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2019 Shamus Award winner for Best Novel! The thrilling follow up to The Last Place You Look, starring troubled and determined private investigator, Roxane Weary Marin Strasser has a secret. Her fiancé thinks her secret is that she’s having an affair, and he hires P.I. Roxane Weary to prove it. Then, just days into the case, Marin is shot to death on a side street in an apparent mugging. But soon enough the police begin to focus on Roxane's client for Marin’s death, so she starts to dig deeper into Marin’s life—discovering that the elegant woman she’s been following has a past and a half, including two previous marriages, an adult son fresh out of prison, and a criminal record of her own. The trail leads to a crew of con artists, an ugly real estate scam that defrauds unsuspecting elderly homeowners out of their property, and the suspicious accident of a wealthy older woman who lives just down the street from where Marin was killed. With Roxane’s client facing a murder indictment, the scammers hit close to home to force Roxane to drop the case, and it becomes clear that the stakes are as high as the secrets run deep.
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1 primary bookRoxane Weary is a 1-book series first released in 2018 with contributions by Kristen Lepionka.
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After liking [b:The Last Place You Look 31450910 The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary, #1) Kristen Lepionka https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1478185197l/31450910.SY75.jpg 52153749] much more than I thought I would, I was excited for this. But, like many sequels, it just wasn't as good.I still liked Lepionka's writing and Roxane Weary as a character. I also enjoy the incessant mentions of Columbus restaurants. The incessant named secondary characters, not so much. Overall, the plot felt scattered, and not in a way that concludes in a clever twist. I don't get Roxane's loyalty to Arthur, who she just met. I don't get why we were supposed to like Catherine now. Mostly I'm mad A.J. was killed just because he tried to help an elderly white lady who confided in him, and more mad about the lack of follow up.Some of the contemporary references too quickly make a recent release feel dated (examples: Bitcoin, Marie Kondo). They reduce its SHELF LIFE, if you will. I'm shooting for at least one pun per review in 2020.I'll probably pick up the third of the series soon, in hopes I like that one better.
