Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises
Buyer's Remorse introduces a
new detective series by Lori Lake featuring Leona "Leo" Reese. When Leo cannot pass her shooting
qualification she is temporarily removed from her police duties and assigned as
an investigator for the Department of Human Services. Her first case involves a woman who is
murdered at an assisted living facility.
Leo's job is to determine if the facility should be allowed to stay
open, but her police training kicks in and instead she focuses on trying to
solve the case. As Leo tracks the clues,
her private life is dissolving around her.
Her partner Daria is spending too many hours at her law firm, which is
threatening their relationship, and Leo's vision problems turn out to have a
frightening medical source. Between
tracking down the killer, trying to reconnect with Daria and making serious decisions
about her health, Leo's plate is very full.
Lori
Lake is no stranger to writing police stories.
Her earlier series proved that she knows the procedures. Her experience in writing her previous books
has made her adept at creating interesting characters, especially when they are
flawed. The book moves at a good pace,
covers the issues and she is able to sustain the mystery almost to the end of
the story. Lake also knows how to handle
a plot within the main plot as she examines the emotions that Eleanor Sinclair
goes through after the murder of her long term partner. Sometimes Eleanor's story is more interesting
than the murder, but it never takes over the book.
Buyer's Remorse is easy to
follow and fine for entertaining reading.
The reader will feel like she got her money's worth for this book.
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