Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

by Books to Barbells Book Club, August 02, 2023

 


SYNOPSIS: 

First published August 27, 2020

A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she’s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they’re clairvoyant visions.

Just when things can’t get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor…who turns up murdered.

Nick Santiago doesn’t play well with others. Unless the “others” are of the female persuasion. Wink. He’s a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift.

When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress.

All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep the by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she’s a loose end that requires snipping.



REVIEW

⭐⭐⭐⭐

OMG! This book is hilarious! Don't let the thickness of its 538 pages scare you like it did me for so long. I can't believe I waited so long to read this. 

Riley Thorn just wants to be normal. That shouldn't be so hard. Except she is recently divorced, (Not that that's a bad thing. Dude was a total asshole) broke and living with some roommates you wouldn't typically expect, partly because most of them belong in a senior living home. Together with a bunch of elderly people, Riley lives in a rundown mansion owned by ANOTHER elderly woman.

Not only that, but she also has psychic powers that have been passed down from her mother and grandmother where she can see visions of the future.

Thats where this gets interesting. It's not something you hear about every day. Only Riley doesn't really want to use her powers. She doesn't want to have this power. 

She's staying in the attic converted apartment and she has a hallway neighbor who is not the friendliest or nicest person. 

So, one day when she hears noise outside of her door, seeing some guy looking for him is not exactly what she is expecting. Oh, did I mention this guy was hot? Not just hot, like super-hot. And....he's a cop.

Together, they go on a mission to find out who killed her grumpy neighbor. Bringing the roommates along, their adventures were beyond hilarious. 

OMG, this book was laugh out loud funny. Not only do they go on the mission with this guy, but her roommates also get involved and they make it hilariously more entertaining. Sitting here reading it, I would laugh so hard that my husband would look over at me and give me a crazy side eye. 😂

The roommates make this book for me. Riley and Nick's banter is also off the chart hilarious, and their chemistry is off the charts hot. 

Who wouldn't want Nick Santigo?

I can't wait to read the rest of this series!!



Dates Read: July 17, 2021-July 18, 2021

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