Southern Comfort Book Review

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The novel Southern Comfort has piqued my interest because its central protagonist has to navigate life’s tough challenges and find a way to begin anew. Apart from the main character’s journey, the book also features an engaging mystery that the characters must unravel. As part of my reading challenge for 2024, I have included Southern Comfort among the 24 books in 2024 to read.

Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels

Atlanta homicide detective Patrick “Tick” Kelly turned his back on the world the day his wife and children were murdered. Holed up in a beach shack on Mango Key, Florida, he drowned his grief in Jack Daniels. Now sober and a bestselling author, Tick would gladly stay a recluse forever if his brother Pete didn’t keep trying to drag him back to the land of the living.

After years of sacrificing her personal life in favor of her DEA job, special agent Kate Rush resigned and moved back to her native Miami. But the unofficial assignment that has just come her way is too intriguing to pass up. She and a fellow ex-agent are relocated to Mango Key to keep an eye on an imposing, mysterious fortress believed to be at the center of a human trafficking ring. At first, the Kelly brothers are suspected of involvement, but Kate is sure Tick poses no danger–except for the slow-burning gaze that makes her breath catch and her heart race. . . Find out what happens in Southern Comfort.

My Review of Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort is an intriguing book to read. It’s not as fast read as I expected, but it is engaging enough to keep you interested until the end. It’s an ideal read if you’re on the beach or waiting in a doctor’s office.

You get to go through every emotion throughout this book. You can see a man go from a life of sorrow to learning how to live again fully. You also get to see women making it happen! There is just enough suspense throughout the book to make it worth reading.

I do declare the best part of the book is the Bird. He kept me entertained the most. Of course, that is probably because I was raised with birds as a kid.