Review: Caleb by Dale Mayer 4 of 5 stars

Caleb by Dale Mayer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Caleb has travelled back to his hometown for his brother's wedding to his own ex-wife and to look for missing K9 and retired war dog Beowulf at the same time. In order to do all of that, he is staying with his childhood best friend Laysha as they are certainly overdue for a reunion. He is not keen on actually going to the wedding considering the history of what happened and so concentrates on finding the dog and solving the mystery as to why it went missing to start with. For Laysha, having Caleb back in her house is like a dream come true although she is definitely aware that he still has issues with his ex-wife. They go together to look at the last known address of Beowulf and instead of any clues around the dog they find a dead body which starts a chain of events that is decidedly dark. It also appears that they were spotted at the house by the bad guys and they are definitely targeted now in a deadly game that Caleb is determined to win as he is not prepared to lose Layla, Beowulf or anyone else important in his life. Can he keep then all alive at the same time as working out what is going on?

I enjoyed this story which had several streams weaving in and out around each other - there was the story of Caleb, his ex-wife and his brother, the story of Caleb and Laysha past and present, and finally the story of Beowulf the K9, where he was and what had happened to him and why. Each stream was nicely woven around each other and generally, I really enjoyed reading the story. Well written and easy to understand this was a good story to read that mean I was hooked and invested in the relationship between Caleb and Laysha and was rooting for them to see what was in front of their faces and what was possible. Does contain a small amount of sexual content near the end of the story.

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