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I really enjoyed California Schemin' by Kate George, in which a California vacation sounds like a great idea to Vermonter Bree MacGowan until a dead woman falls into her life, she's abducted from her bed, and her boyfriend disappears completely. I previously enjoyed the first mystery novel featuring Bree, Moonlighting in Vermont, and it was a treat to read a second book starring the likable Bree. The character has a humorous voice and she is loyal to her friends. Somehow, she always manages to get herself into trouble. Kate George writes in a fast-paced, light style and tone similar to Janet Evanovich. In this latest installment, readers are along for a suspense-filled ride. Why is Bree kidnapped? Who can she trust? How will she escape? I read this book in a couple of days and was always reluctant to put it down. If you're looking for a suspenseful mystery novel that will make you chuckle now and then, then pick up a copy of California Schemin' and her previous adventure, Moonlighting in Vermont.

I can see why this book won the National Book Award. It is beautifully written and the story is a good one. Set sometime in the future American South we see how lawlessness has taken over since we have ruined our climate and world because of the misuse of fossil fuels. But, this is not a comment on our wastefulness, but rather an adventure to save the lives of two very different children growing up in this world. The author's language is what will pull you into the book, but his artful use of suspense is what will keep you reading.

Loved, loved, loved this.