This book is about forensic entomologist Dr.Nick Polchak and his fiancee Alena Savard. A week before his wedding, Nick leaves town to solve the mystery of the death of his friend Pete. Worried that her fiancee is getting second thoughts Alena tries to go off to find him and gets herself into a tangled mess.
Nick is considered "different" from his peers, having as some would call a strange personality. Nick has a hard time relating to the 'human species" (his quote) and prefers bugs as they have a neat and orderly life based on instinct and rarely out of character. The idea of getting married does scare Nick somewhat and takes some convincing from his friends that he is making the right decision.
Being from a Christian publisher, I thought this book would contain a stronger Christian message. The book is "clean," containing no foul language and no graphic violence. The book is morally acceptable to the Christian offering appropriate marital advice, even if there was little to no mention of God. The beginning of the book did leave me questioning the character of Dr. Nick Polchak, aka Bug Man. But as I got to know him more knew that he really was a good guy.
All that said, it was a very good read. The plot kept me wanting to continue to read until I got to the end of the story. I was very intrigued by the information on bugs and loved following the mystery through the end which totally surprised me. It was suspenseful right to the last sentence of the book. I like the short chapter format of the book and the click able links for each chapter in the table of contents of the Kindle version.
If you are looking for a mystery that is totally "clean" and want a touch of romance - this book is highly recommended to the Christian and non-Christian fiction lover. I give it "4 Stars!"
I received a free Kindle version of this book to give an honest review via the "BookSneeze" program from Thomas Nelson.
