I enjoyed reading this book. Livy is a cop, who apparently is struggling with flashbacks of a recent job where she ended up shooting a young man. She takes leave from work, and winds up "helping" (and too quickly, falling in love with) a private investigator hired by a senator whose daughter has recently disappeared.
My biggest problem with the book is this: Livy's cousin, Robyn, also disappeared under suspicious circumstances (taking no clothes, not leaving a note, very little motive [possibly a failing marriage?]) more than two years ago. She sent one note instructing her family not to look for her, so they didn't. She had an 8? year old daughter at the time, and never tried to get in touch with her. You later find out the supposed reason, but it just didn't ring true with me that A)the family didn't try to find her anyways, and B)she left her daughter with no contact for over two years.
I was taken in by the "who did it" part of the story - trying to discover which of the patrons or owner of the diner is the man they're searching for...the author did a good job in keeping that suspenseful. I still never felt an extreme sense of doom, as it felt like if the story was so centered around one person's disappearance (the senator's missing granddaughter Samantha Jo), the author probably wouldn't just get to the end and kill off the character.
I had not read the first two books that I see are apparently in this "series", but I was able to jump in just fine, and didn't actually realize it was part of a set until later.
Despite finding it somewhat unbelievable, I did enjoy the book, and might just get the other two in the series to find out more.
I received this book free from Revell Reads (Baker Publishing Group) in exchange for an honest review.
My biggest problem with the book is this: Livy's cousin, Robyn, also disappeared under suspicious circumstances (taking no clothes, not leaving a note, very little motive [possibly a failing marriage?]) more than two years ago. She sent one note instructing her family not to look for her, so they didn't. She had an 8? year old daughter at the time, and never tried to get in touch with her. You later find out the supposed reason, but it just didn't ring true with me that A)the family didn't try to find her anyways, and B)she left her daughter with no contact for over two years.
I was taken in by the "who did it" part of the story - trying to discover which of the patrons or owner of the diner is the man they're searching for...the author did a good job in keeping that suspenseful. I still never felt an extreme sense of doom, as it felt like if the story was so centered around one person's disappearance (the senator's missing granddaughter Samantha Jo), the author probably wouldn't just get to the end and kill off the character.
I had not read the first two books that I see are apparently in this "series", but I was able to jump in just fine, and didn't actually realize it was part of a set until later.
Despite finding it somewhat unbelievable, I did enjoy the book, and might just get the other two in the series to find out more.
I received this book free from Revell Reads (Baker Publishing Group) in exchange for an honest review.
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