Electric Beach (Mike Connolly Mystery Series #3) [Paperback]

Joe Hilley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 7, 2006

Mike Connolly, a fifty-something attorney, is now a recovering alcoholic, divorced from his wife and estranged from his daughter.

While researching a murder case, a string of clues takes him to a tanning salon that is a front for prostitution and pornography. Connolly presses on, moving deep into a world where negative forces slowly and subtly turn him back toward who he was before he turned his life around. Surrounded by deception, Connolly does not recognize what is happening until it's too late.

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About the Author

Joe Hilley is an author who is also an attorney with an M.Div, degree. His broad experience and many years in the Deep South set a wonderful foundation for Sober Justice. Hilley lives in Fairhope, Alabama, with his wife Joy and their two young children, Laura Catherine and Jack.

Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: David C. Cook; New edition (March 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589190750
• ISBN-13: 978-1589190757
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,816,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Hilley is a New York Times Best-Selling author. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Asbury College, a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. In 1999, he quit the practice of law to write. A lifelong observer of politics and social issues, Joe is the author of six critically-acclaimed novels, including What The Red Moon Knows, Sober Justice, Double Take, Electric Beach, Night Rain, and The Deposition. He lives in Alabama where he spends his days writing and encouraging others to follow their dreams.

To learn more visit www.joehilley.com

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good story ... not so great novel, October 8, 2007

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T.E. George "Tim George" (Pensacola FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Beach (Mike Connolly Mystery Series #3) (Paperback)

Though detective and legal thrillers are not my usual fare, I gave this one a chance because I live near enough to Mobile to be interested in the setting.

Mike Connolly, as the protagonist, is an intersting subject for a compelling story. Characters with their own personal demons always make the most interesting heroes. Mike is a recovering acoholic who has lost his family and a fair amount of his own self-respect over the years. Now he is reformed but still fighting the shadows of his former life.

The subject of this story is tough on the senses. Sexual slavery and prostitution aren't the normal topics for Christian fiction. The fact that these things exist in deep in the heart of the Bible belt make this story even more compelling. Kudos to the the author for tackling them.

With all that said, the novel ends up being little more that Christian pulp fiction. And not great pulp fiction (i.e. Ted Dekker). The story is overloaded with far too many physical descriptions (street names, shop names,etc...)As a native of the area in the novel, I found these interesting but I am quite sure no one from anywhere else would care one bit about this glut of information.

There is great promise in the story's hero. But the great story did not become a really good novel.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, August 29, 2006

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Bobby J. Hornsby (Gulf Shores, Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Beach (Mike Connolly Mystery Series #3) (Paperback)

Good easy reading, sometimes had too many details such as the different roads taken to arrive at a location, but altogether was a good read. Interesting to have the topics of today (prostituition, sexual slavery, alcoholism) merged into a book with no foul language. I liked it enough to buy his two previous books and am now reading the first of those.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Reading!, August 16, 2007

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RetiredNotTired (Florida panhandle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Beach (Mike Connolly Mystery Series #3) (Paperback)

I liked this book, but mainly because I'm from the Gulf Coast where the story takes place. I'm not sure this would have held my interest if I didn't like reading about familiar places. The character, Mike Connolly, is a likeable guy and it's interesting to see how he handles his past "demons" of alcohol and a fast-living lifestyle. Joe Hilley is no James Patterson, but if you're from the Gulf Coast, you'll enjoy this read. And if you like this book, you're sure to enjoy his others.