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GATED PREY

 



SYNOPSIS

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detective Eve Ronin and her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, are running a 24-7 sting in a guard-gated enclave of palatial homes in Calabasas. Their luxury McMansion is a honey trap, set to lure in the violent home invaders terrorizing the community. The trap works, leaving three intruders dead, a body count that nearly includes Eve and Duncan.

Eve’s bosses are eager to declare the case closed, but there are too many unanswered questions for her to let go. Was the trap actually for her, bloody payback for Eve’s very public takedown of a clique of corrupt deputies? Or is there an even deadlier secret lurking behind those opulent gates? Eve’s refusal to back down and her relentless quest for the truth make her both the hunter…and the prey.


Title: Gated prey
Author: Lee Goldberg
Series: Eve Ronin #3
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication date: October 26, 2021


REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Gated Prey is the third installment in the Eve Ronin series about a Homicide Detective promoted after a viral video. Despite solving several cases and uncovering corruption inside the force, she’s still resented my most of her colleagues, but she has the support of her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, and that of the public.

Ronin and Pavone are working undercover on a series of home invasions within gated communities. When their honey trap gets hit things quickly go sideways and, although her superiors consider the case closed, she’s convinced there’s something more behind and soon her tenacity will prove her right.

This is such a fun police procedural series. The author’s background in television shows in each and every single page, so while reading it you feel as if you’re watching an episode of a hit tv-show. I love the Hollywood vibes the wholes series has! Despite some violence and death, it is not a dark read as the story is laced with some humor to lighten the mood.

Eve is such a great character. Despite some of her flaws one can’t help to root for her. She’s dedicated to her work and has proven herself more than once so seeing how she’s is still disrespected by most of her colleagues makes me so mad!

This time there were two different investigations that, although not related per se, have some commonalities that will help Eve to solve both cases.

The pace flows nicely from the start and short chapters help to keep turning pages without even noticing.

Although it can be read as a stand alone as it gives enough background, it is a really enjoyable series so I would recommend starting at the beginning.

I can’t wait to see how this story progresses. How will she manage once Duncan retires? Will the tv-show about her life impact her career in the Sheriff’s Department in a positive way? I’m counting the days until the fourth book in the series comes out!

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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