My Review of Impulse Spy by Carrie Ann Knox

Something I love about the Kindle Scout program is that I am introduced to a lot of books in genres I wouldn't typically read. This is one of them. I don't usually read mysteries, but when I saw the cover, I was intrigued. I read the excerpt and really liked the first part of the story so much so that when I saw Impulse Spy by Carrie Ann Knox released at an intro price of only 99 cents, I had to pick it up to finish the story.
Quinn is a young woman who reads a lot of spy books in her spare time. Though she is very busy as a fourth year student working an internship, she spends a lot of her free time reading in coffee shops. That's when she stumbles into Sloan. At first, she thinks Sloan may be a Russian spy, but as she follows her, she realizes the truth is even more compelling.

Love this cover! 

Sloan is a private investigator, and before she knows it, Quinn is working right alongside her, trying to unravel the secrets of a big businessman with a gambling problem. When someone ends up dead, Quinn becomes even more entangled. You'll keep reading not only to find out whodunnnit but also to discover if Quinn decides to join Sloan's PI firm full-time.
I thought this book was very cleverly written. There were a lot of plot twists I didn't see coming. I also really appreciated the fact that Quinn is able to use her "disability" of a hearing impairment to make herself an even better spy. So frequently, we think of people's differences as weaknesses, but here Knox uses Quinn's differences as an asset, which is awesome.
This was a weekend read for me, so not a lot of time invested, but the story keeps you reading, and I stayed up late one night to finish the final chapters because I needed to know what happened. Again, I'm not a big mystery reader so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I found the characters so likable, I would've wanted to read their stories regardless of what they were doing.
Whether you're new to mysteries and want to give the genre a shot or you've read lots of books about murder, espionage, or embezzlement, I think this is a great story you're sure to enjoy.  You  can check it out for yourself here. The current price is $2.99.