Review: Bardo by the Sea - Chad Alan Gibbs

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Bardo by the Sea (Izzy and Elton, #1)

Review: Bardo by the Sea - Book #1 Izzy and Elton Series - Chad Alan Gibbs - May 2022

I wasn't 100% sure whether I would enjoy this book but the idea of a new elite school and mystery/ cold case intrigued me and so I thought to give it a go and I enjoyed it. Bardo by the Sea is the dark underbelly of the lengths that money works as an incentive and that blackmail really does get you where you want to be and then on the other side, how easily one person can unravel the house of cards that has been years in the making. Also, it shows readers that honestly, it is hard to get away with murder so don't think about it as a secret and the truth always rises eventually to the surface. The book starts in the year 1983 when Ricky - a star QB on a scholarship entered Bardo, everyone liked Ricky and soon he became the King of the school. He had everyone wrapped around his finger and dated the head cheerleader known as Her Majesty and the Princess as she was a spoiled brat and he hung around with his new best friend Junior. Life was great as he was on his way to becoming a professional footballer, that was until his life was cut short and Ricky was found murdered. People said it was drugs and the whole investigation swept away along with the town's secrets. Now years later in 2008, two twin students Izzy and her brother Axl named after Guns N Roses are headed to the school on scholarship. Axl reminds the town of Ricky and Izzy's dreams of becoming the next "Nellie Bly" - a successful reporter. When she pairs with her new friend Elton who is on the Aspergers spectrum on a 25th-anniversary project for the Football team - she sees this as an opportunity to uncover the truth of who killed Ricky and why? However, in doing so Izzy is about to set a domino chain effect as there are too many people who will do absolutely anything to keep their part in his murder -a secret - even possibly kill for it.  I loved the friendship element between Izzy and Elton and the fact it was truly just an amazing friendship and the ending just made me smile and shows that karma is a real thing for those who do good deeds in life. Bardo by the Sea by Chad Alan Gibbs had a Nancy Drew feel to it and fans of Veronica Mars and the Amateurs series by Sara Shepard.


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