4 stars for a welcome addition to this police procedural series set in the remote Texas border with Mexico. I started reading this series 6 years ago when I won book 4 in the series, Firebreak I enjoyed it and have been reading the series in order since then. This is book 3 in the series. In this book, Dillon Reese, the only accountant in the fictional town of Artemis, Texas, is kidnapped. Josie Gray is the police chief of the 3 person force. She is in a relationship with Dillon. Dillon's secretary, Christina Handley, is found shot dead in his office. There are several elements in this book: The murder of Christina Kidnapping of Dillon Involvement of the Medrano drug cartel A local shady junkyard dealer in wrecked cars Josie, Otto Podowski and Marta Cruz are the 3 Artemis officers. They do solve the case, with help from the FBI, Sheriff Roy Martinez and a private hostage negotiator, hired by Josie. If you like strong woman characters as found in books by Sue Grafton, Nevada Barr and Linda Castillo, then you will enjoy this series. Both my wife and I like this series. One quote: "Forest Glen Apartments was located on a downtown street, three blocks over from the county courthouse, with one small pine tree at the center of a grassy strip in front of the complex. The building was a one-story stucco, painted a garish blue, with the eight apartment doors painted Pepto-Bismol pink." I read this library book in 3 days. I had to get it through inter library loan, which was shut down for a while last year during the Covid crisis.

I liked the funny part where he dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running.

PG-This was an excellent audiobook and a great read-I combined the two because sometimes I just had to hear the voices and sometimes I had to see the power of the words! The newspaper articles broke up each chapter in an incredibly moving manner! This book was spot on!

I absolutely appreciate Bob Goff! His unashamed, crazy, selfless love and joy are contagious! Such an example of living lile Jesus!

Another action packed victor the assassin story. Looks like he’s free from the CIA, only to be on Mossads hit list. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series

This book is so much better than the movie! A coming of age story full of love, faith amd hope. An inspiring, feel good read.

Appreciated getting a few days advance copy of this book- -With the pandemic, that wasn’t much, though! Somehow I can’t give this a 5- loved the characters, the story, the setting, the economy of words that is perfect Nora Roberts-The Latina maid and the privileged characters , the man that comes to kill her is described-doesn’t need to be- I think the times have made me hyper sensitive! I enjoy her books when there is a touch more suspense. She continues to be one of my favorite authors, and I will never forget meeting her in person, at a grocery store visit, of all places!

A good story but very predictable. It does have some explicit sex scenes so it may not be great for everyone. It was good but not good enough for me to want to read the second book.

I rate this book a solid 4 stars. The cover classes it as a thriller, but I thought it was more of a mystery than a thriller. A woman named Mima is killed one night on Whalsay Island, part of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. At first it is thought to be an accident, because a neighbor was out shooting rabbits at midnight in fog and accidentally shot her. But DI Jimmie Perez suspects that there is more to this and keeps digging. A second person is found dead, possibly suicide. Perez does solve the case,but the killer is not revealed until near the end, and the author left enough false clues, that I wasn't sure of the who or why until it all came together at the end. Anne Cleeves writes descriptive books. This series, set in the Shetlands, is best read in order, as I have been doing. Perez is identified as a "Black Shetlander,"i.e. descended form a shipwrecked Spanish Armada sailor in 1588. Some quotes: Mima's house: "Her house was tucked into the hill and you came on it very suddenly." Evelyn Wilson, describing university students working on an archaeological dig: "The two lasses from the university were there. What nice wee girls they are, although I think that Hattie could do with a bit of feeding up.. She's a skinny little thing. All eyes and bone." Perez thinking about his boss, the Procurator Fiscal: "He found it hard to explain the role of the Fiscal to English colleagues. Even Fran couldn't grasp it. 'But what does she do?' Perez always said that she was a cross between a magistrate and a prosecuting lawyer, but Fran didn't even get that." Jimmie is in a relationship with Fran, an English woman. I read this library book in 4 days.

Not a romance novel! Just a good western story about the difficulties people endured.