Always Time to Die audiobook

Powerful family secrets are the center of this story. It's filled with characters that are part of the family or are in some way connected to the family and they all have secrets. Details about those secrets are slowly revealed throughout the book; some of which leads to further investigation and danger for Carly and Dan. There is an extremely large number of characters that makes it a bit difficult to sort out exactly who is who, but there is a family tree at the beginning of the book does help. The unexpected twist toward the end of the book makes wading through the huge number of details in the early part of the story worth the effort. The romance between Carly and Dan plays second fiddle to the mystery surrounding the Quintrell & Castillo family. Overall, it's a well written story that just has way too many characters.

Carolina "Carly" May is a genealogist who was invited by the eccentric aunt of New Mexico's governor, Josh Quintrell, to come to their Taos ranch to compile a record of the Quintrell/Castillo family. She arrives following the death of the family patriarch, A. J. Quintrell, a former U.S. senator. However, digging up the past is creating trouble within the family and Carly finds herself on unsafe footing. Dan Duran, a former Army Ranger and now an agent for St. Kilda was born and raised in the Taos community with ties to the family. He decides to come to Carly's aid both in her research and to protect her from unknown factions.This is a complicated story as you must keep track of the genealogy of both the Quintrell and Castillo families, along with the progeny from the Senator's exploits outside of marriage. The dynamics within the family are interesting and complex and you will find yourself stumbling around trying to keep up but you'll be intrigued enough to stick with it. The developing relationship between Carly and Dan is well written and the dialogue witty. My complaint with the book lies in the ending. The story was well crafted to lead to an exciting climax that was rushed and abrupt. It took the wind out of the sails of a pretty fascinating tale, enough for me to drop the rating to 3.5 stars. I'm rounding to 4 because everything leading up to this was pretty compelling. And, we don't learn very much about St. Kilda Consulting!! I guess I'll have to read the next book for those answers.

Nicely-paced suspenseful mystery whodunnit. It didn't stand out in any particular fashion, other than I noticed harsh cuss words weren't used. At one point a character said "nucking futs", and I found that witty. Kinda/sorta borders on being a romance, but there's enough going on in the plot for it to not permeate the entire novel.

A very interesting tale of intrigue, duplicity and murder set in the convoluted politics of northern New Mexico. Much is made of the centuries-long dominance of northern NM by the original land-grant families that still have a strong presence in NM, especially the northern part of the state. At the beginning, the long-time senior senator from NM has died, and his son, the current governor of the state, is just setting off on a run for the presidency. It quickly becomes apparent that the old senator was far from a paragon of virtue, and his son may not be an improvement. Enter a professional genealogist/family researcher and a "vacationing" narco-crime investigator, and the story is off to the races. There is a lot of dirty history in the senator/governor's family, and the old senator's sister in law, a descendant of one of the old Spanish land-grant family wants the researcher to reveal some of the old skeletons in the senator's closet. Of course it all gets messy and dangerous. The only serious (or not-so-serious) flaw is that too much text is used to show off the author's knowledge of the history of photography in the 19th century. I look forward to the next St. Kilda book.

Good book with some seriously creepy elements. It's billed as a St. Kilda Consulting book, but there's very little St. Kilda to it. The hero is on medical leave after being injured on the job. The heroine has been hired to construct a family history of the local grandee, a former senator who was a total scuzzbucket. He's the source of most of the creepiness, which all happened in the past, since he's dead now. But people are still dying, so there's got to be more secrets than the Senator's old sins. And it's tied in with the hero's family history. The romance develops naturally and not too precipitously. It's a good read.

Carolina "Carly" May is a professional genealogist hired by Winifred Castillo Simmons to write a biography about the Castillos not the Quintrells who married into the family and now own the land. As she delves into the family history, lots of skeletons emerge, and someone doesn't want them brought to light. Fascinating look at NM heritage including drug trafficking, mising of Anglo, Indian and Hispanic cultures, doing genealogy using DNA and a nice love story. Mostly clean with a few brief lovemaking scenes. The family history is dicey though not graphic.

Fast paced, clean language, entertaining read. I read Elizabeth Lowell years ago and I've rediscovered them. I loved that you were kept guessing who the protagonist is until almost the end. I stayed up until 1 am to finish the book, I just couldn't go to sleep without seeing how it ended. I've already started on the St. Kilda Consulting book #2 and plan on getting more.

Always Time To Die.Great story. This one gripped me from the first chapter. The main character is a strong, sensitive, and intelligent woman. The hero of the story is grim, serious, and wounded, fighting his attraction to an amazing woman. Great story.

It is sometimes hard to understand how evil a person can actually beConvoluted story, lots of twists and turns with evil people. Quite awhile before you get Dan's complete back story. Understand at the end why someone is so against Carly.

Complicated tale!Elizabeth Lowell always gives her readers a good story peopled with characters that you like and involve you! This book is no different except the ending is a little complicated, yet believable. You will get a lot of joy with this book!!!

In my opinion, this authors change from writing romance to writing novels with a lot of suspense mixed in with the romance are different in a good way. The romance is faster paced and the adventure and suspense is great.

Good story, good characters. I got lost with some of that DNA tracings and family history. I thought Dan’s mother could have been developed more and played a bigger part in the story. Overall, though, Dan and Carly were the main characters so they carried the story well.

3.5 stars I found the story interesting.

GoodThere's a lot going on in this book. It took me awhile to figure out who the killer was, at least one of them. I loved the chemistry between Dan and Carlie.