Published by Bookouture Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Josie Quinn is back in one of my favorite series of all time! 🥰📚🎉 As with the other books in the series, this book was gripping, shocking, and hard to put down! I love the Denton police team, except for one new officer who comes off like nails on a chalkboard. One of the strengths of this book, besides their detective work, is the relationships between the characters and their support for each other. Plus, the character development of Josie and those in her life from the first book in the series to now, has been wonderful.
In this book, Noah and Josie are discussing their decision to make a life changing step, when Josie receives a call which brings her to the scene of an accident. But was it an accident? When Josie surveys the scene and the wounds on the women in the car, she knows there is more going on and that this if far from being a simple car accident. When she sees a child’s drawing in the hand of one of the victims, Josie’s is determined to get to the bottom of things. Fearing a child may be missing or may have come to harm, kicks her into high gear as she throws herself into the case.
As the investigation progresses, Josie and her team come up against a mountain of secrets and lies. There are quite a few people in this book who do not want their secrets to be known and are willing to do whatever it takes to keep Josie from learning the truth!
There was a nice amount of tension, suspense, and danger in this book to keep me turning the pages wanting more, more, more. I love trying to figure out whodunit and was not even close to figuring out whodunit in this book.
I enjoyed the blending of Josie’s personal and work life in this book. I also enjoy her relationship with Noah, and her relationship with her fellow detectives. I love how Josie has her work family and her personal family who all support her. Except, one new member of the team had me cringing and booing and hissing at him each time he referred to his female co-workers as ‘Sweetheart’ UGH!
I look forward to reading future books in the series. Maybe, just maybe Josie and Noah will get some much needed cooking lessons in the next book!
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
