What You Don't See

Cass Raines is a former cop, now working as a private investigator. Cass' friend, off-duty cop Ben Mickerson is working as bodyguard to Vonda Allen and requests some back up from Cass. Vonda is a very wealthy celebrity ... but not everyone likes or respects her. The people who work for her consider her a heartless diva. Then there's the person sending her flowers with attached death threats. It's a bit hard to protect someone when the victim of a stalker won't tell her bodyguard why someone might be threatening her. When two of her staff wind up dead, Cass and Ben are working blind .... leading to a catastrophic event. This is a rapid moving mystery with a well-paced plot. The characters are deftly drawn and I enjoyed how the two ex-partners relate to each other. As the victim is the one you love to hate, there are plenty of suspects who have reason to make her life miserable .... until they want her dead. Although 3rd in the series, this is okay as a stand-alone. However, there are references to events in the previous books .... and to make it a better reading, I would recommend starting with the very first book. Many thanks to the author / Kensington Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.