Feb 25

Feb 25 Once You Go This Far

Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Thank you to Minotaur for gifting me a review copy of Once You Go This Far by Kristen Leionka. This is the fourth book in the Roxane Weary series. While it wasn’t too difficult to jump into the series at this point I do think I’d have gotten more out of it and understood more about the main character if I had read the first three books.

PI Roxane Weary has been hired (by the dead woman’s daughter) to investigate some suspicious circumstances surrounding Rebecca Newsome’s death, after she fell while hiking. In Roxane’s eyes the woman’s husband should be a prime suspect, but he’s an ex-cop with connections. The more Roxane uncovers about the time leading up to Rebecca’s death, the more questions she has about what was really going on. Was her death really an accident or was it, in fact, a murder?!

I really enjoyed Roxane’s character, she’s nuanced and flawed and real. I look forward to getting to know her better by reading the first books in the series. She has some great dialogue too, which I’m always here for! I couldn’t stop ‘turning the pages’ (on my Kindle) as the mystery unfolded, there were so many layers. So if you’re in the mood for a well-written mystery I definitely recommend picking this one up!

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Synopsis:

Once You Go This Far is the fourth thrilling mystery from Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated author Kristen Lepionka.

Junior-high school nurse Rebecca Newsome was an experienced hiker—until she plummeted to her death at the bottom of a ravine in a Columbus metro park. Her daughter, Maggie, doesn't believe it was an accident, and Rebecca's ex-husband is her prime suspect. But he's a well-connected ex-cop and Maggie is certain that's the reason no one will listen to her. PI Roxane Weary quickly uncovers that the dead woman's ex is definitely a jerk, but is he a murderer?

As she pieces together the days before Rebecca died, what Roxane finds doesn't quite add up. From a series of trips to Detroit and across the border to a casino in Windsor, Canada, to strange calls from Rebecca's home to a charismatic political candidate, to a women's health organization, to a secretive church group that seems to have more information about its members than it should, Roxane needs to figure out how everything is connected before a dangerous secret gets someone else killed.