Book Review of The Rich and the Dead
By: Liv Spector
Genre: Mystery
320 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication Date: March 2014
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Synopsis:
In exclusive Star
Island, Miami, money and power can't protect you... In collaboration
with branding powerhouse Alloy Entertainment comes a thrilling new
series featuring a former Miami PD detective on the hunt for a mass
murderer, who must face the past she thought she left behind.
On New Year's Day 2015, twelve powerful, wealthy people were found dead—shot in a lavish Star Island estate. In 2018, the murderer remains at large.
As a detective and lead investigator on the case of the century, Lila Day was consumed by her hunt for the Star Island Killer. But that was before she was pushed out from the force, and her life unraveled.
Years later, down on her luck and no longer a police officer, Lila is approached by mysterious billionaire Teddy Hawkins. He has a job for her, he says—solving the Star Island murders. Lila laughs. After all, how do you solve a crime when all the leads have long grown cold? The answer, Teddy tells her, is to be there before it happened. He is going to send her back in time.
With nothing left to lose, Lila travels back in time to 2014, determined to stop the Star Island killer once and for all. There's one catch: she must gather the evidence to bring the murderer to justice in her own time, without trying to save anyone. Easy enough, until she starts to care for the people who are destined to die. Now Lila must be willing to say good-bye—or risk setting into motion events that could change the future forever.
On New Year's Day 2015, twelve powerful, wealthy people were found dead—shot in a lavish Star Island estate. In 2018, the murderer remains at large.
As a detective and lead investigator on the case of the century, Lila Day was consumed by her hunt for the Star Island Killer. But that was before she was pushed out from the force, and her life unraveled.
Years later, down on her luck and no longer a police officer, Lila is approached by mysterious billionaire Teddy Hawkins. He has a job for her, he says—solving the Star Island murders. Lila laughs. After all, how do you solve a crime when all the leads have long grown cold? The answer, Teddy tells her, is to be there before it happened. He is going to send her back in time.
With nothing left to lose, Lila travels back in time to 2014, determined to stop the Star Island killer once and for all. There's one catch: she must gather the evidence to bring the murderer to justice in her own time, without trying to save anyone. Easy enough, until she starts to care for the people who are destined to die. Now Lila must be willing to say good-bye—or risk setting into motion events that could change the future forever.
My Thoughts:
I received a copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was an intriguing mystery with a sci-fi twist. The plot flowed along nicely, I liked the spunky protagonist, and there was enough twists that I did not figure out who the killer was. This is a debut novel and I hope there's many more adventures of Teddy and Lila.
This was an intriguing mystery with a sci-fi twist. The plot flowed along nicely, I liked the spunky protagonist, and there was enough twists that I did not figure out who the killer was. This is a debut novel and I hope there's many more adventures of Teddy and Lila.
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