Publishing July 6, 2021.
I received a gifted copy and am providing a review. (Cover image provided by Ms. Redmond.)
If you like a story about a policewoman turned private investigator, I suspect you will enjoy this story. Lauren finds herself on medical leave due to some injuries she sustained while working a case in Iceland, so she decides to put her private investigator license to good use. She gets a call from Mrs. Whitney who is seeking her services to locate a missing Picasso that she claims is hers by rights and not the property of her ex-husband, Mr. Whitney. This tale takes Lauren and her partner, Reese (she had convinced him to take some time off work to help her out), to Ireland in search of said painting. While there, they encounter the Garda who are and are not happy to have a couple PIs on their turf. As it turns out, Lauren and Reese get more than they bargained for and find out some truths. As the story unfolds, secrets are revealed about the man hiding the painting. An innocent man, Robber Shea, ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Another private investigator assigned to watch out for the painting for the past twenty years comes into play.
I believe that Ms. Redmond’s career as a detective gives her an inside look, so to speak, at how crimes are committed and how crimes are solved when lend to a bit of realism in her storytelling. Ms. Redmond also throws in a couple of twists that one would not expect. There is also animosity between Mrs. Whitney and Mr. Whitney, two shady characters for sure. There is even a hint of romance that gets blindsided by some unexpected news. As well, the seemingly minor characters help to make this story complete.
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