Close Her Eyes

Lisa Regan, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





This book. I'm not giving away anything. But there were parts of this one that just about broke me. I had to go get the Kleenex.

You'd think a series might drag after five or six books. Ten, surely. Not so with Detective Josie Quinn. Lisa Regan keeps her foot on the gas and keeps writing stories that keep me hanging on the edge of my seat. When I get my hands on each new book in the series, I tear through it in twenty-four hours or less. They're that good.

In each new story, we learn more about someone's history. Often it's Josie. In this case, we learn more about medical examiner Dr. Anya Feist. She was the victim of an abusive husband, and when Sharon Eddy's autopsy reveals a brand on her hip identical to the one Anya's ex-husband Vince gave her, it really rocks Anya's world. Is Vince now a killer?

Josie, Noah, and the team have to cross jurisdictional lines to tee it up with Vince and his family. They've got to work with Sheriff Cyrus Grey, as they're in his backyard, and he often seems more intent on hindering their investigation than helping it. Why?

The story moves fast and keeps you hooked the whole time. There's more than one dead body, more than one brand, more than one suspect, and hurdles at every turn. We also get to see Josie working with twin sister Trinity, as Trinity is approaching the same set of facts from a different angle for her show.

And there's the plot twist that had me absolutely gobsmacked and sobbing.



Tension, suspects aplenty, clues and red herrings, and a team that's really a family to each other. Lisa Regan brings us another masterwork with Close Her Eyes. Five big ol' stars from me. How long do I have to wait for book eighteen?!

In this latest instalment in [a:Lisa Regan's 6443334 Lisa Regan https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1589563239p2/6443334.jpg] Detective-Josie-Quinn series, Josie is called to the body of a young woman. She soon starts to discover links to past crimes, a wealthy family in a small town not far from her native Denton and even to Anya Feist, the local pathologist with whom Josie had already formed a fledgling friendship.As in most of Regan's books in this series, one of the team plays a big part in the mystery and in this novel it's the afore-mentioned pathologist who has a complicated past...Also in line with most of these police procedurals, the plot is very engaging: I found myself reading at pretty much every opportunity and it was with a heavy heart that I had to return to my other responsibilities. At many times, this book was a total page turner, exciting, thrilling and suspenseful.Whereas in a few previous novels in this series, there were problems with pacing or keeping things interesting, this was never the case in this one. After the unnecessarily brutal prologue, this book captured my interest and never let go. Beyond the interesting mystery and its satisfying conclusion, the new insights into Anya were well done and the developments between Josie and Noah were... promising!Also along on the ride - albeit in very minor capacities - are Trinity, Josie's twin sister, and her husband, Drake. There is also one very unfortunate event, but it does not detract from the book in any way. »No regrets.«All in all, this was a very entertaining and highly welcome return to Josie Quinn. If you enjoyed previous novels in this series, you'll feel right at home in this one and if you didn't, this might be a good second attempt!Five out of five stars!Blog Facebook Twitter Mastodon Instagram Pinterest Medium Matrix TumblrCeterum censeo Putin esse delendam