"In Your Sights" by Elizabeth Krall wasn't really what I expected and it wasn't up to the mark for me. To start off, the cover went well with the theme of the book. The monochrome picture of a person walking was in coherence with the photography themed mystery-thriller.
"In Your Sights " revolves around the life of Caroline Bready, a widow who tries to bury her past and moves on with her life. When Caroline finds a brutally attacked woman, she is drawn into a tangled up mess of crimes. Soon, Caroline realises that a photography class and a blog may even pave way for the attacker to find her. Things go from bad to worse when she couldn't trust the people whom she trusted and when faith brings her into this web of deep trouble.
Elizabeth Krall has done a fine job with the writing. Her description of scenery and surroundings were quite vivid and beautiful. The dull dark mood prevailed throughout the book. Caroline was an interesting character who is beautiful in physical sense but she is also quite naive and a vulnerable person. Then there's Reece whose handsome features stands out which is quite contrary to Johnny, whose beauty is not in his marred scars. My favourite of all was Johnny. I would love to say something about his beautiful character but I would give away the complete plot so I will stick to saying that he is a character who is well accustomed to pains and experiences of life. These characters suited well with the theme but the book focused more on romance than mystery and that quite got annoying at some point or other. To sum it up, I wasn't satisfied with it as a mystery thriller and the melancholy was a bit over dramatic but I loved the description of oceans and Australian surrounding.
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