A Good Day For Chardonnay: A Novel by Darynda Jones is the second read in the series that began in A Bad Day For Sunshine. It was in that book that readers were introduced to the quirky town of Del Sol, the newly elected sheriff Sunshine Vicram, and her family. While some things were resolved in that book, one major thing was not, and that continues here in a secondary story line.
One of several
secondary storylines in a complicated and occasionally a laugh out loud read.
In the main storyline, Levi Ravinder is involved in a serious altercation in
the parking lot of the Roadhouse Bar and Grill. To say that Sunshine and Levi
have history is to say the sun and the desert have a history. This night Levi
was trying to stop three men who were beating and stabbing Keith Seabright. What
Seabright was doing at the place, what his connection with Levi is, who the
three men are, and other questions are questions she needs official answers to
as fast as possible. All she knows for sure, based on what Levi is saying is
that he is military of some type and had to drugged to be losing to his three assailants.
Instead of going to the hospital as the clearly injured Levi should, he soon
escapes custody and disappears into the night. Presumably headed north in pursuit
of the three who left the scene in a truck.
As in the first
book, relationships in and outside of family power this novel. Therefore, as
many things from the first book continue here, it is not possible to discuss
those things that drive forward the secondary storylines in this read.
Along the same vein,
it is also not possible to discuss two glaring technical errors in the last
fifty pages without creating spoilers. Suffice it to say, those of who have
spent time in hospitals or know a thing or two about police vehicles, might be
briefly and annoying jolted out of the world of the book.
That being said,
this is a funny read that reminds this reviewer of the Sheriff Brady
series by J.A. Jance with a lot more humor. This read also has a multi-page and
graphic sex scene between two characters that may be too much for some readers.
One did expect the romantic moment though this reader did not expect the
graphic detail of the event. The read also has plenty of action, violence,
misdirection, and mystery.
All in all, A
Good Day for Chardonnay is a good read and ties up the primary storyline
and several ongoing issues from the first book quite well.
A Good Day For
Chardonnay: A Novel
Darynda Jones
St. Martin’s
Press (MacMillan)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250233110/a-good-day-for-chardonnay
July 2021
ISBN #978-1-250-23311-0
Hardback (also available
in audio and eBook formats)
416 Pages
My reading copy came from the Skyline Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple
©2021
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