I knew this series had dark themes the moment I read the first book. But that's not what had my brain boggling. Here however, I started hating them for their duo martyr complex. I gave the last book a really good rating because of how much I liked the story and characters progression from book 1 to book 5. Minor Spoiler, so don't read this review if you who don't like to your mystery unveiled even by a little. I loved this series, but then book 6 was born.Īnd I hated half of this book.which also cause my fascination with this series to sour a bit. And almost always, it’s better left alone. As Hazard and Somers dig into the case, their search takes them into the past, where secrets have lain buried for twenty years.ĭetermined to get to the truth, Hazard finds himself racing for answers, but he discovers that sometimes the past isn’t buried very deep. Hazard and Somers try to work out the motive of the man threatening Newton, and the trail leads them into a conspiracy of corrupt law enforcement, white supremacists, and local politicians. The future victim? Mayor Sherman Newton - a man who has tried to have Hazard and Somers killed at least once. She doesn’t want Hazard and Somers to solve a murder. When the Chief of Police interrupts Hazard’s day at the fair, she has a strange request. Worse, Mikey seems to know something Hazard doesn’t - something about the fresh tension brewing in town. Even as a drugged-out wreck, Mikey is a reminder of all the ugliness in Hazard’s past. At the shooting gallery, though, Hazard comes face to face with one of his old bullies: Mikey Grames. Emery Hazard and his boyfriend, John-Henry Somerset, just want to enjoy the day at the Dore County Independence Fair. It all starts to go wrong at the shooting gallery.

Criminal Past by Gregory Ashe