Jo Kadlecek's A Quarter After Tuesday ~ Reviewed

A Quarter after Tuesday
Jo Kadlecek
Paperback: 295 pages
Publisher: Navpress Publishing Group (August 30, 2007)

ISBN 978-1-60006-050-2

As the religion reporter for the New Orleans Banner, Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin is a single woman looking for love and a good story. She's soon up to her neck in both. While visiting a local senior center filled with authentic faith, Jonna believes she has finally found good news. But after a resident's mysterious death, Jonna learns that someone may have dark plans for the small community.

Jonna's pursuit of a front page story leads into the heart of New Orleans varied views on religion and faith. The writing is solid and the main character interesting, but the pacing felt slow and there didn't seem to be any memorable climactic event. Only toward the last 1/3 of the book does the mystery begin to unravel and the pace increase. The villain is portrayed realistically and the ending gives hope for a third book and perhaps a permanent romantic interest for Jonna.

Reviewed by: Sandra D. Moore

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