The Corpse in the Closet by Lucy Score on May 31, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
Pages: 384
Format: ARC
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Summer is heating up for reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend, Nick Santiago. First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of “the Guild.” Then there’s the homicide detective who needs her help figuring out who murdered the well-dressed corpse in the walk-in closet. Nick’s got his own hands full with a tricky missing person case and his parents who want to know why he didn’t tell them about his live-in girlfriend. Then there’s the fact that he’s still the tiniest bit stressed about Riley almost getting murdered earlier that summer. The last thing he wants is her getting involved in another investigation. Things go from bad to worse when the body count starts stacking up, the meet-the-parents dinner goes horribly wrong, and their elderly roommate is up to no good…dressed like a mime. To top it off, Riley is forced to return to Channel 50 on official police business to question her spray-tanned news anchor ex-husband and his new weather girl fiancée. The trouble comes to a head when Riley receives a warning from the killer: Back off or she’s next. Someone has to solve these murders before she becomes the next corpse.
First off, I am one of Score’s biggest fans. Her books are the best. But…. Everyone does have a bad egg here and there and this is definitely it. This one could not get over fast enough. There is only so much unpredictability that I can handle. It was too over the top. I like a clumsy, quirky woman now and then that is down on her luck that catches the eye of the sec man, but this one was just too much for me. This one was a pass for me. It was too childishly written. I would have guessed it would have been one of her first novels.
I rated this three stars. I did not DNF it and do plan on finishing the series but this was definitely a read it and then instantly forget for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books publishing for the advance copy of the this re-release rom-com for my honest opinions.