Robin M. (robinmy) - , reviewed on 7/31/2022 + 2046 more book reviews

Lila Emerson is a professional house-sitter. She takes care of her client's Manhattan apartments when they are out of town. It also gives her time to work on writing her young adult novels. While watching an apartment for a new client, Lila is gazing at the neighbors in the next building when she witnesses a woman being pushed out of a window. The cops believe it was a murder-suicide as the woman's boyfriend was found shot in the apartment. At the police station the next day to give her statement, Lila meets artist Ashton Archer, the brother of the victim's boyfriend. He knows his brother would never harm a woman and insists that this was a double-murder. Lila listens to him and agrees to help him sort out what really happened.

Lila and Ash work together to discover what exactly his brother was into. I liked both of these characters and thought the romance was convincing. A romance between secondary characters just added to the story. The suspense story involves the missing Imperial Fabergé Eggs and someone who will go to great lengths to possess them. The suspense was amplified when Lila becomes the target of the killer.

This was a long story, but I was hooked right from the start. I listened to the audio version which was narrated by Julia Whelan. The narration was outstanding and gave me a good reading experience. My rating: 4.5 Stars.

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