In many ways, as much as I loved the Charlie Davidson series, Sunshine Vicram feels more polished.Plotwise, there are many different irons in the fire and all were good, though a few were telegraphed ahead of time to varying degrees. Levi too is the version of Reyes one could take home to their more liberal parents. The multiple plots were here too, without quite the manic pace, and the friendships and dialog were bang on perfect. Where the snark and jokes in the CD series could sometimes be a tad overdone (naming ever in animate object), here it was perfectly balanced. Can Sunshine face the call of duty-and find the kidnapper who's terrorizing her beloved hometown-without falling head over high heels in love.or worse? Read moreĪ long time fan of Jones’ writing, I was excited to hear about this new series after her Charlie Davidson series came to an end, but also hesitant, as the premise for this new series sounded like quite a departure in a lot of ways.I needn’t have worried A Bad Day for Sunshine has everything I loved in the Charlie Davidson series (save the outright paranormal plots), only slightly more polished. With temperatures rising everywhere she turns, Del Sol's normally cool-minded sheriff is finding herself knee-deep in drama and danger.

This one's got Levi, Sunshine's sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshal. Add to that the trouble at her daughter’s new school, plus and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and, well, the forecast looks anything but sunny.īut even clouds have their silver linings. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee-and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff-thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her-and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. ' A Bad Day For Sunshine is a great day for the rest of us.'- New York Times bestselling author Lee Child 'Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun.'- New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series- A Bad Day for Sunshine!

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