3.25 stars 

I’ve read every book in this series and enjoyed them all, in fact I enjoy this authors work so much I’ve read everything she has written, but this one was lacking for me and didn’t engage me as the other books have. 

Carrying on directly from the last book, there is not a lot of recap on the happenings so the reader must have read what came before. Forrest is his usual grumpy self. I did find his about face regarding Nero needed more work. He went from not wanting to have anything to do with Nero and then spent one afternoon together and all of a sudden they are together all the time. I just didn’t feel the chemistry between them. 

I did like Nero and his desire to help families have closure on their loved ones disappearances. I wish there was more on his cousins’ disappearance as it was used as a plot point to get him to town and then he gave it up very quickly and easily. 

I also liked that we have a conclusion to the bones found. This was the entertaining part of the book as the guys were investigating the death of Ned and consequently lead them to help find the killers. Good to see they worked with the local authorities to apprehend them. 

Arc provided by GRR for honest review.