{"id":6573,"date":"2016-03-11T12:46:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T17:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2020-05-07T19:48:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T23:48:39","slug":"goslyn-county-by-a-m-mcknight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=6573","title":{"rendered":"Goslyn County by A.M. McKnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Publisher\/Date: \u00a0<\/strong>CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 2015
\nGenre(s):<\/strong> \u00a0Mystery, Romance, Crime
\nPages:<\/strong> \u00a0320
\nWebsite:<\/strong> https:\/\/ammcknight.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/p> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A mostly black community with its roots in farming, Goslyn, Virginia lay just south of the State\u2019s Capital. The once small, close-knit county\u00a0had grown rapidly in the past two decades and boasted a population of just over fifty thousand. But the county\u2019s crime stats had grown as well, and the latest\u00a0offenses included several break-ins and rumors of a meth lab. Time had brought many changes, and many of the longtime folks of Goslyn no longer recognized\u00a0their community and longed for days gone by. Goslyn PD Detective Olivia “Ollie” Winston loves her family and friends and shows it through her sense of\u00a0humor. Just like her neighbors, she too worries about the recent events, and it’s her job to find out who’s behind the crime spree. While investigating three\u00a0burglaries, Olivia meets IRS Special Agent Maureen Jeffries who is pursuing a tax fraud suspect. Their cases are connected, and both soon discover they have\u00a0much in common, personally and professionally.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last year, I was really into cozy mysteries. Quick and satisfying reads, I was enamored by the kind of mysteries set in sleepy towns where\u00a0everyone knows your name, and the crimes always wrapped up nicely.<\/p>\n

That’s why I was so drawn to GOSLYN COUNTY<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by A.M. McKnight<\/strong>, a story set in a predominantly black community in Virginia. This mystery-romance\u00a0featuring detective Olivia \u201cOllie\u201d Winston finds her trying to unravel the recent break-in of a local tax filing office and the theft of its customers\u2019 personal information. Ollie is good at what she does \u2013 rising from beat officer to detective within 10 years \u2013 but her small town\u2019s department doesn\u2019t have the\u00a0technological capability to track down the offenders; that\u2019s where Ollie depends on best friend, Pat Henley-Rice, owner of an IT service provider, to assist in the case. Down with each other like four flat tires since elementary school, Ollie and Pat have this friendship that’s more like sisters, and Pat is refreshingly funny.<\/p>\n

Ollie also has help from the feds in this criminal matter, namely IRS special agent Maureen Jeffries, who is investigating a tax fraud case in nearby Atlanta that could be related to Ollie’s break-in. When the two begin comparing information is when *ta-da* sparks begin to fly. Shy around each other at first, the professionals slowly cultivate a relationship with lunches and long conversations. Everything about it is old-fashioned, but not stuffy, and it’s a grown-woman romance.<\/p>\n

To tell the truth, the entirety of Goslyn County<\/em> is grown-folk relating to each other. The richness of the town and the characters are what really drew me in. Every chapter is a revolving look into why people do what they do, including the criminals themselves. We get to know why Ollie and Maureen are hesitant about love, and why Ollie should really watch her back when it comes to her job. That’s one of the things what A.M. McKnight does best with this novel.<\/p>\n

Like with any mystery revolving around detectives, the behind-the-scenes of an investigation is important. I got that message clearly in Goslyn County<\/em>. McKnight places you there, right along with Ollie and Maureen as they both chases leads separately and together. While I think the ending did wrap up a little too quickly, the ride \u2013 and the exciting car chase \u2013 is what’s important.<\/p>\n

I’m glad McKnight is planning a sequel, because I’m raring to see what else little ole Goslyn County<\/em> can cook up next.<\/p>\n

Reviewed March 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date: \u00a0CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 2015 Genre(s): \u00a0Mystery, Romance, Crime Pages: \u00a0320 Website: https:\/\/ammcknight.wordpress.com\/ \u00a0 A mostly black community with its roots in farming, Goslyn, Virginia lay just south of the State\u2019s Capital. The once small, close-knit county\u00a0had grown rapidly in the past two decades and boasted a population of just over fifty thousand. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"NEWS SOTS REVIEW: Goslyn County by A.M. McKnight @wordmc46"},"categories":[4],"tags":[53,147,333,402],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7155,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6573\/revisions\/7155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}