This was a fun start to a new cozy series. I love DC and enjoyed the thought of someone traveling there for the first time to write an article for a travel magazine. I instantly loved Oliver and his drive and bravery stepping into new unknown situations.  For someone on his first assignment, I was proud of him for getting comfortable so quickly. I did wish there was a little more focus on the travel writer content/idea as that's what hooked me, but was quickly dropped.  It was a bit slow and dragged to get started, before a lot of the drama happened. 
I did appreciate the timely subject of the dangers of self driving cars and the company politics in the new tech company.  I didn't love the romance as much as I thought I would, and I think I just didn't feel any chemistry between the MCs and kind of didn't like their vibe together at all. Ricky treated Oliver pretty inappropriately pretty quickly and poor Oliver was so uncomfortable, I felt so bad.  It will be interesting to see if this is continued or not.  I was shocked by the reveal and the dramatic ending!

Thanks to the publisher for an ARC; my review and thoughts are my own.