A perfect follow up to the first book [Bone to Pick] where we first met Cloister and his K-9 partner, Bourneville. I’m still trying to sort out why anyone would saddle their kid with a name like “Cloister”. Our two heroes are searching for a missing tourist on a cold, rainy night about two months after the first book ended. Cloister is slightly injured during the search and the victim turns out to be transgender. Enter the FBI in Special Agent Javi Merlo who steps in to investigate the incident calling it a possible hate crime. As it turns out there is much more than either of them first suspected. Javi and Cloister “dance” around one another while Cloister patiently awaits Javi to sort out his feelings and stop the dancing. The mystery here is clever with lots of red herrings to twist your brain up. The ending is really clever. There are things that you will likely figure out long before our heroes do...but the total picture takes a while to come together and that keeps you guessing. Excellent series with wonderful, warm characters...especially the four legged one with fur. ( )

One thing you have to give T.A. Moore, she knows how to write a mystery and keep it suspenseful until the end, lol. I suppose there are a lot of things I need to give this author though *grin* as she keeps it coming. My biggest whinge about this book is that I need to wait for another one to come out!

I love how each story is a resolved mystery, yet there are still many other story arcs that need finishing. We get a little more each time, just like the relationship between Cloister and Javi continues to move forward. Put all of this together and I think that this is becoming a series I'm going to be naming as a favourite of mine. ( )

Excellent sequel to Bone to Pick. For me this was more A story about the growth of the protagonists than the mystery, I loved seeing how Cloister and Javi have changed since the first book. Javi is still an ass, just less so. Watching him and Cloister dance around each other and their feelings was what I enjoyed most about reading this one.

If you haven't read Bone to Pick, buy it now, then get this one, you won't regret it. ( )

Review coming! Let's just say, you should read Bone to Pick so you're ready for this one. :-)

I was provided with an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review. ( )