, if she’s going to find the girl and keep them all alive.
If there was a quarter star rating, that would be my choice… Spoiler Alert!!! I managed to plod 32% through this novel, which used valuable space on my e-book, before calling it quits. Where should I begin? The shallow main character, named Sydney, no Joy, no Melanie, with a fluctuating, out of sync personality and pseudonyms. She is a once burned private detective, by a former?? lover, Bobby Maxim, murderer of her brother’s killer, the corrupt Mayor, he helped elect. The Bobby character, then allowed her to take the blame for the Mayor’s murder…. if this sounds…
entertaining I was definitely entertained reading this book. I think that anyone who wants to read it should really read the first books in the series. I felt like I was missing out on so much by starting on the third. I agree that the language and violence is not for kids, but really, that is just how some people talk. I kept getting confused about the events that happend in Sydney’s past, like who killed this person and that person, but I guess I should have read the other books first. There were some…
I skimmed a lot The book started slow, then exploded. Then slowed down again, then got interesting again. I felt the writing was meant for a younger group, in spite of the language. It was confusing at times and there was too much pondering by the main character. I had to skim over those parts to get to the meat of the story. All in all it was an interesting premise, but not a page turner.