Missing - Lisa Harris - 2 stars

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Baker Publishing, and again was unaware that this was a book 2 in a series. However, I still read the book since I felt obligated to do so. In the future I will be looking these books up first and then decide on what I want to review.

Synopsis
Nikki Boyd Enters the Deadly World of Counterfeit Drugs to Find a Missing Woman
Nikki Boyd isn't usually called in on homicides; her forte is missing persons. But when a case with two murdered and two missing pops up on a quiet suburban street, she's ready to start the investigation and find missing homeowners Mac and Lucy Hudson. When the first clues lead her to the boat of her friend Tyler Grant--and another dead body--Nikki must untangle what ties Tyler to the Hudsons. The clues pull her into a deadly maze of counterfeit drugs and a killer who will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens his business--including Nikki.
Christy Award-winning and bestselling author Lisa Harris puts readers right into the action in this fast-paced thriller that will have them turning pages long into the night.

This was just ok for me and was not a good book to read just after coming out of a reading slump. This story was so slow and lacked the excitement that I look for in Mystery. Part of this could be due to the fact that it was a book 2 rather than the first one. The actual mystery of the story was pretty good, it did make me think about whodunit, but the story itself was kind of like someone who talks monotone. It just kind of carried on, and then the finale of the story lacked excitement as well. The readers get built up on all the suspects and then the time comes to finding out and WOW it was so anti climatic when the perp was revealed.

I felt like the characters were semi developed, but I did not connect to the characters at all, again this could be due to the fact of not being the first book. They were pretty one dimensional and I felt like I did not really know who they were, and I will not learn anything else about them since I will not be continuing with the series. I am pretty picky when it coms to characters, especially in Mystery books, but I love to read about flawed characters who can beat the odds in the end, those who can use their trials to overcome future obstacles. I don't feel like I experienced those kinds of characters with this one.

I can't really recommend this book to anyone unless slow mysteries are your thing. I felt like I was trudging through Molasses. Like I said the 'whodunit' part was decent, so if you like those books here you need to solve the mystery then you may like this one.