Author: Lily Rose Lane
Genre: Mystery
Digital Book
ASIN #: B0C8J8W1J8
Whiskered Mysteries
158 Pages
$4.99 Amazon
June 18, 2023
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Aubrey Rose -- Willow Cove's top private investigator, and possible suspect in another murder case...
The new nurse in town met her demise -- at the bottom of a staircase -- but she isn't the only skeleton in Willow cove.
Apparently, she's also Gavin, my boyfriend's, ex.
And now he's acting even weirder, secretive.
That doesn't make either of us a suspect, right?
It's up to us to help solve the case and not let our own bout of deadly dating get in the way.
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Aubrey Rose moved back to Willow Cove after her disastrous marriage fell apart. Now she's running the family B&B along with her mother. Their handyman, Gavin, is also Aubrey's new boyfriend, and partner in their new private investigating firm. All is well, or so Aubrey thinks.
One morning Gavin cuts himself with a chainsaw, and Aubrey takes him to the clinic in town. There's a new nurse who stitches him up, and Gavin is unusually grim. When Aubrey asks him about it, she discovers that the nurse is his ex-wife, and he's not happy to see her. Later, when she's murdered, both Gavin and Aubrey become suspects. The only way out, of course, is to find the killer themselves...
This is the fourth book in the series and I have read them all. I find them delightful to read, as the characters are engaging and believable. In this book, we have Aubrey facing her own relationship demons as she wonders why Gavin is spending so much time in the work shed, and won't allow her to see what he's doing. She wonders if he's thinking about Catrina, his ex. When she decides to question him, he wonders if she trusts him at all. Such is the world of new relationships and old ghosts, at least in this book.
But back to the mystery: Aubrey begins to question suspects (as it appears that Gavin is too busy to help) and she's not getting the answers she wants. Of personal interest is Dr. Carl and his wife, but neither have anything to say to her, even though they both knew the dead woman. Even though the sheriff insists she stay out of the case, Aubrey won't, as she's investigating also. Will she get the answers she wants, or will Gavin remain suspect #1?
When the ending comes and everything is revealed, it's rather sad but still, a murder has been committed. We get to see a new insight into the two main characters, who take center place in this book with very little interaction with other secondary characters, but that is how it is supposed to be. It leaves us with a warm fuzzy, wanting to read the next in the series. Recommended.
I received a copy of this book through Whiskered Mysteries but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Lily Rose Lane's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/lily-rose-lane/
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