Dark Ride Deception – Questions for discussion
- What motivated Lyle to tell Rey that he searched Wyrick’s condo?
- How does the author use the senses in his description of the theme park trade show in Florida?
- Many murder mysteries begin with a body in the first chapter. Why do you think the author delayed exposing the first murder?
- Did you figure out the identity of Sarah Needham’s boyfriend before Lyle did?
- How are characters in the book identified or explained by other characters?
- Do you recognize the songs Lyle and others listen to? What other 1970’s reminders did you pick up in scenes at the Nostalgia City theme park?
- Excluding Kate, how would you characterize the role of some of the women in the book?
- Considering what happened to the two them, was Lyle justified in involving Rod Napier in the search for Wyrick?
- This is fiction, but the author bases several elements in the story on actual news events. Which elements do you think are based on fact?
- For excitement, Lyle thinks, staking a parking lot ranks just below watching golf on TV. What was the purpose of Lyle’s parking-lot surveillance?
- If you could create your own theme park what would it look like?
Nostalgia City Mysteries 