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When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)
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When I finished Good Girl, Bad Girl, book #1 featuring forensic psychologist, Cyrus Haven, and mysterious Evie Cormac, I hated to have to wait for more. The story wasn't finished and now with When She Was Good, we learn so much more about Evie and what happened to her in the past. The story is not pretty and Evie is not safe.
At the beginning of the book, Evie is back at Langford Hall, a secure unit for children, and Cyrus has been called to the scene of a suspected suicide. It doesn't take long for Cyrus to be sure the suspected suicide was murder and the dead man had been investigating crimes connected to Evie's past. The deeper Cyrus digs, the more he stirs up, until Evie's life is in danger and the bodies pile up. Cyrus is determined to keep Evie safe, a promise he cannot keep.
The monsters that abused Evie are abusing other children and killing them. Anyone who might get in the way, who might expose what is going on, will die. The crimes are the seediest imaginable and the people involved range from low level criminals to big wheels in high places. But things are always buried, always covered up, and hidden. This is another story that kept me up too late a night and I hope we get more of Cyrus Haven in another book.
Pub July 28, 2020
Thank you to Scribner/Simon & Schuster and Edelweiss for this ARC.
At the beginning of the book, Evie is back at Langford Hall, a secure unit for children, and Cyrus has been called to the scene of a suspected suicide. It doesn't take long for Cyrus to be sure the suspected suicide was murder and the dead man had been investigating crimes connected to Evie's past. The deeper Cyrus digs, the more he stirs up, until Evie's life is in danger and the bodies pile up. Cyrus is determined to keep Evie safe, a promise he cannot keep.
The monsters that abused Evie are abusing other children and killing them. Anyone who might get in the way, who might expose what is going on, will die. The crimes are the seediest imaginable and the people involved range from low level criminals to big wheels in high places. But things are always buried, always covered up, and hidden. This is another story that kept me up too late a night and I hope we get more of Cyrus Haven in another book.
Pub July 28, 2020
Thank you to Scribner/Simon & Schuster and Edelweiss for this ARC.
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April 15, 2020
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June 23, 2020
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June 26, 2020
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Great review, Marilyn! I really liked this book too - the one that started it all!
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Christina wrote: "Great review, Marilyn! I really liked this book too - the one that started it all!"Thank you Christina! I like that we get two perspectives and I don't want this story to end.
I feel like I’m the only person on Goodreads who is not reading this series! Great review Marilyn! 💚
Suzy wrote: "I feel like I’m the only person on Goodreads who is not reading this series! Great review Marilyn! 💚"Thank you, Suzy! You aren't far behind since there are just two book so far (I'm assuming there will be more)...it's different and I think there is a lot more to explore with the characters.
Fab review dear Marilyn ❤️💞
Fantastic review Marilyn, I'm so happy you liked this! I'm looking forward to book 3 too!
Excellent review Marilyn! Looking forward to this one!💖
Ceecee wrote: "Fab review dear Marilyn ❤️💞"Thank you Ceecee 🧟♀️💛🧟♀️
Diane wrote: "Great review, marilyn ;)"Thanks Diane! 💗
Kaceey wrote: "Excellent review Marilyn! Looking forward to this one!💖"Thank you Kaceey...I want more! 😁💕
Susan wrote: "Fantastic review Marilyn, I'm so happy you liked this! I'm looking forward to book 3 too!"Thank you Susan, it can't come soon enough (do we need to tell the author he needs to write one?) 😂
Terrific review, Marilyn! :)) Now we're both waiting to find out what happened when she was bad ;)
Beata wrote: "Terrific review, Marilyn! :)) Now we're both waiting to find out what happened when she was bad ;)"Ha ha, yes we are...can't wait for more!
Terrific review! I didn’t take to these two in book one-but glad you enjoyed!! 🤗
Jayme wrote: "Terrific review! I didn’t take to these two in book one-but glad you enjoyed!! 🤗"Thank you Jayme, I liked Cyrus in the first book but wasn't crazy about Evie. She's grown on me in the second book and I still like Cyrus. 😁🧟♀️
Excellent review marilyn!!💋😉💕👍
Fantastic review, Marilyn! I also hope we get another book in this series!
Kat wrote: "Excellent review marilyn!!💋😉💕👍"Thank you Kat! 💖💝💖
Meredith wrote: "Fantastic review, Marilyn! I also hope we get another book in this series!"Thank you Meredith...I'm counting on it! 😁💗
I still need to read book #1. Good to know the series holds up. Great review Marilyn!
JanB wrote: "I still need to read book #1. Good to know the series holds up. Great review Marilyn!"Thank you Jan. I feel like this story is different and there is so much more that we can learn about the characters 😊
Wonderful review, Marilyn! I guess I should read Good girl, Bad Girl first before I read this one.
Marilyn wrote: "Wonderful review, Marilyn! I guess I should read Good girl, Bad Girl first before I read this one."Thank you Marilyn. The second book gives you enough to be able to read it as a standalone but you get so much more background by reading the first book. They are both worth reading. 😁
Excellent review, marilyn. I'm looking forward to this continuation of the series by a favorite mystery author.
Fab review, Marilyn! It’s good to know this was a great follow-up. I definitely need to try this author.
Elyse wrote: "So what you’re saying is I should read both books and you know what I’m going to so thank you very much I will go over to Amazon right now before I put this phone down for good because I’m enjoying..."I could sure use a pool right now 😁
Carol wrote: "Excellent review, marilyn. I'm looking forward to this continuation of the series by a favorite mystery author."Thank you Carol! 💗
Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader wrote: "Fab review, Marilyn! It’s good to know this was a great follow-up. I definitely need to try this author."Thank you Jennifer...this book does such a good job of filling in what I wanted to know from the first book. 💕
Love this author and looking forward to this series ...... fab review Marilyn!
The first book was great! I need more reading time. Glad to hear you enjoyed this one, Marilyn!
Richard wrote: "Love this author and looking forward to this series ...... fab review Marilyn!" Thank you Richard, I've just read the two books in this series but I want to read more of this author's books.
Julie (JuJu) wrote: "The first book was great! I need more reading time. Glad to hear you enjoyed this one, Marilyn!"Thank you Julie, I see both books as one big book since the second book answers so many questions that the first book brought up. 💗
Paula wrote: "Awesome review, Marilyn!"Thank you Paula!
Great review Marilyn and thanks for reading it with me 💛🧟♀️💛.
Great review, Marilyn!
Another terrific review, marilyn!!👏😆
Pat wrote: "Great review Marilyn and thanks for reading it with me 💛🧟♀️💛."Thank you, Pat! Enjoyed the buddy read 💗💕💗
Brenda - Traveling Sisters Book Reviews wrote: "Great review, Marilyn!"Thank you, Brenda! 💛
Luvtoread wrote: "Another terrific review, marilyn!!👏😆"Thanks so much, L2R! 🤗
Deanna wrote: "Excellent review!!!"Thank you, Deanna!
Wonderful review, Marilyn. I’m glad you got more of the story in this book and I hope there will be a book 3. ❤️
Kat (Books are Comfort Food) wrote: "Wonderful review, Marilyn. I’m glad you got more of the story in this book and I hope there will be a book 3. ❤️"Thank you, Kat...🤞 for a book three!
I've only read one Robotham and wasn't as wowed as everyone, but now you've intrigued me with this series. Fantastic review, Marilyn!
Victoria wrote: "I've only read one Robotham and wasn't as wowed as everyone, but now you've intrigued me with this series. Fantastic review, Marilyn!"Thank you, Victoria. For me, it was the hook of Cyrus Haven's tragic family background and then his decision to become a forensic psychologist...such a lot to wrap my mind around 😬
Fab review! I completely agree. I loved this one too 😀
Jayme wrote: "Fab review! I completely agree. I loved this one too 😀"Thank you, Jayme! 😊
Do I need to read the 1st book in order to read this one?
