Chetana reviewed Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score
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5 stars
I did not expect for this book to me first full 5⭐️ read. I mean I liked the premise and knew I would enjoy it but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It made me laugh, a lot. Not a lot of books make me smile through most of the reading and very few make me laugh out loud instead of just in my head and this accomplished it.
The premise is not that complex. The FMC Riley has psychic powers that she does not want and the MMC Nick is a PI who is investigating someone Riley knows. She predicts their murder and her and her the set of eccentric family and other house members get tangled in it and the plot/mystery flows from there. It would have been very easy for the author to make the characters in the book too eccentric or over the top. They are but just the right amount for me. I did not expect this story to be sombre or like a Scandinavian thriller, this was supposed to be lighthearted and more of a cozy mystery with slight steam and a dash of paranormal involved. It actually reminded me of Donna Andrews Meg Langslow series with its own cast of eccentric characters.
There are 2 more books in this series with a possibility of a few more and I am very happy about that. I am hoping the books in the series are as good as the first and will soon tackle them.
