A feat she still isn’t sure how they pulled off. This after her parents entered her in the election. Sunshine Vicram has returned to the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico as the newly appointed Sheriff. Sunshine is a strong, funny, kickass character you’ll quickly identify with, come to care for and most importantly laugh with. I loved Jones’ Charley Davidson urban fantasy series and was delighted to see her venture into a new genre. Jones’ delivers suspense, snark, romance and unique characters. Can Sunshine face the call of duty―and find the kidnapper who's terrorizing her beloved hometown―without falling head over high heels in love.or worse?Ī Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones is the first novel in the Sunshine Vicram mystery series. With temperatures rising everywhere she turns, Del Sol's normally cool-minded sheriff is finding herself knee-deep in drama and danger. This one's got Levi, Sunshine's sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshal. Add to that the trouble at her daughter’s new school, plus and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and, well, the forecast looks anything but sunny.īut even clouds have their silver linings.

But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee―and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff―thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her―and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug.

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