life is a mess, The fallout of her personal investigation into her past cost her, her badge, You can write a textbook about her childhood trauma, Being a cop is all she knows, So, if she's not a cop, then who is she
Her relationship with Maddocks is also on the rocks, Her fear of abadonment is weighing heavy on her, But Maddocks is a rescuer at heart, I admit, I didn't warm up to him in the last two books but he has me in this one,
Then, Angie is hired for a cold case, A decades old case. A skeletal remains in the moss which Angie and Maddocks are vacationing has been found, Is it really an accidental drowning or more sinister
This one blew me away, The mystery kept me guessing till the end, At around, I was holding my breath, Definitely, my favorite in the series, Angie deserves some peace and calm after being through so much, I am really curious about Holgersen, He is an oddball but I would have love to get to read about his backstory,
Ms. White can write. The way she describes things and the scenery makes you feel like you're in that place, sitelink
"We all tell lies, We all have secrets. A secret can own a person, A secret is powerful. But only to the degree that the truth threatens someone, "
And this is the way you end a trilogy!
It's not a secret I love everything Loreth Anne White writes.
However, I was a tad upset with Angie for always running into a scary situation with all her guns blazing but without the right back up.
In The Girl In The Moss, everything is different, Angie appears to be more grounded, She shines as an excellent investigator and she's doing it all without breaking the law, Her current situation is hard for her, She still feels like a cop but she can't force people to talk to her, They have to agree to meet her and some people are not very nice to her, It's quite an adjustment for our Angie,
"she was no longer a cop, defaulting to old police procedure at a potential crime scene was an easy coping mechanism, a way of guarding her emotions from others.
"
For those who can't remember, at the end of the Lullaby Girls, Angie is not a cop anymore, At present and months later, she's accumulating hours to officially become a P, I. Her new boss doesn't make it easy on her, He dislikes her recent notoriety which makes it hard for her to do her job,
Angie and Maddocks have taken time off and are on a mini fly fishing vacation when they stumble upon the bones of Jasmine Gulati, a young woman who disappeared two decades ago.
Angie is hired to investigate the case by Jasmine's grandmother, Jilly Monaghan, This is where Angie shines, She does a beautiful job at piecing it all together by following the clues she uncovers,
With respect to her personal life, things are moving at a much slower pace, Angie has a fear of commitment, She also has a fear of being left behind, Nonetheless, she's getting better at it too, She does so many positive things, Her scenes with Ginny and her father made me smile,
"I want your love, I want it honest and full, and I want acknowledgment that you know Im there for you, that you trust me, "
The Girl In The Moss has a great ending but my hope is that Loreth Anne White decides she's not done with Kjel Holgersen.
The man is a mystery I want to unravel,
"Maybe at the heart of it all, at the heart of all that was human, even in the dark, was love.
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Cliffhanger: No
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A complimentary copy was provided by Montlake Romance via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
sitelinkMrsLeif's Two Fangs About It sitelinkFacebook sitelinkTwitter sitelinkInstagram Former Police Detective Angie Pallorino is trying to get her career on track by becoming
a private investigator.
While she and her lover, James Maddocks, are on a fly fishing vacation, the skeletal remains are discovered in a mossy grave, It proves to be the body of Jasmine Gulati, a young woman who disappeared from a fishing trip overyears ago, Jasmine's grandmother hires Angie to unearth Jasmine's last days, Angie sees this case as something that will help make her career but one thing she didn't plan on is the distance the case puts between her and Maddocks.
This is the third book in the Angie Pallorino trilogy and it's another winner, Angie puts her investigative skills to good use on this case, There were a lot of unexpected twists in this one that I didn't see coming, I loved how this case overlapped with another old case that Angie had worked when she was a cop, Angie's fear of commitment keeps getting in the way of her relationship with Maddocks, Good thing he is a patient guy,
I know this is the last book in the trilogy, but I still hope the author will write more stories involving Angie and Maddocks.
. . and also Holgerson. I want to know more about him and the job he is doing for Maddocks, My Stars. Angie Pallorino is adjusting to her new job as a private investigator with Coastal Investigations after having lost her badge with the MVPD while her love James Maddocks is tagged to head up a new and vital unit within the department.
While off at a welldeserved romantic getaway to focus on their relationship, theyre drawn into the discovery of a skeleton near their vacation site, After the remains are identified, Angie is hired to find out what happened to the victim in the days leading up to that persons disappearance.
Every story just gets better than the last as this one grabs you from the onset and just wont let you go, Its got everything from the intrigue in Port Ferris where the body was found to the drama going on with Angie as she struggles to find her identity after no longer being a detective.
And, a cold case for the MVPDs new iMit unit factors in as well as some internal queries, Theres much going on but we see Angie finding her own way not only with the investigation but in her personal journey, Ive waited to witness this since the first book,
The pace is almost perfect, especially the lastof the book as it races to a stunning, exciting and heart stopping resolution, Settle in as you will not be able to put the book down after that point, At least I couldnt. Im really hoping this isnt the last one in the series because I want more of Angie, Maddocks and Horgenson!
I received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review
“You are so stubborn that you had to turn it all around, didnt you”
My excuse for taking an excessive amount of time after release to pick this upsitelinkAngie Pallorino's latest and now greatest, in my eyeshas proven to be pointless.
Null and void. And Im nothing other than incredibly overjoyed, Id wrongly assumed this novel was the inevitable goodbye, A farewell to a couple Ive rooted for since their unexpected beginning, Or a "see ya" to the guy whose unusual rhetoric and mysterious backstory have piqued my curiosity over the entirety of the series.
And I just wasn't ready, BUT, what I've taken too long to say here is, its apparent there's more to come, No timeline or official announcement that Ive seen as of yet, but the lingering storyline threads make it known a continuation or spinoff is imminent.
One thing to admire about excop Angie Pallorino is her fierce independence, Unfortunately, as fans of the series know, its also proven to be one of her biggest downfalls, Her gut reaction is to push people away, and with her history, it's almost understandable, Almost.
sitelinkThe Girl in the Moss finds Angie in transition, Now a disgraced excop, shes having a hard time making a go of things as a private investigator, heightened by the media scrutiny, Turning over her badge has meant relinquishing her sense of self, Its tough to watch those lingering insecurities bleed into her relationship with Maddocks after all they've been through, And at a time when they should be riding the high, . . together.
Its a set of bones, uncovered in a damp and mossy forest, during a fly fishing trip, that provides the break Angie desperately needs.
An opportunity to prove herself and give a grieving grandmother the answers she seeks, The major obstacle Angie faces, the locals who arent too kind when it comes to strangers asking questions, Especially those who are as unrelenting and tenacious as she is,
If you have yet to experience the power of sitelinkLoreth Anne Whites storytellingIve said it before and Ill say it again and againyoure missing out.
Not only does White bring a complex investigation, but she also packs the pages with transportive details, interesting characters and just the right dose of romance.
Theres nothing cookiecutter or predictable no cut corners or phoning it in, Each and every aspect of her storyline is well thoughtout,
I hate to play favorites, but of the three sitelinkPallorino books this one earns the gold star, The culmination of Angies experiences and growth over the course of the series lands her in a pivotal moment of perfection, The realization that she deserves everyone thats become a part of her life is both heartfelt and deeply satisfying, Some might even say “awww” inducing,
If you dont know, Ive been harboring a serious crush on Maddocks, He's proven to be a standup guy pretty much from the first moment we were introduced to the detective and that threelegged sidekick of his.
Incredibly patient, supportive and driven, how could anyone not fall for the guy And I didnt even mention the nickname Angie first gave him, wink
Kjel Holgersen is the one character whos managed to avoid sharing his truth, Sure, hes let a few headscratching tidbits slip out, only serving to ramp up my curiosity, Im DYING for his backstory and secretly hoping he gets his very own book, No doubt, his unique diction think Holder from The Killing on Netflix over an entire novel would prove to be interesting both for readers and I assume for White to write.
Whenever, wherever, however and with whomever, It could be a continuation of this series or a spinoff Ill take anything White is willing to give us, .