Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Unfortunately, FLYING SOLO by Linda Holmes did not live up to the standards of her debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over. Both stories are set primarily in the same small town in Maine and they share references to the baseball team and cereal box races, but FLYING SOLO seemed very repetitive and self-centered since it focused on almost forty year old Laurie Ellen Sassalyn and her persistent waffling between nurturing a relationship with Librarian Nick Cooper or maintaining a truly independent lifestyle on the West Coast. She has come to Maine to sort out a beloved aunt’s belongings and the mystery over a decoy duck she finds is amusing and adventuresome. If you are in the mood for on again off again romance mixed with mystery, try FLYING SOLO; it received starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal as well as being a LibraryReads selection for June.