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was delighted to receive an early review copy of this book from the publisher this series is one I have followed for years and this was another heartpounding instalment.
Usually we follow Detectives Pescoli and Alvarez solve crime after crime but this was slightly different in that Pescoli is on maternity leave when her sister and brotherinlaw are murdered and she gets involved to try and ascertain what happened.
Alvarez does turn up towards the end of the story and it is all the better for it they come as a duo to me, . .
Pescoli's niece Ivy turns up on her doorstep after initially running from the crime scene and it is clear there is more to her story but I could not believe she had a part in her mum's murder but I struggled to piece it together good job I am not the detective but that was also due to some very clever writing!
It was a really interesting storyline and there was a further aspect to it in that someone has been watching Pescoli and her family and clearly has a vendetta and I always enjoy when I getstories for the price of!
The writing as ever flows well and is descriptive, Lisa Jackson sets the scene well managing to bring any new readers up to speed with Pescoli's back story.
As mentioned this is part of a series bookand whilst it could be read as a standalone, having read the previous novels would definitely help you get to know the characters better.
Boy do they have some stories to tell between them,
My many thanks to Hodder amp Stoughton via NetGalley for providing me with this advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review, Another great read by this author, Detective Regan Pescoli is on maternity
Leave when she learns that her sister and brotherin law have been
Murdered and that the seventeen year old daughter has disappeared.
Pescolis feeling are mixed because she was never close to her sister and
Yet wants to help find the killer,
The action takes place first in San Francisco and later in Montana where
Pescoli and her former partner reside, This is a fast moving tale with a lot
Of action, twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages, The
characters help bring the story to life and keep a family together amidst
the trials and tribulations of teenagers, I enjoyed this book and recommend
It,
.stars
In the prologue, a mysterious, unknown, grieving mother views her small son's grave stone and vows vengeance,
Pescoli's sister Brindel and her husband Paul have been murdered in their beds at their mansion in San Francisco, In addition to the murders, their safes, including multiple guns, have been cleaned out, Although Pescoli is not close to her sisters, she immediately heads out from Montana since her niece Ivy cannot be found, Ivy finally turns up on Pescoli's door step in Montana and it's obvious she's hiding something,
From the comments Ivy made in the first chapter, I realized she knew something about these murders and I thought the worst, I liked the San Francisco detective Jasmine Tanaka and hope Lisa Jackson takes this character somewhere in the future, I didn't like the way Ivy cozied up to Pescoli"s son Jeremy, The book could have earnedif Alvarez had a bigger role, Obviously, I love the way Pescoli and Alvarez work together in previous novels of this series, I didn't know who the killer was until the end which really picked up in action, I won this book in a giveaway, Definitely a genre that I gravitate toward, and sitelinkLisa Jackson seems to have done something correctly, so I was expecting this to be a good fit for me.
I might have enjoyed this book even more if I had read some of the earlier books in the series, but it worked pretty well as a standalone.
For me the best part of this story is the intricacy of the plot, The mesh of locations, characters, and subplots really made for a good story, Please, one or the other a female Homicide Detective or a mother nursing amonth old baby, To combine the characters was a boring disaster, DNF It just didn't work for me, I mean. , are you nursing a baby or solving a mystery This felt like more about family issues and feelings than an actual mystery, I think it was a good idea but was bogged down with too much stuff that just wasn't interesting, Final one of this Series, and a Great ending to this Series, . . From Montana to California and back to Montana, . Where it all played out and kind of left you hangin, . . with Pescoli and Santana Is their going to be bookWHEN A KILLER HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal, Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it's clear this murder isn't random,
THERE'S EVERY REASON
For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister's death brings grief mixed with guilt, She and Brindel weren't close, and Pescoli barely knows her teenage niece, Ivy, a secretive girl who lands on her doorstep in Grizzly Falls, Montana, Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she's soon mired deep in the investigation headed by her partner, Selena Alvarez, But as the list of suspects keeps growing, so does the body count, . .
TO BE AFRAID, . .
Maybe it's exhaustion or hormones that have Pescoli on edge, feeling more vulnerable than ever before, Or maybe the chill running through her veins is justified, Because as the case takes a new, terrifying turn, Pescoli's loved ones and her life are at the mercy of a killer who'll go to any lengths to see her suffer.
. . Lisa Jackson is one of the best in the business and this, the eighth thriller in the Montana series, is a particularly nailbiting instalment, We are reacquainted with Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli as they investigate the murders of some of Pescoli's family, This, of course, hits a little too close to home for her and is a tough case to crack having just returned from maternity leave, With all the excitement and twists, turns and misdirection of the previous books this is a superb thriller,
Ms Jackson creates a crackling tension and edge of your seat suspense which runs for the duration of the novel, and because it was so addictive I read it in a single compulsive sitting.
The action is nonstop, the pace brisk and that ending phew, what a corker, Alvarez and Pescoli are
a dynamic pair and we learn more about them in book eight, Each of these instalments can easily be enjoyed as a standalone as each story is contained to that particular book, I look forward to the next one, Many thanks to Mulholland Books for an ARC,
This story starts out with a killing of a couple in San Francisco, and gets more complicated with the desire for money , guns and revenge,
Detective Regan Pescoli get involved dealing with her dealing with her niece and her sisters death,
There is a woman from the past that wants revenge for losing her husband and baby who Detective Pescoli puts the husband in prison,
Through all the twists and turns Detective Pescoli and her little son are safe,
I won this free book through Goodreads First Reads, Horribly written, with too many uncharacters, would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this amazing book
what a rollercoaster of a ride this one was, . . this author just gets better and better
action from the very beginning with a murder scene and a young girl running from the it, . . is she somehow behind it all or an innocent victim, time will tell
sisters of one of the murder victims gather together but they are not close and their niece is missing presumed to either being held captive or just missing.
. . time will tell
as the storyline progresses more murder victims are found, . . all heading towards a showdown of epic proportions in montana,
a riveting storyline and one i couldnt put down as i wanted to see how the stories merged together, . . and wow did they ever, . . loved it
am keeping a close eye out for more of this authors work It seems like the publication date was moved back a few times, but this was worth the wait! I love a good mystery/suspense as well as strong female characters.
Lisa Jacksons Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli series features two very strong women detectives, Good mysteries which keep the reader turning the pages well into the wee hours of the morning,
Highly recommend this series! This was a solid, well written crime story, Apparently this is a series, I"ve never read this author before, but it worked pretty well as a stand alone, In the last Detective Regan Pescoli novel, her teen daughter was kidnapped, killing her abductor in an escape attempt Regan was not there to help free her daughter, because she had gone into labor.
It is now six months later and Regans daughter is handling life fine but Regan is finding her job in conflict with her new child, so she is using all o f her accumulated sick, personal and vacation time to cover while she decides what is best for her and her family.
Regan has never been close to any of her sisters but when she receives a call from distraught sister, Sarina that her sister Brindle and her husband Paul have been murdered in their home, in their own beds Pecolis senses strain to high alert.
When she learns that her teenage niece is missing, Pescoli packs up infant son and teenage daughter and heads to California,
Neighbors who heard something strange in the night, report they had only heard one noise, indicating that two people were involved, and had synchronized the time of the killing since the couple slept in separate rooms.
After a few days, Regan returns home only to be awakened early in the morning by a pounding on the door, Ragen has felt an ominous presence surrounding her peaceful home for sometime peeking through the window, she recognizes her missing niece on the porch,
After questioning her niece, Regan feels that she is somehow involved with this disaster, but her story does not waver, When the LA police fly in to interview her Ivy so does her aunt Sarina who sits in the interview, Sarina sees only the good in people until it is too late, realizes that something is not quite right with Ivys story and stops the interview,
When Ivys exboyfriend disappears from LA with a friend, skepticism shines through to Ivy, yet she remains cool, until her ex and his friend are found murdered not far from Pescolis home and someone kidnaps baby Tucker right from his nursery in the middle of the night.
Pescoli realizes her feeling of vulnerability are justified she now knows who the killer and the kidnapper is, this is one person witih a long standing grudge against Pexcoli and will do anything to make her suffer!
Very well written in terms of both plot and character development.
So much going on with the double murder of one of Reagan Pescolis sisters and brother in law, Is her niece involved somehow Why did she run if not guilty But then the dead brother in law hadsons from a previous marriage that both cant be located after the murder.
And just when you think youve got it all figured out, you find that you are wrong, Highly recommend and can be easily read if you are new to this series, This is another great Pescoli and Alverez mystery, I was excited to see pescoli so sweet with her little baby and still be so tough, The mystery was difficult to figure out but in the end pescoli and alverez pull all the details together, This was not my favorite mystery in the series, but it was my favorite family drama for Pescoli,
I enjoyed this on Audio book, The narration was really good, The journey over thebooks in the series of Pescoli and Alvarez was quite an adventure, Sometimes a little out there but always entertaining, . I won this in a goodreads giveaway, Although its theth book its interesting and you dont need to read the ones before the book
Usually we follow Detectives Pescoli and Alvarez solve crime after crime but this was slightly different in that Pescoli is on maternity leave when her sister and brotherinlaw are murdered and she gets involved to try and ascertain what happened.
Alvarez does turn up towards the end of the story and it is all the better for it they come as a duo to me, . .
Pescoli's niece Ivy turns up on her doorstep after initially running from the crime scene and it is clear there is more to her story but I could not believe she had a part in her mum's murder but I struggled to piece it together good job I am not the detective but that was also due to some very clever writing!
It was a really interesting storyline and there was a further aspect to it in that someone has been watching Pescoli and her family and clearly has a vendetta and I always enjoy when I getstories for the price of!
The writing as ever flows well and is descriptive, Lisa Jackson sets the scene well managing to bring any new readers up to speed with Pescoli's back story.
As mentioned this is part of a series bookand whilst it could be read as a standalone, having read the previous novels would definitely help you get to know the characters better.
Boy do they have some stories to tell between them,
My many thanks to Hodder amp Stoughton via NetGalley for providing me with this advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review, Another great read by this author, Detective Regan Pescoli is on maternity
Leave when she learns that her sister and brotherin law have been
Murdered and that the seventeen year old daughter has disappeared.
Pescolis feeling are mixed because she was never close to her sister and
Yet wants to help find the killer,
The action takes place first in San Francisco and later in Montana where
Pescoli and her former partner reside, This is a fast moving tale with a lot
Of action, twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages, The
characters help bring the story to life and keep a family together amidst
the trials and tribulations of teenagers, I enjoyed this book and recommend
It,
.stars
In the prologue, a mysterious, unknown, grieving mother views her small son's grave stone and vows vengeance,
Pescoli's sister Brindel and her husband Paul have been murdered in their beds at their mansion in San Francisco, In addition to the murders, their safes, including multiple guns, have been cleaned out, Although Pescoli is not close to her sisters, she immediately heads out from Montana since her niece Ivy cannot be found, Ivy finally turns up on Pescoli's door step in Montana and it's obvious she's hiding something,
From the comments Ivy made in the first chapter, I realized she knew something about these murders and I thought the worst, I liked the San Francisco detective Jasmine Tanaka and hope Lisa Jackson takes this character somewhere in the future, I didn't like the way Ivy cozied up to Pescoli"s son Jeremy, The book could have earnedif Alvarez had a bigger role, Obviously, I love the way Pescoli and Alvarez work together in previous novels of this series, I didn't know who the killer was until the end which really picked up in action, I won this book in a giveaway, Definitely a genre that I gravitate toward, and sitelinkLisa Jackson seems to have done something correctly, so I was expecting this to be a good fit for me.
I might have enjoyed this book even more if I had read some of the earlier books in the series, but it worked pretty well as a standalone.
For me the best part of this story is the intricacy of the plot, The mesh of locations, characters, and subplots really made for a good story, Please, one or the other a female Homicide Detective or a mother nursing amonth old baby, To combine the characters was a boring disaster, DNF It just didn't work for me, I mean. , are you nursing a baby or solving a mystery This felt like more about family issues and feelings than an actual mystery, I think it was a good idea but was bogged down with too much stuff that just wasn't interesting, Final one of this Series, and a Great ending to this Series, . . From Montana to California and back to Montana, . Where it all played out and kind of left you hangin, . . with Pescoli and Santana Is their going to be bookWHEN A KILLER HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal, Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it's clear this murder isn't random,
THERE'S EVERY REASON
For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister's death brings grief mixed with guilt, She and Brindel weren't close, and Pescoli barely knows her teenage niece, Ivy, a secretive girl who lands on her doorstep in Grizzly Falls, Montana, Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she's soon mired deep in the investigation headed by her partner, Selena Alvarez, But as the list of suspects keeps growing, so does the body count, . .
TO BE AFRAID, . .
Maybe it's exhaustion or hormones that have Pescoli on edge, feeling more vulnerable than ever before, Or maybe the chill running through her veins is justified, Because as the case takes a new, terrifying turn, Pescoli's loved ones and her life are at the mercy of a killer who'll go to any lengths to see her suffer.
. . Lisa Jackson is one of the best in the business and this, the eighth thriller in the Montana series, is a particularly nailbiting instalment, We are reacquainted with Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli as they investigate the murders of some of Pescoli's family, This, of course, hits a little too close to home for her and is a tough case to crack having just returned from maternity leave, With all the excitement and twists, turns and misdirection of the previous books this is a superb thriller,
Ms Jackson creates a crackling tension and edge of your seat suspense which runs for the duration of the novel, and because it was so addictive I read it in a single compulsive sitting.
The action is nonstop, the pace brisk and that ending phew, what a corker, Alvarez and Pescoli are
a dynamic pair and we learn more about them in book eight, Each of these instalments can easily be enjoyed as a standalone as each story is contained to that particular book, I look forward to the next one, Many thanks to Mulholland Books for an ARC,
This story starts out with a killing of a couple in San Francisco, and gets more complicated with the desire for money , guns and revenge,
Detective Regan Pescoli get involved dealing with her dealing with her niece and her sisters death,
There is a woman from the past that wants revenge for losing her husband and baby who Detective Pescoli puts the husband in prison,
Through all the twists and turns Detective Pescoli and her little son are safe,
I won this free book through Goodreads First Reads, Horribly written, with too many uncharacters, would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this amazing book
what a rollercoaster of a ride this one was, . . this author just gets better and better
action from the very beginning with a murder scene and a young girl running from the it, . . is she somehow behind it all or an innocent victim, time will tell
sisters of one of the murder victims gather together but they are not close and their niece is missing presumed to either being held captive or just missing.
. . time will tell
as the storyline progresses more murder victims are found, . . all heading towards a showdown of epic proportions in montana,
a riveting storyline and one i couldnt put down as i wanted to see how the stories merged together, . . and wow did they ever, . . loved it
am keeping a close eye out for more of this authors work It seems like the publication date was moved back a few times, but this was worth the wait! I love a good mystery/suspense as well as strong female characters.
Lisa Jacksons Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli series features two very strong women detectives, Good mysteries which keep the reader turning the pages well into the wee hours of the morning,
Highly recommend this series! This was a solid, well written crime story, Apparently this is a series, I"ve never read this author before, but it worked pretty well as a stand alone, In the last Detective Regan Pescoli novel, her teen daughter was kidnapped, killing her abductor in an escape attempt Regan was not there to help free her daughter, because she had gone into labor.
It is now six months later and Regans daughter is handling life fine but Regan is finding her job in conflict with her new child, so she is using all o f her accumulated sick, personal and vacation time to cover while she decides what is best for her and her family.
Regan has never been close to any of her sisters but when she receives a call from distraught sister, Sarina that her sister Brindle and her husband Paul have been murdered in their home, in their own beds Pecolis senses strain to high alert.
When she learns that her teenage niece is missing, Pescoli packs up infant son and teenage daughter and heads to California,
Neighbors who heard something strange in the night, report they had only heard one noise, indicating that two people were involved, and had synchronized the time of the killing since the couple slept in separate rooms.
After a few days, Regan returns home only to be awakened early in the morning by a pounding on the door, Ragen has felt an ominous presence surrounding her peaceful home for sometime peeking through the window, she recognizes her missing niece on the porch,
After questioning her niece, Regan feels that she is somehow involved with this disaster, but her story does not waver, When the LA police fly in to interview her Ivy so does her aunt Sarina who sits in the interview, Sarina sees only the good in people until it is too late, realizes that something is not quite right with Ivys story and stops the interview,
When Ivys exboyfriend disappears from LA with a friend, skepticism shines through to Ivy, yet she remains cool, until her ex and his friend are found murdered not far from Pescolis home and someone kidnaps baby Tucker right from his nursery in the middle of the night.
Pescoli realizes her feeling of vulnerability are justified she now knows who the killer and the kidnapper is, this is one person witih a long standing grudge against Pexcoli and will do anything to make her suffer!
Very well written in terms of both plot and character development.
So much going on with the double murder of one of Reagan Pescolis sisters and brother in law, Is her niece involved somehow Why did she run if not guilty But then the dead brother in law hadsons from a previous marriage that both cant be located after the murder.
And just when you think youve got it all figured out, you find that you are wrong, Highly recommend and can be easily read if you are new to this series, This is another great Pescoli and Alverez mystery, I was excited to see pescoli so sweet with her little baby and still be so tough, The mystery was difficult to figure out but in the end pescoli and alverez pull all the details together, This was not my favorite mystery in the series, but it was my favorite family drama for Pescoli,
I enjoyed this on Audio book, The narration was really good, The journey over thebooks in the series of Pescoli and Alvarez was quite an adventure, Sometimes a little out there but always entertaining, . I won this in a goodreads giveaway, Although its theth book its interesting and you dont need to read the ones before the book
Lisa Jackson is the number one New York Times bestselling author of thannovels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Dont Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver.
She is also the co author of the Colony Series, co written with her sister, Nancy Bush, There are overmillion copies of Lisa Jacksons books in print in twenty languages, Before she became a nationally bestselling author, Lisa Jackson was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them.
Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists, With over thirty bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jac
Lisa Jackson is the number one New York Times bestselling author of thannovels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Dont Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver.
She is also the co author of the Colony Series, co written with her sister, Nancy Bush, There are overmillion copies of Lisa Jacksons books in print in twenty languages, Before she became a nationally bestselling author, Lisa Jackson was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them.
Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists, With over thirty bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity and back in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions.
She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuersthe personal, the professional and downright twisted, As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims, and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.