"Betrayal at the Beach" was a light and entertaining read, although there were a few things in it that were unrealistic. Sunshine Baker is a YA/Teen librarian at a small seaside town. She does some amateur sleuthing to try to figure out who stole the fundraiser money and the historic bible. All was wrapped up in the end in a way that made sense.

However, Sunshine sometimes speaks more like a teen, although I suppose that might be due to her frequent association with teens. (I don't know many adult females who say "Sweet!" or "Squeee!" or "amazaballs or "nuh-uh.") The Christian message is overt, but not offensive or aggressive. I also do not see how an ordinary person could obtain some kind of virus and inoculate chocolates to make people sick. The author also does not know the difference between a lectern and a podium.

The librarians are all interesting characters, although they seem to involve themselves in dangerous situations and jump to conclusions a lot. Sunshine also has cats, which grabbed my interest, especially since one of them is named Paige Turner (ha!). This is the first in a series of books about Sunshine Baker. I picked up this book because the author is formerly from Indiana, although she lives somewhere else now. ( )