The Deadline is a fabulous mix between a mystery with a very strong lead female character, who won't take know for an answer and is utterly convinced by her best friends innocence, and a story with some brilliantly timed moments of comic relief. With regards the comedy, there were moments I almost burst out laughing on my commute, in public, as the scene had tickled me so much. Most of the best humour involved Cora making slight gaffs while on camera, as well as one great typo in an email to a h...

The Deadline is the second in a series of books to feature Cora Baxter but can absolutely be read as a standalone.Cora is a TV journalist on a morning breakfast show and is used to working to tight deadlines. Now she has a very different kind of deadline. Her friend's partner has been murdered and to everyone's shock, her friend and colleague has been arrested and charged with the murder. No-one can believe this friend is guilty but all the evidence points to her. Cora's boyfriend is the detecti...

Thank you to the author and publisher for the ARCMy review is a little late, the book being published on 20th October, so I missed my deadline (see what I did there?). But I have finished it now, and I can honestly say it is brilliant!I haven't read the first in this crime series, but this second book reads well as a stand-alone story, with the author filling in necessary points from Cora's first adventure without giving it away. Hence I will be reading The Dead Dog Day shortly.I remember Jackie...

Many twists and turns to keep the reader interested. Cute and entertaining.

I read this after reading 'The Accused' and sadly this was slow throughout. In the end it was too far fetched for me.

Sharp, sassy and suspenseful, you are going to absolutely love The Deadline, the second Cora Baxter mystery from the fabulous Jackie Kabler!For the very first time in ages, Samantha Tindall feels like things are finally going her way: she’s got a fantastic job working as a senior producer for Europe’s most popular daytime news show, Morning Live, a great circle of friends who love and support her and she has finally found love with the gorgeous Marcus, her Prince Charming after years spent kissi...

TV presenter Cora Baxter is faced with the toughest deadline of her career, when one of her friends is arrested for murder. Believing that her friend is innocent Cora and her crew must find the perpetrator before the case goes to trial. With the evidence stacked against them can they get to the truth before it’s too late?The Deadline is the second book in the Cora Baxter series, which I actually didn’t realise at first. Luckily for me you don’t have to read the first book to be able to read the

I had the pleasure of reading the first in this series last year The Dead Dog Day so I was thrilled to find there is another book about Cora and her escapades. The Deadline really does what it says on the tin .. Cora the morning TV presenter has to beat the deadline of her life in this one. Her best friend and colleague is accused of murdering her boyfriend. Cora is adamant that she is not capable of such a crime and sets out to prove her not guilty. But all the evidence definitely seems to poin...

Where do I start with this one?What a great book!Jackie's writing is excellent, I loved her style, totally refreshing, the seriousness is balanced beautifully with humour and wit and descriptions, I now feel like I've been to New York, I was there in the pages, living this story.It's really different to your typical crime thriller, it's gentle but not enough to be a cosy mystery  (in my humble opinion!), there's no gruesome blood guts and gore and it was a refreshing change.I loved how real this...

Being a British mystery, there may be a few places where less globally experienced readers may stumble over certain terms and phrases, but those same words add to the charm and character of this wonderful mystery series. Even during times of deep, personal tragedy, a vein of humor flows through the writing. That lighter touch is required because otherwise this story would be too dark and heartbreaking. As well as a well thought out and disguised murder mystery, this is a story about endurance, b...

Definitely as good as the first. I read this book under a different title: The Accused. The cover of it differs from this one on Amazon (the Kindle edition links to this cover & the edition I read doesn't exist on Goodreads). Take care not to buy the book twice. There's one more in this series & the re-titled & re-covered also doesn't exist on Goodreads.

Last year I read and loved Jackie Kabler's debut novel 'The Dead Dog Day', the first Cora Baxter mystery, so much so that it gained a place among my top ten reads of 2015. So when a few weeks ago, the author offered me an ARC of her second book 'The Deadline', I was over the moon and couldn't wait to start reading it. Though second in a series, this book can be very well read as a standalone.In 'The Deadline', Morning Live TV reporter Cora Baxter finds herself in a race against time to prove one...

Not too long ago I got around to reading my first Jackie Kabler novel - Dead Dog Day.I enjoyed it so much that I didn't want to wait so long to read her follow up novel The Deadline. I wasn't disappointed in this second novel either.We are back with Cora Baxter and although it follows on from the first novel, it also completely readable as a stand alone novel if this is your first encounter with Cora. This time Cora finds that one of her friends from the TV station is accused of a murder, and th...

Page turner If you like a good mystery you will enjoy this book . Fast pace and sport twists & turns .

Couldn't finish it - to slow!

Quick Summer Read.Not as good as I had hoped after reading some of the reviews. Twists and turns were very few and short.I found the book fairly obvious in some places.Approximately 2/3 way through it seemed the book was gathering momentum but it was short lived. Some bits I guessed,,the ending was good but not what I would call a shock ending,clever idea however.Worth reading but not as good as the authors previous book I had read.