Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
Publisher: Thomas and Mercer
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full length (252 pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by AloeA video of Deputy Eve Ronin’s off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into a popular hero at a time when the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is plagued by scandal. The sheriff, desperate for more positive press, makes Eve the youngest female homicide detective in the department’s history.
Now Eve, with a lot to learn and resented by her colleagues, has to justify her new badge. Her chance comes when she and her burned-out, soon-to-retire partner are called to the blood-splattered home of a missing single mother and her two kids. The horrific carnage screams multiple murder—but there are no corpses.
Eve has to rely on her instincts and tenacity to find the bodies and capture the vicious killer, all while battling her own insecurities and mounting pressure from the media, her bosses, and the bereaved family. It’s a deadly ordeal that will either prove her skills…or totally destroy her.
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Then they are sent out on another case. The house is empty but there’s plenty of blood. As they look they realize the killer dismembered them. Despite the excessive blood, there’s little evidence.
Eve eats lives and breathes this case. They finally arrest a suspect but there is too little evidence to prove it without a question. He’ll be out of jail the first of the week with no more evidence…
This is a very well thought out police procedural. As they go through forensic evidence, it seems the whole family was killed. They find bits of DNA from him but he’d been there before as a plumber. It doesn’t make him a killer.
The tension ratchets up as they get closer to when he’ll be let go. She’s not getting much sleep but suddenly she sees how the pieces of the puzzle fit. But will she be in time to save the last victim?
This one will have you squirming in your seat because of the suspense. The way the guys didn’t believe her will echo of times in the lives of many working women.
This book isn’t boring, that’s for sure! Just get your choice of drink and a snack so you can keep reading without interruption…
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