Last Place You Look – review (AD)

31st March 2021 1 By Rachael Stray

I was kindly given an electronic copy of Last Place You Look by Louisa Scarr in exchange for an honest review*.

Last Place You Look book blurb

When does a secret become a crime?

Jonathan Miller and his wife are invited to his best friend’s lavish 40th birthday celebrations.

Four days later, Jonathan is dead, apparently asphyxiated during a solitary sex act gone wrong.

A tragic case of misadventure.

DS Robin Butler is accompanied by his new partner DC Freya West to notify the widow. He can’t understand why West behaves like a nervous rookie.

He doesn’t know that the victim was West’s lover, and until that moment she had no idea he was dead.

West is devastated and confused.

Jonathan’s wife hints that he was troubled, and West chooses to withhold her connection to him.

If it came out it would end her career.

Yet she cannot accept any version of events other than murder.

His wife, she is sure, is lying.

As the pair investigate, Butler’s past and present also collide.

When the truth is finally revealed, there is no mistaking who the guilty parties are.

But can they trust each other with their darkest secrets?

And how can justice be served when the laws that were broken go unnoticed?

Don’t miss this tense and compulsive first novel in a brand new police procedural series.

Perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, Susie Steiner and Jane Casey.

My overall thoughts on Last Place You Look

I really enjoyed this book and can see how this will make a great series.

A broken window at a swingers party, an apparent sexual misadventure suicide, a copper haunted by the death of his sister and children and an affair – how are all these incidents linked?

There’s lots to unlock in Last Place You Look.

Morals and lines are definitely crossed but will justice finally be served?

Secrets get uncovered in the quest for the truth about Miller’s death – will West and Butler come undone before the case is resolved?

There’s a few plot twists and Easter eggs dropped throughout that keep you invested in the story.

Will the secrets that West and Butler harbour destroy their careers?

There’s much more than an apparent suicide going on here.

An enjoyable read and I think Butler and West make an interesting partnership.

About the author Louisa Scarr:

Louisa Scarr studied Psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the
city ever since.

She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she’s not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.

Social Media:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/paperclipgirl

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louisascarrwriter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisascarrwriter

Purchase Links:

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Waterstones: http://bit.ly/38pJIdP

Publishing Information:

Published by Canelo Crime in paperback and digital formats on 8th April 2021

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Last Place You Look – review (AD)

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