Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: Once Bitten

Subtitle: An Evan Buckley Crime Thriller (Evan Buckley Thrillers Book 17)

Author: James Harper

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 17

Best read after earlier books in series? Possibly

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61867845-once-bitten

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Evan is back to solve a mystery. His mentor, Elwood Crow, sees his past rearing its ugly head and asks him to look into a 25-year-old autopsy report. Was this self-defence or murder? And is it really in the past?

What I liked about the book:

The book is action-packed and full of suspense just like the other books in this series.

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?

I have read several books in the series and I enjoyed them all. On to the next in the series when that comes out.

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 and mysteries, this book may be the book for you.

I look forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

When PI Evan Buckley’s mentor, Elwood Crow, asks a simple favor of him – to review a twenty-year-old autopsy report – there’s only one thing Evan can be sure of: simple is the one thing it won’t be. As he heads off to Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast Evan soon finds himself on the trail of a female serial killer, and the more he digs, the more two questions align themselves. Why has the connection not been made before? And is Crow’s interest in finding the truth or in saving his own skin?

It’s a difficult line Evan is forced to walk when the answers he finds threaten to drive a wedge between himself and Detective Kate Guillory as he struggles with his conscience and she with her duty, a grievous criminal act from their shared past only making things more difficult still, demanding compromise of them both.

And as the case draws to a close and Evan unravels twenty years’ of duplicity and obfuscation, one simple mistake leads to unforeseen and disastrous consequences while at the same time teaching him a painful lesson too late – that even those you trust the most will let you down.

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