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kdurham2's review
5.0
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The sixth in a series and I started here without reading any of the previous books, which is very unlike me!
Rick Cahill is a "retired" police officer who is now a private investigator and has moved away from Santa Barbara, the city that is full of bad memories for him. He must return as a former partner has died and he wants to pay his respect. While there her sister asks for his help because there are whispers that her death was possibly not an accident. And thus he is roped into both drama from the present and from the past.
The sixth in a series and I started here without reading any of the previous books, which is very unlike me!
Rick Cahill is a "retired" police officer who is now a private investigator and has moved away from Santa Barbara, the city that is full of bad memories for him. He must return as a former partner has died and he wants to pay his respect. While there her sister asks for his help because there are whispers that her death was possibly not an accident. And thus he is roped into both drama from the present and from the past.
bmlowry8's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
achoward's review
4.0
Rick Cahill is one morose dude.
San Diego PI gets a call from the sister of his former partner on the Santa Barbara PD. The news isn't good: his former partner, Krista Landingham, is dead, presumably from a hit and run. Her sister, Leah, wants to hire Cahill to look into it.
Cahill's wife was also killed not terribly long ago, and he was the chief suspect in that case. He and his former partner (and at least one other person) know he didn't do it, but the black mark was sufficient to make him quit the SBPD, move from the city, and hang out a shingle.
Leah has also hired another PI - someone with better relations with SBPD than Cahill has - and wants them to work together to find the truth. The truth, though, would not be good for some people still in Santa Barbara: Cahill discovers that Krista was looking into the murder of Cahill's wife, Colleen, on her own time.
What follows is a good, taut mystery, and the stories of these two deaths intertwine nicely. Some leads go nowhere, but one in particular is absolutely explosive - and something certain people absolutely do not want known.
The only quibble I had with the book was Cahill's sad sack routine. It's constant, and at times I just wanted to yell at him to get his head on right so he could see that solving this would at least bring some closure, even if he still wanted to continue to blame himself indirectly for his wife's death.
Overall: worth the read, and it does make me want to go back and read the series to this point to determine how things got here.
Solid four out of five stars.
Thanks to Oceanview Publishing and NetGalley for the reading copy.
San Diego PI gets a call from the sister of his former partner on the Santa Barbara PD. The news isn't good: his former partner, Krista Landingham, is dead, presumably from a hit and run. Her sister, Leah, wants to hire Cahill to look into it.
Cahill's wife was also killed not terribly long ago, and he was the chief suspect in that case. He and his former partner (and at least one other person) know he didn't do it, but the black mark was sufficient to make him quit the SBPD, move from the city, and hang out a shingle.
Leah has also hired another PI - someone with better relations with SBPD than Cahill has - and wants them to work together to find the truth. The truth, though, would not be good for some people still in Santa Barbara: Cahill discovers that Krista was looking into the murder of Cahill's wife, Colleen, on her own time.
What follows is a good, taut mystery, and the stories of these two deaths intertwine nicely. Some leads go nowhere, but one in particular is absolutely explosive - and something certain people absolutely do not want known.
The only quibble I had with the book was Cahill's sad sack routine. It's constant, and at times I just wanted to yell at him to get his head on right so he could see that solving this would at least bring some closure, even if he still wanted to continue to blame himself indirectly for his wife's death.
Overall: worth the read, and it does make me want to go back and read the series to this point to determine how things got here.
Solid four out of five stars.
Thanks to Oceanview Publishing and NetGalley for the reading copy.
neilsb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ashemoore's review
4.0
I received this book a a goodreads giveaway. I did not read the previous books and didn't have trouble following along with this book. I really enjoyed it and will be reading the previous books in the series. The characters are likable even thought you may disagree with them at times. It was an interest and fast-paced read, and you go through different emotions while you read.
3no7's review
5.0
“Lost Tomorrows” by Matt Coyle is a continuation of former cop Rick Cahill’s troubled journey. New readers will immediately become immersed in the story because most background events took place before regular readers met Cahill for the first time in “Yesterday’s Echo.” Coyle expertly pulls readers into Cahill’s previously unknown past with news about an acquaintance from Santa Barbara, and this person, like many in Cahill’s life, is dead.
Coyle’s solid narrative presents the Rick Cahill readers have come to know; complicated, troubled, and guilt-ridden, and yet someone who cares deeply about justice, occasionally at the expense of written law. Everyday happenings are mixed in with the traumatic events to construct a solid, believable plot that keeps readers guessing and most of all, involved in the welfare of Cahill. Readers second guess him, chastise him, but most of all root for him during the emotional rollercoaster ride of this story.
In each of the preceding books, Coyle has pushed Cahill closer and closer to a dark and precarious abyss, driven by his overwhelming guilt about the death of his wife. This is the darkest and most shocking book yet. Readers cannot help but wonder just whose tomorrows will be lost at the end of the book, and the ending will leave everyone stunned, frazzled, and emotionally drained,
In “Lost Tomorrows,” Coyle takes Cahill to the shocking and disturbing edge of darkness. I received a review copy from Mat Coyle, and Oceanview Publishing. This is the best Rick Cahill book yet.
Coyle’s solid narrative presents the Rick Cahill readers have come to know; complicated, troubled, and guilt-ridden, and yet someone who cares deeply about justice, occasionally at the expense of written law. Everyday happenings are mixed in with the traumatic events to construct a solid, believable plot that keeps readers guessing and most of all, involved in the welfare of Cahill. Readers second guess him, chastise him, but most of all root for him during the emotional rollercoaster ride of this story.
In each of the preceding books, Coyle has pushed Cahill closer and closer to a dark and precarious abyss, driven by his overwhelming guilt about the death of his wife. This is the darkest and most shocking book yet. Readers cannot help but wonder just whose tomorrows will be lost at the end of the book, and the ending will leave everyone stunned, frazzled, and emotionally drained,
In “Lost Tomorrows,” Coyle takes Cahill to the shocking and disturbing edge of darkness. I received a review copy from Mat Coyle, and Oceanview Publishing. This is the best Rick Cahill book yet.
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