In the latest 5-star Amazon review of Gathering String, Mark Loundy (who read the Kindle version on his iPhone) calls the novel “refreshingly unpredictable”:

Classic anti-hero, surprise villain, and a we know whodunit but how are they going to prove it plot. Lots of fun.

@mimijohnson “Already bitter, the temperature was still dropping…”

— Mark Loundy (@MarkLoundy) May 15, 2013

@mimijohnson Tess just went to Tofino. I’m hooked.

— Mark Loundy (@MarkLoundy) May 15, 2013

@mimijohnson When the governor fired his press aide, the whole book shifted gears. The hook is set deeper.

— Mark Loundy (@MarkLoundy) May 17, 2013

In another recent 5-star review, Robert Apperson, who read the paperback edition, says:

I live in SW Iowa so locations were real to me. very good reading, just hope there in a followup book or two.

Yes, Mimi Johnson is working on a sequel. No projected publication date yet.