Cavanaugh Stakeout - Harlequin Romantic Suspense by Marie Ferrarella

Cavanaugh Stakeout

Harlequin Romantic Suspense

by Marie Ferrarella

Paperback, 288 pages

Expected publication: November 5th 2019 by Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Goodreads synopsis:

They watch the streets, scouring faces…

…To catch a killer in the shadows

When a civilian disappears, Detective Finn Cavanaugh catches the case. His partner-in-catching-crime? Brainy and beautiful insurance investigator Nik Kowalski, whose method of pursuing people clashes with Finn’s own—and whose charms prove all too alluring. As their missing-person case heats up, Nik and Finn race to find the killer haunting their waking nightmares.

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4 Stars

This is  a title in the Harlequin Romantic Suspense line from Marie Ferrarella.

The prologue starts with great uncle of Finn Cavanaugh then transitions into current day. We begin from the POV of Finn which to me is just unusual enough to set this apart. You get the impression that the Cavanaugh’s are the important thing in this book. They are a family of police officers who had been separated when the great uncle and Finn’s grandfather parted ways years ago. Now they are all back together again as a big family.

Nik Kowalski, don’t call me Nicky or Kowalski, comes in looking for the daughter of a woman who asked her for help. During her investigation she stumbles across Finn and his case. The two of them work together to solve Finn’s police case. Nik has taken a leave of absence from her job as an insurance investigator to find her missing person and her case and Finn’s are soon discovered to be very closely related.

What a great book! I enjoyed the interplay between Finn and Nik. I was surprised that Finn allowed Nik to go with him to so many places in an investigation but this is a book and what might happen in reality doesn’t always happen between the pages. I found this to have an almost cozy mystery feel since Nik was not a police officer and she was working with the police to find a serial killer who had ties to her own case.

I have loved Maria Ferrarella’s work over the years and she only seems to get better with time. If you love romantic suspense, definitely check out this book in the Harlequin Romantic Suspense line. It is one of my guilty pleasure reads for the month!

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.