REVIEW: Savannah Sleuth by Alan Chaput
Book #70 of 2025, done!
📖BOOK: Savannah Sleuth by Alan Chaput
🎧FORMAT: Audiobook via Audible
📚GENRE: Mystery/Thriller
📅RELEASED: February 16, 2024
⏱️AUDIOBOOK LENGTH: 8 hours 14 minutes (listened at 1.7x)
⭐RATING: ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2 out of 5 stars)
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🧳SYNOPSIS:
“Though born to heirloom pearls, designer dresses and lush garden parties, Savannah social icon Patricia Falcon and three of her closest friends spend their days in Savannah's dark side rescuing abused women. Patricia's darling mother, a prominent philanthropist, drops dead, and the police are baffled by her untimely death. Patricia recruits her three friends to help her investigate what she believes is murder. "Savannah Sleuth" is a page-turning journey from Savannah's Southern wealth and grace into the hidden corners of Savannah and across two continents in a deadly pursuit of justice.”
💬THE VIBE:
Fast-moving but hollow. Like watching a soap opera with no one to care about.
💡STANDOUT ELEMENTS:
Honestly, not much stood out in a positive way for me. The pace was quick, but it never managed to hook my interest.
🧠WHAT STUCK:
The thing I kept thinking about was how disconnected it felt from the real Savannah. As a native, it was distracting that the book used fake names for well-known places and never captured the true feeling of the city.
👎WHAT DIDN’T WORK FOR ME:
So many unnecessary characters with no redeeming qualities. I didn’t find myself rooting for anyone…not even the protagonist. When the killer was revealed, my only thought was relief that the story was over.
🤔IF YOU LIKE:
Mysteries that move quickly
Stories with lots of characters
Thrillers that don’t dwell too much on atmosphere
🙅♀️IF YOU DON’T LIKE:
Fictionalized settings that feel generic though claiming to be a real location
Shallow character development
Books where you don’t care who lives or dies (harsh but true)
📝FINAL VERDICT:
2 stars.
A disappointing read that felt disconnected from the city it claimed to celebrate. I promised to be honest, and honestly, I was just glad to be done.
