BOOK REVIEW- SEASIDE SECRETS by Daana Mentink

IN THE LINE OF FIRE 

Navy chaplain Angela Gallagher wants to put the past behind her, but she's still haunted by the wartime death of her assistant. So when his brother claims he's in danger and pleads for her to use her family's private detective company's resources to help him stay alive, she can't turn him down. But someone will stop at nothing—even murder—to keep her from revealing their secrets. She'll have to depend on a military colleague to keep her head above water. Dr. Dan Blackwell was in the field with her when her assistant died, and he's determined to keep her safe. Can they sift through the web of lies to find the truth without losing their lives? 

Pacific Coast Private Eyes: Sisters fighting crime  AMAZON  4 stars

Good main characters, good story lines.  Not only is Angela dealing with PTSD but she is also dealing with what is feels is a crisis of faith.  She doesn't even feel like God is anywhere near her.  She feels like not only can she NOT help anyone else, she's sure she can't continue as a Chaplin.  Dan has already gone through some of the things that Angela has since he was also in Afghanistan although he of course served differently.  He still sorrows over those he couldn't save surgically.   That is a challenge he is dealing with and as he is recovering from an accident to his hand, he's holding back about continuing as a surgeon.  

There are good secondary people as well, who are pulling for and praying for Angela.  

But hold on, that's not the whole story, there are some strange and dangerous things happening Cobalt Cove.  And it quickly becomes confusing on who they (Angela and Dan) can trust.  There are a lot of unsavory motives floating around.  And it reminds them uncomfortably like when they were in the war zone in Afghanistan.  

That part of the story was well done as well.  

On a side note,  thought the author did a good job of including us in the feelings and some of the daily challenges that people with PTSD deal with.  A lot of things that we take for granted as normal life.