Blog Tour: SLEUTH ON SAFARI by A.R. Kennedy

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Naomi and her estranged sister are off on a trip of a lifetime—an African safari, a bucket list trip for Naomi on which she got a last-minute deal. Naomi thinks traveling with her sister will be the worst part of her African safari until she finds one of their fellow travelers, the unlikable Dr. Higgins, dead. She gets more adventure than she bargained for when she starts investigating what she thinks is murder but the luxury lodge says was a tragic accident. She only has a few vacation days, and a few game drives, to find the killer.

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For fifteen minutes, we stood at the conveyor belt, waiting for my luggage to arrive. The constant trail of luggage became a trickle and I began to worry. I had a vision that my vacation slideshow would be me in my Supernatural TV series T-shirt and jeans, with a soundtrack of my sister’s voice saying, “I told you so.”



I glanced at Charlotte. After a fifteen-hour flight, Charlotte had emerged refreshed. I was a little worse for wear. She gave me a dismissive look and I wiped a few crumbs from breakfast off my jeans.



She smiled briefly and the other expression returned.



“You know you look like Mom when you’re annoyed,” I told her.



She glared at me and whipped around. She and her bright pink luggage stormed off. Her pink flowy top wafted over leggings with a black-and-pink chevron pattern. I had to admit, she did look nice. And did not look like she had spent almost a day traveling. I looked down at myself. The same could not be said. My wrinkled black T-shirt and torn jeans, paired with Converse sneakers with tips that used to be white, made me cringe. Nothing about me said glamour.



I didn’t worry about being left in a foreign country by myself. I could find her a mile away with that highlighter pink gear.



I said a quick prayer before turning back to the luggage belt. I exhaled and smiled. She didn’t see the last bag to drop onto the conveyor. My worn tan duffle bag.

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My review: Naomi and Charlotte had arrived…on a safari, no less.

There was a variety of characters on the same tour as the girls, which practically brings the reader to the set of Clue, the classic board game. I probably would’ve limited this to a select few, ones that leapt off the page with quirkiness. But most of them seemed to be cut from the same mold.

The writing was good, but there was a steady lag throughout. At times, the story got too descriptive, which was one of the slowing factors. Nonetheless, the story really does take the reader on a wild safari ride through African landscapes. It was very informative of what you would expect. It definitely makes me want to put Africa on my travel destination wish list.

For the overall mystery, it definitely takes a while before it even comes up, but, yes, there was a murder within the tour group. Following the mystery was okay, but it wasn’t as enticing as I expected.

An okay read.

My rating: 3 stars

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About the Author:

A R Kennedy lives in Long Beach, New York, with her two pups. She works hard to put food on the floor for them. As her favorite T-shirt says, ‘I work so my dog can have a better life'. She’s an avid traveler. But don’t worry. While she’s away, her parents dote on their grand-puppies even more than she does. Her writing is a combination of her love of travel, animals, and the journey we all take to find ourselves.



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