Format: Mass Market, 448 pages
Release Date: June 25, 2024
Publisher: MIRA
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thrillers / Suspense
Nothing brings family together like crime.
Working
alone as a private investigator is tough. Estranged from her PI family,
Margo Angelhart does what she must to get by—including taking on sordid
cases that pay the bills, even if she’d rather be helping those the
justice system has failed.
That is, until a cheating husband case
she’s working intersects with her siblings’ corporate espionage
investigation, forcing Margo to cooperate with the Angelhart firm. Now,
as the siblings compare notes, it’s clear they need to work together
before a white-collar crime escalates to murder.
With far more
questions than answers and a key suspect on the run, they’ll need the
whole family to pitch in. But as they investigate the ever-twisting
mystery, Margo isn’t sharing everything. Can she learn to trust her
family and heal their once-close relationship before her secrets put
those she loves most in danger?
Nothing brings family together like crime. In the first in the new Angelhart Investigations series, private investigator and former military military police Margot Angelhart works alone helping those whom the law overlooks, but when she takes on a case that forces her to team up with her estranged siblings—and is exposed to a vengeful, corrupt cop—reconciling is her only hope at survival. Working alone as a private investigator for the past 3 years has been tough.
Estranged from her PI family because of a falling out on how to handle Cooper Angelhart's prison sentence, Margo felt betrayed by her mothers choices in not fully investigating what really happened to her father and why. Margo does what she must to get by—including taking on sordid cases that pay the bills, even if she’d rather be helping those the justice system has failed. Margo successfully helps an abused woman find a new life with her children, but that doesn't stop her corrupt cop of a husband from intimidating those who might know where she is, including her uncle who is a Priest.
Meanwhile, she is also working on an alleged cheating husband case where the wife of Logan Monroe is set to receive a huge payday if Margo can prove her husband is a cheater. Margo's case quickly intersects with her siblings’ corporate espionage investigation when Margo ends up saving Logan and a woman named Jennifer from a painful death. The Angelhart's realize they must work together to figure out exactly what’s going on. Are the dotcom millionaire and computer scientist really having an affair or is Logan telling the truth that he doesn’t know why Jennifer wanted to meet?
Is there another reason for their clandestine meetings? Is the computer scientist committing espionage, or is she a potential whistleblower? Why did she slip out of the hospital and where is she now? This forces an unwilling and stubborn Margo to cooperate with the Angelhart firm. Now, as the siblings (Jack, Josie, and Lulu) compare notes, it’s clear they need to work together before a white-collar crime escalates to murder. With far more questions than answers and a key suspect on the run, they’ll need the whole family to pitch in.
But as they investigate the ever-twisting mystery, Margo isn’t sharing everything, and who can blame her. After all, it was her idea to start Angelhart Investigations. It was her idea to work with family when they decided to ice her out over not investigating their father's guilty plea. Can she learn to trust her family and heal their once-close relationship before her secrets put those she loves most in danger? Interesting that the author uses Bisbee, Arizona as one of her settings. It's where Sheriff Joana Brady's series takes place. I think I may have to read the novella to understand more about what happened to Margo's father and how it divided the family. I liked the fact that Jack plays the role of uniter and peacekeeper in order to bring the family back together. Margo and her mother are very much alike in almost every way.
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