Great series. ( )

Roxane Weary is woken in the middle of the night by a frantic call from her brother, Andrew. Andrew is panicked that he might be in trouble...really big trouble, more than his stash of marijuana might get him into. He tells Roxane a story about a girl named Addison Stowe and how he had once knew her. She had come by his apartment scared to death...made a phone call...then disappeared into the night. Of course, now Addison is missing and Andrew’s the last person to have seen her. He knows he's going to need a friend...an alibi like Roxane if and when the cops come knocking on his door. He'll need to convincingly explain the suspicious scratch on his face that suggests he might’ve been more than just a safety net to Addison. Andrew claims he hadn’t seen or heard from Addison for ages before this last visit. Roxane wants to protect Andrew, whom she trusts in spite of his unconvincing story. She reaches out to Tom Heitker, a friend on the police force who was a close friend to their father, to ask for his help. Tom and Roxane had been more than mere friends, but have put a brief romantic interlude aside to pursue a less involved friendship, though Tom has shown interest in revisiting their past. Roxane and Tom connect Addison’s presence at Andrew’s to the Nightshade Club across the street, where Addison was a sometime the DJ, and to the BusPass dating app. Just as things start to go Roxane’s way in the investigation, Mickey Dillman, a former cop connected to the case, turns up dead, bringing Roxane back to square one and Andrew into police custody. The author seems to have a knack for integrating national news and technology into her characters’ and her plotlines to produce a story that’s timely in more ways than one. The Weary family story gets more complex in this book as we learn more about them. Also the plot is based on real world problems and politics that are woven into the story with a very light touch. ( )

PI Roxane Weary gets a call in the middle of the night from her brother Andrew. He's worried about a visitor that showed up in the evening at his place clearly upset. All she wanted was to use his phone and then she left. He then calls Roxane to help to find the young woman, whose name is Addison, whom he seems to know vaguely. Problems arise when Addison's father calls the police after getting a distress call from his daughter. The cops seem inclined to believe that the last person that saw Addison - Andrew - is the one behind her disappearing. Now, Roxane must find Addison and clear Andrew's name.

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This 3rd installment in the Roxane Weary series is the best yet, and I've loved them all. Roxane is one of my favorite literary detectives. She's smart, fun, attractive, and also vulnerable and emotionally alive; she's bisexual which is not a plot point at all and I so appreciate how the author depicts her sexuality with absolute matter of factness. Roxane's relationships with friends and family are subtly woven through the book, and I've enjoyed watching her connections develop and shift thoughout the series, with her brother taking a more central role this time. Roxane is also a sharp and determined detective. And I totally have a crush on her too. ❤️

This is the second book by this author that I have read. Mysteries are my favorite genre, but I couldn't relate to the main character or get involved in the storyline. ( )