Chloe and Izzie, the sister sleuths, and their assistant Willow annoy me. And not just because all three of them happen to have the same nervous tic when they have to deliver some uncomfortable news. They annoy me because they keep calling their investigation into Lana’s death ‘the case’, as if they are actual detectives.

Chloe insists she wants to investigate because she’s a suspect herself, but other than the one mention from detective Winsell that she’s a suspect because she supposedly found the body, there is no further indication he suspects her of anything. Not even of potentially harmfully meddling in his case. After all, he asks her boyfriend to join his investigative team (no conflict if interest there), shares case details with her, and doesn’t even tell her off about removing possible evidence from the crime scene.

Chloe might have been able to claim wanting justice for her friend Lana, but (A) she never claimed wanting justice, and (B) there were so few memories of Lana that I had a hard time believing she and Lana were ever friends. So basically, Chloe is just another nosey person that thinks she’s better at detecting than the actual detectives.

I will say this for the story: there were a lot of red herrings. On the other hand: one of the possible suspects disappeared from the story for no discernable reason.

In all, I did not enjoy this book much, but kept reading for the killer’s reveal.

As a side note: chapter nine references some event (multiple times) that doesn’t happen until chapter ten. Chapter eleven has some mixed up scenes as well. This should have been picked out by proofreaders or editor.

Side note 2: anchoring fists to hips got to stop.

I read an arc through NetGalley.