Lethal Journey, a fast-paced novella hits all the points of a romantic murder mystery. The protagonist is Lauren Taylor, the prosecutor in the trial of a Mafia crime boss who once before slid out from under the punishment he so deserves. Her father is the district attorney, both enmeshed in a tragic family history they can’t leave behind. Eric Brennan is the tough police detective, who moves in and out of Lauren’s life as their sometimes love connection flourishes and then falls apart. There are other great characters in this drama who deftly fill in the blanks as the plot of murder, deception and tenuous connections twist into a knot that defies the reader to solve the mystery and unearth the true antagonist. Be prepared for a surprise ending that will blow you away.

"Chocked full of action and tells a complex story appropriately paced that does not rush the reader. Lethal Journey fits the adage, "good things come in small packages"

"The cops. The mob. The district attorney. Lethal Journey is an intricate and suspenseful thriller that offers an action packed thrill-ride with stunning revelations and a nail-biting conclusion!"

Lethal Journey is a fast paced action packed novella that keeps you on the edge of your seat!

At only 153 pages in length, it dives straight into the action immediately and just when you think it is going to slow down it speeds back up again. It is well written and the mystery keeps you guessing until the very end. The story is told via a dual point of view between Lauren and Eric and gives a great visual effect from both the victims to the police sides of this story.

This novella has a likeable and I intriguing set of characters, I even liked the bad guys they were so crazy and couldn’t guess what they would do next. Lauren Taylor is the district attorney who is leading the prosecution case against mob boss Gino Valdina for the murder of his wife. She is determined to get a conviction against him which her father failed to do several years earlier for numerous other crimes. Lauren’s life and that of her father are under threat and several attempts are made on their lives. Eric is a police officer and former lover of Lauren. His father was killed in the line of duty by one of Gino Valdina’s goons and he is on a mission to find that person. Due to the attempts on Lauren’s life they are thrown together once again.

I devoured this book and I wanted more especially at the end as I couldn’t get enough of these characters.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novella and suggest it to anyone who wants a quick, fast paced, action packed read with a little romance thrown in to steam things up and divert from the drama for a little while. Be sure to put this on your ‘to-read’ list.

High tension, high intrigue, and an angry mob boss put young Assistant DA Lauren Taylor on the defensive as she prepares for the biggest courtroom case of her life. All she has to do is stay alive long enough to put the head of one of New York’s biggest crime families behind bars, and the jury is out on whether she can pull that off. Her greatest ally is a man she knew and loved long ago, who shredded her heart as his own demons of guilt tried to drown him in an alcohol induced haze. Lethal Journey by Kim Cresswell hits the ground running and does not stop! Are people as they seem or is there more to them? As the attempts on her life escalate and people close to her go missing, Lauren doesn’t have many options on who to trust. Enter the one man who broke her heart, Eric, a homicide detective who has also felt the burn of getting too close to the mob. Can Lauren trust him? Does she have a choice? It would be so much easier if her heart would stay out of it, wouldn't it?

Kim Cresswell’s talent shines through again! With a talent for setting the stage, bringing in the characters and cuing the action, she held me from page one. She is not afraid to write a tale that is real, where the good guys do not go unscathed and they are not perfect. There is grit in her style, and when she says you are in a warehouse with a stench, you smell it. The romantic tension runs high, and using character flashbacks to the past not only builds on the development of each character as a flesh and blood entity, but serve to eventually bring everything full circle with an ending that you will NOT see coming!