BOOK REVIEW: Scene of the Crime: Return to Mystic Lake(Scene of the Crime #8) BY CARLA CASSIDY

Scene of the Crime: Return to Mystic Lake(Scene of the Crime #8)

by Carla Cassidy (Goodreads Author)

Paperback, 224 pages

Published April 15th 2014 by Harlequin (first published January 1st 2014)

TWO FBI AGENTS WERE ON A CASE THAT COULD COST THEM THEIR CAREERS—AND THEIR LIVES.

Only a life-and-death mission could make FBI special agent Jackson Revannaugh leave Louisiana for Kansas. But a husband and wife have gone missing in a case with disturbing similarities to an unsolved one, and Jackson's desperate for answers. And the trick is keeping his desire for his new partner from compromising the operation.

Marjorie Clinton knows Jackson's type only too well. But with passion—and the case—heating up, she soon has to trust the Southern charmer with her life. Because someone in this friendly lakeside town is a killer. Someone who's made Marjorie a target and could expose the secret Jackson hoped would stay buried forever.

4 Stars

If you have noticed a theme in my December book selections, you are quite the sharp one. December was Intrigue and Romantic Suspense month. I find that I am drawn to these types of titles. It is my guilty pleasure.

Jackson is from out of town Louisiana, to be exact. And the FBI pulls him off his current case to take the case in Kansas which is very similar to what he had been working on.  Jackson is casual and laid back, he had money and likes food and doesn’t rush to do his job to the detrement of his own health. Marjorie, however, is driven. She has put her entire life on hold to do this job with the FBI. She lets her mother take advantage of her financially while she lives in a tiny house with barely anything inside to make it feel lived in. Jackson and Marjorie are at odds from the very beginning.

The killer continues to evade them and puts them both in danger time and time again. They soon begin to wonder if this killer is even the one they are looking for. Someone has targeted them and it is personal.

This one definitely kept my attention and I sped through it. It is part of a series titled “Scene of the Crime”. Characters can crossover from one book to the next but each main character is different from the previous book in the series. DEFINITELY CHECK THIS SERIES OUT. WORTH THE READ.

I paid for this book with my own money.