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Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg

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A good, solid thriller with a main character I found engaging. I liked the premise and her constant struggles to find at least a modicum of respect among her colleagues. The politics of the novel really clicked with me, and I look forward to seeing where Eve goes from here.

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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5.0

Molto molto bello. Il prossimo non tra un anno eh Hope?

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4.0

Tightly written and fast-paced, Lee Goldberg crafted a brilliant novel with a kick ass lead. Eve Ronin is amazing and I love her a lot. I did kinda guess the twists as they came, but they didn't detract from the overall story. I'm impressed how much Lee managed to fit into this 224 page book! If you enjoy crime and CSI, SVU, and other crime-like shows, this book is right up your alley.

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4.0

LOST HILLS by Lee Goldberg is first book in the Eve Ronin police procedural and is set in California. In this book, the reader is introduced to Homicide Detective Eve Ronin. When a video went viral of her when she was a deputy for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), the sheriff quickly promoted her to detective. The LASD desperately needed some positive press, but Eve is resented by her colleagues, teamed up with a soon-to-retire partner, and feels pressure to prove herself to everyone. When she and her partner get a call to a home where there is a lot of blood as well as several people missing, she gets the chance to lead a major case. Will she succeed? Will she go back to being a deputy? Whose blood is in the house? Where are the missing people? What really happened?

Eve is a dynamic main character and definitely someone you can root for. She works tirelessly, makes a few mistakes, but has clear goals that influenced the plot. Her motivations seemed believable, with well-drawn and appropriate emotions. As a reader, we begin to understand how Eve’s past affects her actions and emotions on this case. The secondary characters do not have a lot of depth yet, but the relationships between Eve and them seemed believable and not contrived.

Overall, this was an exciting new police procedural novel that introduces us to Detective Eve Ronin. It is dark, gritty, fast-paced and action packed. The imagery (visual, auditory and olfactory) came through vividly. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series which will be published in January of 2021.