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Mandy Tanner has turned in her river guiding paddle for a job as a river ranger in her native Salida, Colorado. That's why she is on hand when a raft goes over a dangerous rapids sideways, tipping out all the people on board. Mandy rushes in to save two of the passengers, only to have one of them die on her when she gets him back to shore.

The dead man is Tom King, a rich developer. The trip was with the rafting company that Mandy's uncle owns, and Tom's widow is intent on suing Mandy's uncle, a prospect that would destroy his business.

Then comes word that Tom might have been murdered. Now Mandy is determined to find the killer and clear her uncle's reputation once and for all. But can she find the killer?

I love rafting (although I've never gone any big rapids), so I was looking forward to this book from the moment I heard about it. Mandy was a good guide into a world I am unfamiliar with. I liked her, most of the time. I felt some of her reactions to her boyfriend weren't fair to him, although I could see her side of things. But I really did like her and felt that those sub-plots were resolved well by the end.

The plot of the book started out rather slowly and could have been tighter. While I enjoyed some of the passages about life on the river and Mandy's job, I didn't feel they were really forwarding the story. As the book progressed, the story began to take center stage more and it all resolved for a great climax.

While all the books in this series won't be focused on river rafting, I am excited to see what other outdoor sports will be covered. I definitely plan another trip to Colorado with Mandy.


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Deadly Currents An RM Outdoor Adventures Mystery Beth Groundwater 9780738721620 Books Reviews

This book is one of many mysteries I have read lately in which the female heroine is justified in immature, irrational, annoying behavior because of some previous trauma (her parents died, her sister was raped, her brother was kidnapped, her baby died, etc.). In addition to taking unnecessary risks, she quarrels with every single person with whom she has a relationship, because they do not treat her with the respect she thinks she deserves. After an argument, she rushes off alone to confront a killer but is rescued at the last minute by one of the people she argued with, and everyone lives happily ever after. Having said all that, I suppose that one would not expect a white water rafter to engage in a lot of mature reflection on risk taking. Although the author had some trouble deciding how much detail to include in the local color, I did enjoy some of the rafting information, which set this book apart from others. Overall, a book that could have been a lot better.
I will say at the outset that I read Deadly Currents fast--it is a page-turner. I liked the characters, the plot, the blonde jokes, the river, the cops. I even liked the author. I am glad that she knows how to use "myriad." But her grasp of grammar is, like nearly everybody's of any generation since about 1950, rather thin. No one should be using the word "unloose" after the age of six. The problem with singular antecedents and plural follow-ups is enough to create bruxists of us all. The vocabulary is neither very interesting nor challenging. It is very limited.

And yet, I am glad Beth wrote this book; I will look for an read others of her Mandy Tanner series. Please forgive me for being a bit rough on her writing. She CAN really tell a story. And another thing if Mandy is so correct in her lifestyle choices, there is no way that she can be living on homogenized peanut butter and Diet Pepsi. If she, Mandy, keeps doing this she won't live through three novels. Of course it is entirely possible that the grammatical glitches--yes there are a goodly number of them--were put there, or at least not caught by incompetent editors--a very modern phenomenon. [And Yes, I am aware that Mandy never declares that her peanut putter is homogenized, but there is no way she could be dipping her finger into it if it were otherwise.]
I like this book b/c I know little to nothing of rafting much like I like reading a book about "Virginia Fox Hunting". Give me a view of your world and know your world (her world is the river, tourists, small towns and their natural resources, etc.). I learned a bit.

The author does okay -- I mean she knows more about rafting than writing (I did like the book so that is not meant to be harsh). Case in point -- the blonde jokes. You can be funny without being inane.

The one flaw is that the author is in her 40's I am guessing and writing about a character in her 20's. I found it funny that Mandy had a boyfriend and they had no concept of sleeping over and it took about a week before they had an attempt at intimacy. I remember being that age. As a couple they had the intimacy behavior of a married couple in their late 40's with 3 kids as opposed to "a couple in the 20's who just started dating."

The end was a too clean
greedy developer helped the environment in the end
the brother start dating her friend
the chap with the drinking problem goes to AA

Beth Groundwater ain't Michael Connelly. Then again Michael Connelly walks on water (5 stars) and Beth, she navigates it in a raft (4 stars). Keep writing. I will keep reading. NO MORE BLONDE JOKES.
Beth Groundwater has written one strong mystery and her knowledge of whitewater rafting and river lore brings her Colorado setting to life.

No matter how strong the mystery or how vivid the setting, I am a character-driven reader, and I have to admit that I had a couple of problems with Mandy Tanner. For one thing, she's too emotionally immature for me. She blew up at the slightest provocation even before the second death in the book. She's also one of the clumsiest investigators I've ever seen. Out of that long suspect list, I don't think there's a one of 'em that she didn't antagonize. Last but not least, there's a killer on the loose and she's going around town making everyone furious, but Mandy is very lackadaisical about getting that large broken window fixed in her house.

As good as the mystery and setting are, it will probably be a while before I read further into this series. Mandy simply didn't make a good first impression.
Mandy Tanner has turned in her river guiding paddle for a job as a river ranger in her native Salida, Colorado. That's why she is on hand when a raft goes over a dangerous rapids sideways, tipping out all the people on board. Mandy rushes in to save two of the passengers, only to have one of them die on her when she gets him back to shore.

The dead man is Tom King, a rich developer. The trip was with the rafting company that Mandy's uncle owns, and Tom's widow is intent on suing Mandy's uncle, a prospect that would destroy his business.

Then comes word that Tom might have been murdered. Now Mandy is determined to find the killer and clear her uncle's reputation once and for all. But can she find the killer?

I love rafting (although I've never gone any big rapids), so I was looking forward to this book from the moment I heard about it. Mandy was a good guide into a world I am unfamiliar with. I liked her, most of the time. I felt some of her reactions to her boyfriend weren't fair to him, although I could see her side of things. But I really did like her and felt that those sub-plots were resolved well by the end.

The plot of the book started out rather slowly and could have been tighter. While I enjoyed some of the passages about life on the river and Mandy's job, I didn't feel they were really forwarding the story. As the book progressed, the story began to take center stage more and it all resolved for a great climax.

While all the books in this series won't be focused on river rafting, I am excited to see what other outdoor sports will be covered. I definitely plan another trip to Colorado with Mandy.