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purchased for my own personal reading but sharing my honest and unscripted
review
Blurb for NOTORIOUS:
The woman
everyone loves to hate is dead.
Dallas
socialite Cynthia Langhorne is infamous for her beauty, her philanthropy, and
her home wrecking—until she's found shot through the heart and posed nude at a
fundraising ball. The case is high profile, and there's a bigger problem: Cindy
is the wife of a decorated FBI special agent—the prime suspect in her murder.
When the
Bureau sends FBI profiler Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin
Cassidy to Texas on behalf of Dutch Langhorne, the special
agent-turned-suspect, they're suspicious of the very man whose interests
they're supposed to protect. But with a psycho hitman on their heels and a
trail of evidence leading up the food chain, it quickly becomes clear this is
no ordinary case. The truth points to someone—or something—larger than Spenser
and Cassidy ever thought possible. Solving this case is no longer a matter of
clearing Dutch's name—it's a matter of national security.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Picture it—a big fundraiser for the Governor of
Texas who is planning to make a run for the White House, the venue is a prestigious
and historical mansion, and everyone of importance is there, including the
Governor Matt Cambridge, his wife, Heather, and his wife’s best friend, Cindy
Langhorne and her husband, FBI Special Agent Dutch Langhorne. After telling her
husband that she is meeting the Governor in private, Cindy promises to return to him by
midnight for a dance. When she fails to reappear, Dutch goes looking for her only
to find her dead in an upstairs bedroom, naked, and stretched out on the bed.
Or so he claims to have found her that way…
Now the main suspect in his wife’s murder,
Dutch requests two agents to come help him solve the crime—enter Spense and
Caity, both of whom can’t figure out why Dutch would request them since he and
Spense do not like each other at all. Soon Caity discovers the reason, and
promises Dutch that she will keep the secret from Spense but only until the
right time, and then Dutch must tell him the truth. In the meantime, there’s a
nutcase assassin trying to head them off and keep them from finding Cindy’s
diary which someone, some unknown someone, wants bad enough to kill for—and wait
till you find out who the real killer is, and who that unknown someone is…fabulous.
I did guess the killer, but the unknown took me totally by surprise.
NOTORIOUS, the third book in the Cassidy &
Spenser Thriller series by Carey Baldwin is exceptional, action-packed,
suspense filled and overflowing, and there are some absolute nail-biter
moments, especially for Caity but what I enjoyed most about this installment
of their adventures together in crime solving was the emotional factor. It’s
all about intertwining relationships, childhood friendships, marriages filled
with lies and miscommunication, family connections, and confrontations that will have you wanting to cry one moment, and cheer the next.
We’ve been waiting for something to happen
between Cassidy & Spenser in a similar way as we did for Castle and Beckett.
I will just say this…something happens…but I’m not saying anything more because
I don’t want to spoil things for you. There is so much happening in NOTORIOUS
that you just have to experience it for yourself.
If you love reading good suspense with a bit of
romance thrown in for good measure, you’ll love the Cassidy & Spenser
Thrillers but NOTORIOUS, I highly recommend this one because…well, I hear they’re
cancelling Castle so I’m thinking Cassidy & Spenser should be our next
great series to fall in love with…I already am. Read NOTORIOUS by Carey Baldwin…you
can’t miss with this one. It’s got everything, sexy FBI agents, mystery,
suspense, romance, and some funny moments too!
Happy Reading Everyone!
NOTORIOUS, a Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin, Witness Impulse, available now in print and ebook
formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.
1 comment:
Amy thanks for the awesome review! I have to admit I enjoyed writing this book all the more because of the relationship factors and family issues you brought up. I'm so glad they added to your enjoyment. Thanks again!
Carey Baldwin
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