Ivan's Dilemma by KC Brennan
Ivan’s Dilemma
The Mila K Mysteries Book
#2
K C Brennan
4 Stars
Pages: 71
Published: 11 November
2020
Publisher: KCB Mysteries
Keywords: Cozy Mystery,
Women Sleuths
Publisher’s Blurb
It’s been a month since Mila returned to
Chernivtsi. And it had been an eventful homecoming. She was still
contemplating how Pietro, whom she thought was the lost love of her life, could
have been such a fraud and then killed so horribly?
She
was glad the school year had started, and she was able to focus on her courses
and students instead.
However,
with the arrival of the new dean circumstances become both good and bad for
Mila. Though Sergei Vasilovici seems to be a challenging fellow with no
real connections or much of a personal history, Mila finds him an acceptable
replacement for Pietro Melnik as dean, especially when he offers her a
promotion. At the same time, he is not as amiable with the students,
particularly Ivan Popov. The two are seen arguing at Sergei’s welcome
assembly and when Sergei is found murdered in his office the next morning Ivan
is pulled in as the likely killer.
When
she realizes what has happened Mila rushes to help Ivan. For though Ivan may be
a womanizer and headstrong, Mila
is very sure he is NOT a murderer. Ivan's arrest also brings his
brother Oleck rushing home from his posting in Kyiv.
The two join forces to help Ivan and soon discover
that there is more going on than meets the eye…and maybe that applies to the two of them as well.
Review
Another fast paced short
read set in Ukraine where Oleck Popov has to race back to Chernivtsi when his
little brother Ivan is arrested for the murder of the new university dean.
In this, the second in the Mila K. Mysteries,
Oleck’s return renews the attraction between him and Mila as they are thrown
together to investigate another perplexing mystery involving the local
university.
This one has a good plot, familiar characters
and packs a lot into its 71 pages
If you liked ‘The Final
Assignment’ then you’ll love this follow up novella.
I purchased the eBook
version of this book from Amazon
Author
K.C. Brennan is a former geologist, an avid reader of mystery novels, and a bit of a history junkie.
From a young age, she was a huge fan of all things and writers of mystery, including, of course, Agatha Christie, MC Beaton, Dorothy Sayers, and the like.
Her love of both history and mysteries has led her to start creating stories that she hopes will captivate and intrigue readers.
As well she wants to have stories with strong, intelligent women who are endlessly curious, determined, funny, and sometimes a little too interfering for their own good.
Combine that with her love of quirky, honest and humourous supporting characters and you have the basis of her Mila K. Mysteries series.
Her love of her ancestral homeland of Ukraine has inspired her setting for the books, and her love of all things Ukrainian dance has inspired one character's background
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