Alex Kleynhans

Detective Sam’s Back and Better than Ever!

Revisado: 07-02-23 El oyente recibió este título gratis

A sketchy priest, a foul-mouthed rookie, a sexy artist, and a dating app mogul walk into a police station, and you know that Detective Sam is back for one hell of a case!

The second novel in Elle Kleos’ fabulous Detective Sam series picks up right where the delightful Like and Subscribe for Murder left off with Detective Sam back on the mainland doing the whole detective thing. With the social media influencer hellscape that was Paradiso in their rear-view mirror they are ready to get back to their old life but unfortunately things are never that simple for Sam. When a string of women are attacked and the only link between them is the Paths dating app they were on (think Tinder – same douchebag guys, but less horny) Sam is forced to endure the hell that is modern dating when they are tasked with going undercover on the app. And if that isn’t bad enough (and for all of you folks that aren’t single out there, trust me this is a fate that will make you wish you were the murder victim!) it just so happens that the woman in charge of Paths is Sam’s old flame from college. Let’s just say their relationship did not end on good terms!

What follows is one hell of a twisty plot that keeps you guessing about whodunnit right up until the very end. For my Like and Subscribe fans out there the narrative and mystery are more complex in this book, but in the best way possible. In fact I’d say that Swipe Right improves on the previous novel in every way from providing more detailed and rich descriptions of characters and the world, to developing fully formed characters who will make you laugh, cry and occasionally want to strangle them, to making Teddy actually likeable instead of annoying (yes book 1 fans I was a Teddy hater, deal with it). That’s right the love interest from the first book is back, and even if you wished he wasn’t trust me you’ll want to give it a chance this time around because what unfolds is such a cute, romantic and occasionally profound look into queer relationships in the modern world.

And for all you folks who listened to the first audiobook the delectable TJ Clark is back in the saddle handling narration duties. Let me say he absolutely brought it this time around! While the narration in the first book was good, TJ expertly identified the best parts of his performance and smartly doubled down on those creative choices while also pushing his performance to bring a whole host of new characters to life. Bravo good sir!

To summarize if you’re looking for a book that will reel you in from the first page, has a mystery as deliciously twisty as a Twizzler, and characters that you can’t help but fall in love with than Swipe Right for Stab Wounds is a can’t miss novel that frankly if it isn’t already on your reading list by the end of this sentence I will be seriously judging you!

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