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When a respected business man is found murdered in his home office laying in front of an opened vault with priceless stolen treasures inside Eve has to solve this and hope that nothing inside comes back onto Roarke’s misspent youth.  A good mystery with the usual Eve and Roarke romance and nothing bad happening with any of their friends make this a great read to curl up with. 

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Jack is now working at a consumer protection website doing stories that matter. When two cops come knocking to talk to him about a one night stand he had a year prior he immediately starts a deep dive into the case of Tina’s murder. When consumer DNA analysis comes up into looking into the story, Jack has way to hook it into consumer protection and build a story around it. But some people don’t want him looking into what they are doing and it may not go well for Jack and his coworkers.  A good mystery and the bonus interview at the end of the audio with Connelly and the editor of the real Fair Warning is wonderful.

Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly, Peter Giles (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Christine Lakin (Narrator)

This is a Lincoln Lawyer book with Bosch also appearing since he is working for Mickey in order to keep health insurance since he is fighting cancer from radiation exposure from an old case.  Harry is sorting through all the letters Mickey gets looking for a needle in the haystack of people saying they are innocent but in jail. They find a case in a woman serving time for the murder of her ex-husband, a sheriff’s deputy.  Once they start looking at the details, things don’t add up and Mickey does his magic in the courtroom.  A good mystery and of course there is more than just a simple murder.

 

Renee catches the first case of the year of a murder disguised as an accidental shooting of a gun fired as the midnight struck on the NYE.  She drags her feet a bit getting info the the dayshift since they are working several horrific rape cases.  When the casing from the shooting matches an old open case of Bosch’s and the file is missing, she reaches out to him and working off the books together they solve the murder.  Ballard is also helping out with the rape cases task force on dayshift, and she solves that one as well.  She catches flack for how she did things and it will be interesting to see how it comes up in the next book. 

If you have ever watched Bosch or The Linclon Lawyer and though I would like to read something by Michael Connelly but don’t want to spoil either series then this is the book for you.  A great start to a new main character, Stillwell has been working in Catalina in charge of the sheriff’s substation on Catalina Island. The place where LAPD sends officers they want off the street but can’t fire or, people that clashed with bosses but can’t get rid of because to do so would make LAPD problems come to light.  There is a woman found in the bay in a bag attached to an anchor that his been there for days.  The officer that was the reason for Stilwell’s assignment to Catalina is in charge of the investigation and he doesn’t want Stilwell to do anything other than file reports and send him evidence. But that doesn't work out when a robbery case turns out to be linked to the murder victim. Now Stilwell is working the case trying to stay ahead of Stilwell and find out who killed Leigh-Ann Moss.

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When a man is found dead in a limo has an old connection to Summerset, his past comes roaring back to the present and fans get to learn about some of the things he did during the Urban Wars. A good revenge murder story and the added bonus of learning more about Summerset.

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Dallas gets the call to investigate a murder at Crack’s club. A woman steps away from her bachelorette party and is found dead in one of the private rooms in the back. This is just the one case with no overly crazy person also gunning for Eve or anyone else, just like the title says this is a crime of passion and once again Eve and Peabody go through all the little interactions in the victim’s life to find the killer. And as usual the killer always believes he is too smart for the both of them and confirms everything that they found out through hard work.

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When a teen girl is poisoned inside a nightclub at a special underaged show for fans of Avenue A, Nadine makes a call asking Eve to be the lead detective on the case.   Eve has a random killer on her hands and needs to find a clue that will crack the case wide open.  As usual the story is entertaining and there is always flashes from previous stories coming up in conversation but nothing detracts from the enjoyment but more adds to the depth of the back history of the characters.  In the end good triumphs over evil and Eve and Roarke’s love continues to grow,

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Eve gets requested to investigate a death of a former Internal affairs officer by the man that once had a thing for her.   They both realize it is not the suicide that it is set up to resemble and now Eve and Peabody need to comb through the past to see who is still grinding axe for getting punished for being a bad cop. I have to say that I really loved the beginning of the book since it deals with Eve giving an anniversary gift to Rourke that means so much to him.  As usual if you are a fan of the books this one does not disappoint.

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Lana Lee is back working at her parents’ restaurant and after delivering the plaza owner’s weekly lunch order he is found dead from his shellfish allergy.  Lana decides to look into it since she believes Thomas the cook is innocent, and she knows she didn’t do it either.  Of course the detective working the case has to warn her to stop looking into it especially after it looks like the widow was possibly poisoned at the remembrance dinner. With the help of her roommate, she uncovers lots of secrets about the people she has known for years. A good intro to a cozy mystery series.