Another page turner in this series. I don't know why I like this series since these are not really nice people. Acton is staging a major con and Doyle is forced to tag along and play her part. She is working her own cases which introduces a new archenemy, a Frenchman named Savoie, who befriends and helps her. Acton sets the trap at his family estate, Trestles, and the two Lady Actons treat each other very coldly. Doyle also meets Acton's hated cousin Sir Stephen who runs the estate in Acton's absence. ( )

The narrator of this audiobook series does an excellent job. I have nothing but good thoughts about these characters. Keep working, Ms Cleeland. Please don't have me go through Acton/Doyle withdrawal. You've got a die-hard fan in me. ( )

He's titled. She is rough around the edges. Together they form a marriage and a detective team. I have enjoyed two volumes of Cleeland's series. There is a serial killer, a stalker and a snitch. There is a romance intertwined with the crime solving. It's a fun read. My thanks to the author and Goodreads for a complimentary copy. ( )

I listened to this on audio and have not read the first 2 books in the series. I did enjoy it. I really liked the way Doyle talked and hearing it instead of reading it is great for that, as I don't hear when I read. I did feel that I was missing a lot of background in not having read the prior books, but it was still engaging.
I am not sure I like Acton, perhaps his depiction in prior books would warm me up to him, but he is very strange and you are not given much background in this book to know why & trust him. You just have that Doyle trusts him, so you kind of go with it.

[update] I did loop back and read the first two books (not audio). I do recommend you read these in order because of the spoilers for the earlier book contained in each next book. I also really prefer the audio to the print on this series. ( )

I've just finished Murder in Hindsight and absolutely loved it!

Acton and Doyle are such an unusual couple. They have unique dynamics in their relationship and I end up getting glued to the screen of my kindle every time I read a book in this series. Let me explain their appeal.

Acton is a modern "Holmes", titled, rich, highly ranked police detective...He is also highly dysfunctional. He drinks, he obsesses, he is a hermit, and he is a very dark hero, almost an antihero. When he fixates on a green police constable, Kathleen Doyle, in the first book in the series, Murder in Thrall, only her own oddness and isolation due to her ability sense lies creates this space field surrounding them both that no one else can understand. She tames the dragon, figuratively speaking.

Two books later this couple has been through a hell of a lot and is happily married, or would be if only people stop going after the famous detective. This time Acton's secrets catch up to him and he is forced to play a dangerous, complicated game to deceive a powerful enemy, and Doyle has to play along no matter how hurtful the circumstances are.

Add to it Doyle investigating a series of murders by a vigilante, a very stressful weekend at Acton's estate, worried Williams and a mysterious guardian angel who looks after Doyle but just as easily can turn on her... and Kathleen is one a very thin ice.

While some mysteries in this book are easy to solve, others keep their secrets until the end. I also find it very intriguing that Kathleen's gift is getting stronger and morphing into something more complex. Murder in Hindsight might not be as dramatic as Murder in Retribution, but it's no less mesmerising. Read it, highly recommended. ( )