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blendedcotton's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
lucyistoocool's review
4.0
About as good as the first book!! I can’t wait until Dan is less sad. Felt almost repetitive to the first book, but despite it all I’m still excited for the third. Going to have an intermission and read something else, but when that’s done I’m doing book 3
as60's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
jessiejenni's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
mercedeslh's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
namitakhanna's review
4.0
Cedar Close is a quiet peaceful neighborhood to live where all the neighbors know and look out for each other. Until Robert Mills is found stabbed in his bedroom, and his wife Laurie sits downstairs covered in his blood. She has gaps in her memory and is pretty sure that she didn't kill her husband but nobody believes her as Robert was having an affair with another woman. Detective Dan instinctively believes that Laurie is innocent but when everything points against her can Dan really trust his gut ?
The Couple on Cedar Close is the second book in the Detective Dan Riley series. A fantastic police procedural with well developed characters makes it an enjoyable read .
I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com
The Couple on Cedar Close is the second book in the Detective Dan Riley series. A fantastic police procedural with well developed characters makes it an enjoyable read .
I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com
thephdivabooks's review
3.0
I read this book after seeing several people talk about how much they like this author's mysteries. Often I think detective novels veer towards police procedural over thriller, but that is not the case with this book. It is the second in the series but I had no trouble keeping up, having not read the first.
Laurie and Robert have a marriage that seems okay on the outside, but is filled with lies and deception. This is the norm for them until one day when Laurie spills all at a local BBQ. And then the trouble starts…
Laurie awakens in her guest bed with no memory of the end of the evening before. She remembers waiting for Robert to come home, hoping for a way for them to reconcile his cheating and lies. And now she is alone, wet, and unsure what happened.
And then she hears a phone ringing, and she finds her husband in the bathroom murdered….
Though the police arrest Laurie, DI Riley seems to have doubts about what really happened. And soon he’ll discover that Robert’s death is only the beginning of a twisted mystery…
I enjoyed DI Riley. He is that classic tortured detective that makes police procedurals work. You will kind of have the first book spoiled if you jump in here, but I didn’t mind that. I thought the mystery itself had lots of twists and turns, and had a pretty fast-pace.
I wanted a bit more focus on the suspense aspect personally, but this is a police procedural so it had a lot of that as well. This will work as a standalone novel if you don’t plan to read the first. Overall a solid mystery that I enjoyed!
Thank you Bookouture for my copy! Opinions are my own.
Laurie and Robert have a marriage that seems okay on the outside, but is filled with lies and deception. This is the norm for them until one day when Laurie spills all at a local BBQ. And then the trouble starts…
Laurie awakens in her guest bed with no memory of the end of the evening before. She remembers waiting for Robert to come home, hoping for a way for them to reconcile his cheating and lies. And now she is alone, wet, and unsure what happened.
And then she hears a phone ringing, and she finds her husband in the bathroom murdered….
Though the police arrest Laurie, DI Riley seems to have doubts about what really happened. And soon he’ll discover that Robert’s death is only the beginning of a twisted mystery…
I enjoyed DI Riley. He is that classic tortured detective that makes police procedurals work. You will kind of have the first book spoiled if you jump in here, but I didn’t mind that. I thought the mystery itself had lots of twists and turns, and had a pretty fast-pace.
I wanted a bit more focus on the suspense aspect personally, but this is a police procedural so it had a lot of that as well. This will work as a standalone novel if you don’t plan to read the first. Overall a solid mystery that I enjoyed!
Thank you Bookouture for my copy! Opinions are my own.
joshywardd's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The author dropped too many obvious hints as to the identity of the killer which the detective, despite being repeatedly described as the best in the force, missed on multiple occasions. This made the book very frustrating and unbelievable at times.