Author: Lee Goldberg
Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella
Series: Eve Ronin (Book 3)
Publication: Brilliance Audio (October 26, 2021)
Length: 7 hours and 53 minutes
Description: A simple sting operation takes a violent and unexpected turn for Detective Eve Ronin in a gripping thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detective Eve Ronin and her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, are running a 24-7 sting in a guard-gated enclave of palatial homes in Calabasas. Their luxury McMansion is a honey trap, set to lure in the violent home invaders terrorizing the community. The trap works, leaving three intruders dead, a body count that nearly includes Eve and Duncan.
Eve’s bosses are eager to declare the case closed, but there are too many unanswered questions for her to let go. Was the trap actually for her, bloody payback for Eve’s very public takedown of a clique of corrupt deputies? Or is there an even deadlier secret lurking behind those opulent gates? Eve’s refusal to back down and her relentless quest for the truth make her both the hunter…and the prey.
My Thoughts: Eve Ronin's third case begins when she and her partner Duncan are on in sting in a gated community. There have been a number of home invasion robberies. They are supposed to be under constant surveillance by the sheriff's department. But when the invaders show up, their backup doesn't.
Eve ends up in a car chase after the third suspect which ends in a trendy supermarket and with the suspect shot by a store security guard. Since Eve was driving, and wrecked, a very expensive car that had been impounded, and the chase caused a number of civilian injuries, it looks like Eve is in all sorts of trouble.
She's heartily disliked by many of her fellow officers after many of them went to jail when Eve uncovered corruption in the department. It looks like the officer who should have sent backup was more interested in revenge.
The Chief of Police is more interested in getting positive press for his department and is quick to declare the robbery ring as a completed case and a total win for the department. He even gives the store security guard the highest medal the sheriff's department has to answer in a very public ceremony.
Meanwhile, Eve and Duncan catch another case that looks like a stillbirth at home but soon turns into a much more complicated case of fetal abduction and murder. And Eve is dealing with her agent who wants to sell Eve's story for a television series and has a script for her to read. Then the family of one of the corrupt cops who committed suicide during one of her earlier cases sues for $10 million and the sheriff's department isn't supporting her.
This was an excellent and fast-paced thriller with lots of action and a pretty complex mystery. I enjoye Nicol Zanzarella's narration of the story.
I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.
Thank you for the great review! I hope you like MOVIELAND just as much. Book #5, DREAM TOWN, will be out in January and I am already hard at work on #6.
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