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Book Review
Reviewed: 21 May 2024

Beachside Bullet

by: Jasmine Webb

A Charlie Gibson Mystery - Book 3

  • Rating: full starfull starfull starstar outlinestar outline (3/5)

I think Dot and Rosie are a hoot!  I like the Charlie has them backing her up. This one was nice in the sense that Jake was not the detective in charge of the case so he and Charlie could spend less time bickering. 

Young neighbor Franny was precious. Laughed out loud when Dot predicted she would grow up to be a serial killer or president. It is great she has Charlie, Zoe, Rosie, and Dot in her life. Her dad needs the help LOL.

There were a few consistency issues

  • Husband/fiance
  • Vesper/Jesper
  • Retreading conversations as if they had not already happened

Mom - what can I say about Charlie’s mom.  She obviously loves her daughter but she is a bit much.

Oh the mystery!  So… there were a couple in this, the main one and then Franny’s. With the main one, the author did a great job confusing me on the motive and culprit. I liked that. For Franny’s, really cool how it was solved.

This series so far has been really fun reads, a little raunchy, but fun.. 

I think I want to be a combination of good-natured-awesome-doctor Zoe, ex-librarian-gamer-tech-wiz Dot and ex-KGB-agent Rosie when I grow up.

Happy Reading!

Release Date: 30-November-2021
Audiobook, Female Sleuth, Mystery

Plot Summary

Charlie is taking the plunge to become a private investigator, and her first official case is a doozy. When three of Zoe’s coworkers are shot in a brazen mid-day attack, Charlie is initially content to let the police deal with it. But when it becomes obvious the detective in charge has the IQ of a box of crayons, she decides to step in to ensure the killer is found.

What appears at first glance to be a random attack quickly becomes more than that, and before she knows it Charlie finds herself scouring the island for a murderer, with the help of Dot and Rosie, of course.

In case hunting down a shooter wasn’t enough, Charlie quickly nets herself another customer in the form of her eight-year-old neighbor. And of course, Charlie isn’t expecting Jake to take the news of her new career very well. Luckily, Charlie isn’t especially worried about his opinion, especially when she has so much on her plate.

Is Charlie about to make a splash in her new career, or will she quickly find herself drowning, instead?