"Sometimes people just got it wrong...It was so easy in hindsight to know what someone should have done."
Josie and Noah arrive for dinner at his mother's house to find her dead in the garden. Sure, Colette had been confused lately, but why did the house appear to have been ransacked? The cause of death appeared to be asphyxiation and Josie knows it was murder. This investigation is going to be extremely complicated as the team is short a detective (Gretchen is on desk duty) and this case is hitting way too close to home. Noah is a mess and soon his and Josie's relationship is in danger. (Probably due to Noah's pregnant sister being mean). It seems that Colette Fraley was keeping a secret -- one worth killing for. NO SPOILERS.
This was typical police procedural and the fifth in a series that I've read from the beginning. Lisa Regan gives the reader some backstory about the characters in the event that others are reading this as a standalone or out of order, and there's enough information for anyone to figure out most of the past even though it's all quite complicated, especially with regard to Josie's personal life, past marriage, and her familial situation. I must admit that I found the interaction and relationship situation between Josie and Noah to be quite jarring. I get it, he is grieving, but honestly he was acting like a jerk and so was his sister, and what didn't make any sense at all was him questioning what Josie was doing as far as trying to solve his mother's murder. I mean, he's a cop!!
The plot was complex and the case quite complicated and it took ages to get to the why and who of the crime and get that secret revealed. No real surprises at the conclusion and the explanation was quite a stretch considering all the deaths. I'll probably want to read further installments in this series but this particular book wasn't as exciting and thrilling as previous titles, at least for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the 5th book in a series featuring DI Josie Quinn of the Denton, PA Police Dept.
Genre -- police procedural and mystery
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