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Death of an Ex
by Delia Pitts
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4 stars for an unusual private investigator story. Vandy Myrick is a black woman private investigator with regrets. She feels guilty for not preventing her daughter's death in a sorority hazing incident.
Then her cheating ex husband comes back into her life and they end up making passionate love. He leaves at 0115 hours and is found murdered in the morning. Vandy decides to find out who killed him.
She does find the killer, but there are more attacks and a sordid bribery scandal involving her ex.
I didn't identify the killer until near the end. There were multiple suspects: he was cheating on his current wife, the bribery scheme and a speech that he used to humiliate several people.
Thank you Katie Layton at Minotaur books for sending me this eARC.
Pub Date Jul 15 2025
Then her cheating ex husband comes back into her life and they end up making passionate love. He leaves at 0115 hours and is found murdered in the morning. Vandy decides to find out who killed him.
She does find the killer, but there are more attacks and a sordid bribery scandal involving her ex.
I didn't identify the killer until near the end. There were multiple suspects: he was cheating on his current wife, the bribery scheme and a speech that he used to humiliate several people.
Thank you Katie Layton at Minotaur books for sending me this eARC.
Pub Date Jul 15 2025