Tai Randolph doesn’t like tailing adulterers. Or photographing cracked sidewalks. Or staking out insurance scammers. But being an apprentice PI means doing what she’s told, filling out paperwork, and following the rules, all the rules. It’s a bit chafing for someone whose amateur sleuthing playbook included dodging, lying, and occasional light blackmail. But then her past comes knocking. Literally. After a decade in the wind, Tai’s Aunt Rowena reappears, and she’s convinced someone is trying to kill Beauregard Boone, the complicated ex-felon at the heart of Tai’s twisted family tree. It’s an intriguing case, even if it means returning to the coastal islands of Savannah, Georgia, a city that keeps breaking Tai’s heart over and over again.

Dru’s Short Musing:
The wait is over – Tai and Trey are back in their most thrilling case yet, which brings Tai back to where it all began.

Like fine wine this series continues to get better and better with each book written. The author knows how to tell a story that has you thoroughly immersed in the duo’s exploits as this riveting read sets the stage in this well-written mystery with a solidly wicked multi-plot scenario that converge to bring this reader an intensifying and enticing tale that quickly became a page-turner as I had to know how this was all going to end.

The storyline dictated the possible suspects responsible for the threat on Boone’s life and it’s the observations presented on the page for both the protagonist and the reader to decipher the clues and piece them together to solve this intriguing case. Like a movie being shown on screen, the visually descriptive narrative and the engaging dialogue held my concentration until that “aha” moment when all was right with the world because things became clearer as to what was going on. There were a few surprising twists that enhanced my reading pleasure. Overall, this is one of the best books in this long-running series and with that ending, I am hoping for more adventures with Tai and Trey.

Series Name: A Tai Randolph & Trey Seaver Mystery Book 7
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Release: November 12, 2024
Format: Digital
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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the author.