Saturday, January 22, 2022

Week 3 Reviews: A Desperate Search, Someone is Watching


From Goodreads:
Something strange is going on at Echo Lake.

Detective Adam Thayer is devastated when he arrives too late to save his friend who had called for help. But a series of obscure clues brings Adam to coroner Nikki Dresden, who's eager to determine if one of the town's most beloved citizens was murdered. Now they must work together to unravel a deadly web of lies and greed...or die trying.

From Goodreads:
How can she remember the night she desperately wants to forget?

Radio host Ellie Brannon fears the return of the monster who abducted her and two of her friends from the Ruins...and left her for dead. Fifteen years later, Special Agent Sam Reece reopens the cold case when new evidence comes to light about one of the victims. Ellie must trust Sam completely to have any chance of discovering the truth--especially since the gaps in her memory left them with few leads. But is someone luring Ellie into a terrifying return to the scene of the crime?

My Review:
I really enjoyed reading these books! I loved closing off this series, I enjoyed the first book, and these two were some really great mysteries! They were both pretty tense, with a ton of shady characters, so you didn't quite know who to trust! 

A Desperate Search is unconnected to the past, of the kidnapping of Riley Cavanaugh, while Someone is Watching focused on that, and finally solved it, after all this time! So that was really great to read! I really enjoyed this murder of the town's most beloved citizen! 

We know from Adam reading Nikki's journals, that she had nothing to do with what happened to Riley, but that she did have a secret. Really enjoyed what it was, and how that tied into this series as a whole. And I really enjoyed how that journal-and what was left in its place-played into the mystery of that book! 

There were two connected things that I didn't like about Someone is Watching. The first is the bad guy-they said he had an alibi, but never tell us what it was, so that was a bit annoying. And the second was how quickly it was over! It was like 2 pages, after all this build up, and then it was done. So I wish that could've been fleshed out, given us a few more details! 

Loved reading these books, and I can't wait to read more by Amanda Stevens! 

Author: Amanda Stevens 
Series: Echo Lake #2, 3 
Read: January 19th, 19th, 2022
Source: Own
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first book, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Books, and Someone is Watching is a End of Series 2022 Book!  
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue 
Published: June 11th 2020, July 21st 2020

A Desperate Search:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








Someone is Watching: 
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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