Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: Old Scores

Subtitle: An Evan Buckley Crime Thriller (Evan Buckley Thrillers Book 16)

Author: James Harper

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 16

Best read after earlier books in series? Can be read as stand-alone

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60774240-old-scores

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Another great story by James Harper. This book is a bit longer than most and as compelling as the others in the series.

Evan Buckley is enlisted by an upcoming country singer blackmailed by a PI she employed previously.

What is the secret that places her life in danger? Will Evan succeed to find the truth and save his client?

What I liked about the book:

The book is action-packed, and full of suspense.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I loved the entire book.

My favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

My least favourite bits in the book:

The book was enjoyable in its entirety.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is another book I’ve read by this author but I look forward to reading more.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a mystery full of suspense.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Possibly

Adult Yes

If you like suspense, this book may be the book for you.

I look forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

When upcoming country music star Taylor Harris hires a private investigator to catch her cheating husband, she gets a lot more than she bargained for. He says he’s found a secret in her past that even she’s not aware of - a curse on her life, a blood feud hanging over her for thirty years. But when he disappears, it’s down to PI Evan Buckley to pick up the pieces. Was the threat real? And if so, did it disappear along with the crooked investigator? Or did it just get worse?

Heading down to small-town Jasper in East Texas to follow in his unscrupulous predecessor’s footsteps, Evan finds himself embroiled in the lies and dark secrets that flourish in the tightly-knit community where outsiders are resented and people have their own ways of dealing with them. From the local lead detective to a retired dirty cop to a shady figure hiding behind the facade of a secret shell corporation, Evan quickly gets on the wrong side of them all.

And as his search draws to a close, inflaming old scores dormant for half a lifetime and laying bare the biggest lie of all, he’s forced to put a heavy burden on his unsuspecting client, one that he knows all too well himself.

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