Finders Keepers: A Jane Barnaby Adventure

This is an action filled novel with skillful character development and plotting. The plots just keep coming; Jane questions her opinion of her sidekicks, their intentions, and her attraction to Alex. Ms. Dibenedetto kept the drama at high peak as her characters race to find the original box of antiquities, elude the thieves, solve the mystery, and retrieve Professor Welldon's box. Ms. Dibenedetto's talent in keeping the suspense at high pitch was clear. I thought several times I had the plot worked out, to find I was wrong. At first I found Jane an odd duck; she has a memory tree on campus under which she places one rock a day at the base as she talks to her deceased mother. However I came to understand, this is just part of Jane's personality. She is a quirky American with a lot of moxie, courage, strength, smarts, and oh boy, can that girl drive a car! Look out "Smokey and The Bandit", here comes Jane. I howled with laughter reading some of the scenes Ms. Dibenedetto created. I liked Jayne's character quite a lot. Tom's conversations with himself were hilarious. Ms. Dibenedetto portrayal of Alex and Tom was intriguing and skillful. Was Alex a villain or an innocent bystander assisting Jane in her quest to find the antiquities or was their meeting on the ferry prearranged by the thieves? Alex was sigh worthy with a large portion of "is he trust worthy". Is Tom a hero or a villain? Was he really an employee of the Bodleian Library or was he part of the theft ring? Have they suddenly appeared to help her or harm her? So many questions, have no fear, Ms. Dibenedetto will weave all the threads together, answer all your questions and create a cohesive tale of theft and mystery. The pacing of the book was spot on as Ms. Dibenedetto kept the action, suspense, and mystery at top-level. I could not wait to see who was the villain, who was the friend, and how the thieves instigated their plan. Was Tom their inside man or was Alex the dastardly villain? You will become invested in Jane and her adventure. RECOMMENDATION: I recommend this book to anyone that likes a solid mystery adventure. I look forward to installment 2 with Jane and her future adventures. I received this book from the author and publisher in return for an honest book review. Book reviews of any novel are dependent on the book review author’s opinion; book reviews on line under my name and on my blog are my opinion.