Day of the Dead: Gia Santella Crime Thrillers, Book 7

Gia is out for the evening with James, his mother and aunt trying desperately to make a good impression. Of course, things do not go as planned where Gia is concerned. After dinner and before the play, Gia is out smoking when she receives a call from Darling asking her to please come to the hospital. Gia tells James she will just meet them at the play and rushes to meet Darling. At the hospital, Darling explains a child who had been missing was found but in now in the ICU. The girl’s mother had been searching for a few weeks for her daughter and reached out to Darling for help. While standing outside the girl’s room, Gia notices a skinny girl in another room trying to hide. After speaking with this girl, Gia learns both girls were at a drug rehab facility which is far from normal. Gia and Darling start the search to find this facility and determine what is really going on. This starts another harrowing adventure for Gia which includes a former nemesis. While this is the 7th Gia novel, Kristi always does such a great job of putting in enough details for each book to be a standalone. Day of the Dead is no expectation as all key details regarding characters and relationships are included for any new reader to be up to date. For us faithful Gia followers, all the characters we have grown to love are back including Darling, James, Dante, Daniel, etc. As always reading a Gia story is like being surrounded by best friends and family whom you did not see often but when you do, it is familiar and welcoming. Day of the Dead as all of Kristi’s books not only provides a thrilling, fast pace read but also touches on a critical social issue. I personally cannot wait to go along with Gia on her next adventure to see how she will defeat her newest enemy.

Well, Belcamino certainly didn't let us down in this, the 7th book of Gia in “Day of the Dead”! I've just completed the ARC, and what a follow-up novel in a series – they keep getting better and better. The story takes place in Gia's regular stomping grounds of San Francisco, Ca. She still lives in the Tenderloin District, streaking about in her red Ferrari. She & James are together on a regular basis, but she cannot totally commit because she cannot get Bobby out of her mind. Young girls are going missing and turning up addicted to drugs; either dead, or dying shortly thereafter. A description comes to Gia that is strangely reminiscent of the King! For those of you who have been following the Gia series, you will remember the albino man with the shock of white hair. The man who is more monster than human in personality – well, it appears that he is back with a vengeance! And what he wants is Gia! He's been stalking her & he'll kill anyone necessary to get to her! I can't encourage you enough to pick up this novel, “ Day of the Dead”, by Kristi Belcamino, as soon as it is released on 11/2/18. It is so fantastic, from page 1, you won't regret it.

Another great book in the Gia Santella Series. Gia is a badass woman who always puts others before herself and her own well-being! She is constantly helping the underdog and puts herself in harms way in order to follow through on promises. She is one person who I would want in my corner. This book continues to show how Gia helps others not worrying about herself. And, as she continues to put others before herself, her "love life" seems to suffer the consequences. She has so much emotional trauma from a previous relationship that she finds it hard to commit. I have to say this is one of my favorite books in the series so far! Loved the action, suspense and also loved how the story takes you on a wild ride! This is a definite page turner!