From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they're clairvoyant visions. Just when things can't get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for one of her neighbors…who turns up murdered. Nick Santiago doesn't play well with others. Unless the "others" are of the female persuasion. Wink. He's a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift. When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress. All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep a by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she's a loose end that requires snipping.
Title: The Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn #1)
Author: Lucy Score
Publisher: Sourcebooks Bloom Books
Publication Date: 3/12/24
Review:
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for providing me with an egalley of this title to read and give an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
So I didn't know what I was expecting from this book, but it was not this! Fun, sexy, mysterious, tense, and so many other things! It was so much fun to read.
I've read one other Score book and I wasn't a fan. So I was a bit worried about jumping into this one but I'm so glad I gave it a try.
Let me say, do you want a little mystery? Do you want banter? Do you want funny times? Do you want sexy times? Do you want character who just pull you in and hold on to you? THIS IS THAT BOOK!
Riley Thorn is my girl. She's funny, fun, sexy, quirky, and just downright out there. Her and her psychic ability made this book. I love how she tries her hardest to not embrace who she is but must do so in the end to be happy. Her development is fun. I was routing for her the whole time. Solve that puzzle! Embrace yourself! Get the man!
And Nick? What can I say about him. He's confident ,but a little worried he's not. He's cool, but questions himself. He's sexy, but is not sure it's the right thing. I really enjoyed his characters!
Take these two and their crew and you have a fun, hilarious, crazy murder mystery that leads you in all directions and ends up not quite where you thought it might end!
Plus Score has the pacing just right. And the build up is perfect.
If you want fun, mystery, tension, sexy times, and just a lot of freaking fun, pick this one up and give it a try. I'd totally read more stories in this world!
Lucy Score is an instant #1 New York Times bestselling author. She grew up in a literary family who insisted that the dinner table was for reading and earned a degree in journalism.
She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym.
She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.
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She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym.
She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.
Sign up for her never annoying newsletter at https://www.lucyscore.net/subscribe-l....
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