Long Gone - Joanna Schaffhausen

 Long Gone  - Joanna Schaffhausen

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Publication Date: Aug. 9, 2022

This is the second in the detective Annalisa Vega series. I think it works as a standalone, as Schaffhausen fells in a lot of background information.

Annalisa’s life is complicated.  Her persistence in an earlier case resulted in the arrest of her brother and her police officer father, putting her on the outs with many others in the department.   Her ex husband is her partner.  

When a hot shot police officer is shot in his bed with his young wife present, it is the beginning of the unraveling of an earlier incident, exposure of corruption, and more murders.  Add to that Annalisa’s determination to solve another cold case and we are off on a fast paced, intricately plotted police procedural.  

I enjoy Schaffhausen’s writing (see also her Ellery Hathaway books).  With strong character development, Annalisa is an intelligent young woman whose doggedness is her worst enemy. I look forward to the next in the series.

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