The Girl In The Moss is the third in the Angie Pallorino series. I read it first, as I received an ARC for review through NetGalley, and it was so good I went back and read the first two as well. Really, that should tell you everything you need to know. I genuinely can’t remember the last time I fell in love with an author’s writing so much I did that, and certainly not when I devoured a whole series in one day. This is seriously, seriously good crime fiction.

Now fired from her job, former detective Angie Pallorino is trying to get licensed as a private investigator while dealing with her unwanted celebrity as both the victim of a human trafficking crime and the cop who took down a serial killer and got fired for it. On a wilderness getaway with her lover, James Maddocks, the accidental discovery of buried human remains many years old lead to her being asked to trace the last movements of the deceased girl by a relative. Asking too many questions in a small, insular town can get a target put on your back, though, and Angie no longer has her police badge to protect her.

Loreth Anne White has a way of writing which really brings her stories to life. I could almost feel I was up there in the Canadian wilderness, feeling the chill in the air, the scent of pine needles… the unnerving sense of something watching through the trees. It was chillingly atmospheric and superbly done. Actually, I feel like this series would adapt really well for the screen, whether TV or movies, and I hope someone’s looking at doing just that because I’d really love to watch it!

Five stars for a thrilling, chilling read. Check out the whole series. You won’t regret it!

THE GIRL IN THE MOSS is the third instalment in Loreth Anne White’s contemporary, adult ANGIE PALLORINO murder/mystery/suspense series focusing on former Vancouver Police Department sex crimes Detective Angie Pallorino, and her partner/lover Detective Sergeant James Maddocks. THE GIRL IN THE MOSS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for cohesion especially as it pertains to our heroine’s back story.

Told from several third person perspectives including Angie Pallorino THE GIRL IN THE MOSS picks up several months after THE LULLABY GIRL (#2) and finds our heroine without purpose. Fired for going rogue as a detective with the Vancouver Police Department sex crimes unit, Angie Pallorino is working towards her PI certificate but the fame of notoriety is wreaking havoc with her current job. While on vacation, Angie and her lover Detective Sergeant James Maddocks will stumble upon a shallow grave believed to be the burial place of a young woman thought missing and drowned twenty-four years earlier. A phone call from the deceased woman’s family finds our heroine back on the hunt for answers, a hunt that leads Angie to a small town of hunters, lies, and closed door secrets. What ensues is a complex investigation and the detective work of one woman, as she battles her own personal demons, and the town residents who are desperate to keep buried sins of the past.

Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant James Maddocks offers up an ultimatum to the woman he loves. Unable to let go of the past, Angie struggles with the possibility of rejection including by the man that calls to her heart. James and his fellow detectives begin analysing a series of cold case files, files that will lead back to Angie’s current murder investigation.

THE GIRL IN THE MOSS is a mosaic of details and revelations from potential killers, to puzzling clues, clandestine lovers and secret lives. Old wounds will be opened, and families will be destroyed as one woman must come to terms with the necessity and determination to bring justice for a woman long thought buried and gone.

Loreth Anne White writes with purpose; an architect of amazing talent as her story line slowly gathers the momentum towards the final reveal. THE GIRL IN THE MOSS is a story of suspense and mystery; secrets and lies; violence and murder but ultimately a story of family and loss.

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I received this ARC for an honest review. I have been hearing about Loreth Ann White for some time now. I decided to give her a try. I am glad that I did. She is a quality writer and storyteller. This is the third book in the series. I was a little worried that I would be lost, but Loreth gave you enough background so you understand the main character, Angie. Angie is a disgraced police officer who is trying to get her PI licence. While on a fishing getaway with her boyfriend, Maddocks, they were flagged down to call for help because he found a dead body. Once the body is identified, Angie is hired by the deceased grandmother to piece together the victims final months. Loreth is such a good writer. She takes you on a rollercoaster ride. I will not give the story away. You must read this book! I really enjoyed it. Loreth is diffidently a must read author!

In this final instalment in her trio of novels featuring Angie Pallorino, Loreth Anne White delivers another compulsively readable, complex mystery that hooks your interest from the get-go and gradually tightens its grip until you literally can’t put the book down. It’s like reading a snowball; an impactful start sees it start rolling down the hill, gradually getting larger as it picks up and encompasses other clues, plot-threads and information and travels faster and faster until it hits bottom to reach an explosive and immensely satisfying dénouement. Here, that snowball starts rolling when former detective Angie Pallorino and her boyfriend, Detective James Maddocks are taking a four day trip down the Nahamish River on a quiet, romantic getaway. It’s been a tough few months for Angie, who was busted down to a desk job after she was judged to have used excessive force to take down a serial killer. Furious and frustrated, Angie broke the twelve-month probation imposed upon her and went rogue, continuing to work on the case of the bar-code girls (in book two, The Lullaby Girl) which also led her to her discovering the truth about her parentage and true identity as the daughter of a sex-trafficker and major crimelord. Unable to return to the job she loved, Angie is trying to pick up the pieces of her life, and is now working towards getting her PI license, but given the intense publicity generated by the news of her identity, her backstory as the “angel’s cradle baby” and her part in bringing down a major sex-trafficking ring, there are almost no PI agencies willing to hire her (she’s too high-profile) so she can get the required number of hours under her belt she needs before she can branch out on her own.

Things between Angie and Maddocks are uncertain, too. He’s the golden boy of the Metro Victoria PD and has been appointed to head up a prestigious new task-force while she is struggling to find out who she is if she isn’t a cop. She knows she loves Maddocks and wants to be with him, but Angie is subconsciously pulling back – and Maddocks knows her well enough to realise it but is worried that she’ll run if she gets the chance. Their relationship isn’t in the best place, but they hope that a little time spent together with nothing to interrupt or distract them will get them back on track. Unfortunately, that is not to be when on their last night at the camp, a skeleton is found near the banks of the river. It’s going to be the morning before local law-enforcement can get to such a remote location and secure the scene, so Maddocks and Angie spend what should have been a romantic evening, complete with gourmet dinner, wine and hot tub, camped out next to a crime scene.

The remains are eventually identified as belonging to a young woman named Jasmine Gulati who died while on a fishing trip on the Nahamish some twenty-four years earlier. She had been part of a group of women anglers who were taking part in a documentary being filmed by Rachel Hart, who had chosen her subjects to be from different walks of life and in different stages of their lives. Much as the producers of shows like Big Brother do today, Rachel had hoped that their differences would produce interesting viewing – but after Jasmine’s death, the project was canned and the documentary never appeared.

A while later, Angie is surprised to receive a phone call from a retired judge, Jilly Monaghan, who explains that Jasmine was her granddaughter and offers Angie a large fee if she will find out what really happened to her. Her death has been ruled accidental, but the judge wants to know if that is really the case or not; either way, she wants the closure that knowing the truth will bring.

Angie’s investigation soon leads her to suspect that Jasmine’s death wasn’t an accident at all, and as she digs deeper, she exposes the web of secrets, lies and conspiracies that have lain buried in the small community of Port Ferris for almost twenty five years. The mystery is gripping; tightly constructed and incredibly well-written, and the author makes fantastic use of her wilderness setting, which is both beautiful and terrifying, at the same time brilliantly conveying the insular nature of a small, close-knit community such as this one. The men resent Angie and what they see as her interference, and are prepared to do whatever it takes to protect their own. It would be easy to laugh at this unsophisticated group of ‘hillbillies’ but no, they’re actually extremely disturbing and Angie is in real danger, probably more than she’s ever been, considering that she’s no longer a cop and doesn’t have the weight of authority behind her – or a gun.

There’s an intriguing secondary plotline in which Maddocks sets up a new cold case unit placing Angie’s former partner, Kjel Holgerson, at its head. This storyline serves to bring us back neatly to some of the events of The Drowned Girls, but it also opens up the possibility of more stories set in this ‘universe’; I would certainly not be averse to reading more about the enigmatic and oddly endearing Holgerson. I also liked the author’s subtle exploration of the ethics of cold cases; in a situation such as this one, where one family needs closure, another is ripped apart, so it’s difficult – or impossible – to achieve a balance. But Angie is, as ever, focused on finding the truth, no matter how hard it is. Her own experiences have taught her that it’s better to know and deal than to deny, and ultimately, the needs of justice have to be served.

My one niggle about the book is that Maddocks is (necessarily) MIA for almost all of it, even though there’s no question he’s a huge presence in Angie’s life and her desire to come to him as a woman who knows who she is and where she’s going is the impetus for her becoming involved in the Gulati case. Still, the brief glimpses we get of their relationship are well done, and while I’d have liked a bit more of them together, I think they needed the short separation in order to remind one another of exactly what they have together.

A complex, atmospheric thriller with a pervading sense of menace, especially in the second half, The Girl in the Moss is a terrific finale to a terrific series, and I really hope this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Angie, Maddocks, Holgerson – and Jack-O.

4.5 stars / B+

When it comes to romantic suspense, Loreth Anne White has quickly become my "go to author." With each book she writes, she draws me in even deeper. Such is the case with "The Girl in the Moss." In this third installment to her Angie Pallorino series, the author weaves an intricate web of suspense, intrigue and heart. Truly, she has left the best book in this series for last.

Both personally and professionally, Angie’s future dangles precariously in the air. As she attempts to navigate through the upheaval in her life, she is drawn into a mystery that is 24 years in the making. But with each question answered, new ones rise to the surface. As Angie delves further into the case that could make or break her budding PI career, it quickly becomes apparent that not everything is as it seems. And with each step she takes in unearthing the truth, Angie is pushed one step closer to where her heart has been leading her all along.

Having read the previous two books in the Angie Pallorino series, I enjoyed the development of Angie’s character almost as much as I enjoyed the mystery itself. Despite the turmoil she faces in this book, emotionally, Angie seems to be on much more solid ground. And while her personal life takes a backseat to the case she’s currently working, her future with Maddocks is never far from her mind.

More often than not, I am able to unravel the truth behind the mystery long before its reveal. “The Girl in the Moss” is no exception. But while I DID decipher a major component, there were other pieces to the story that I hadn’t seen coming. Those surprise revelations alone were enough to make this latest addition to the Angie Pallorino series a 5-star read for me!

4.5 stars

This is the third book in the Angie Pallorino series, and it’s a good one! Angie and Maddocks are on a relaxing, romantic getaway when human remains of a young woman are found nearby. Maddocks has official DI business (and honesty, we don’t see very much of him in this novel), but Angie is still finding her place in the world of private investigators, and agrees to look into what happened to the deceased woman. Was it a fishing accident, or something more sinister?

After the gruesome, heart-pounding events of book two, this one seems gentler in comparison. But there is still a great mystery, a cast full of strange, possibly murderous locals, and Angie, coming to grips with her past and a future with Maddocks. And my favorite character, Kjel Holgersen!!

This is one of the strongest mystery series I’ve read, and I definitely look forward to the next installment.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an arc.

This is Book 3 in the Angie Pollorino series. I have read the other two and found them enthralling. When I received an invitation from the publisher, via Net-Galley, to read and review this latest novel, I eagerly accepted with great anticipation. I was not disappointed. My opinions are my own and are not influenced by anyone.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Girl in the Moss from start to finish. As expected, Ms. White has written another suspense-filled novel with amazing characters and an intriguing plot. The pacing is fast and the writing flows smoothly.

Angie Pollorino’s character has developed over the last three books, growing stronger with each one. Her backstory is expertly interwoven throughout, nudging my memory without rehashing her past. That takes real talent. In this episode, she is licking her wounds from her impetuous actions at the end of the second book. No longer a cop, she is determined to make it as a private investigator with her own agency. When she and Maddocks stumble upon a body, it creates havoc in their relationship and her career goals.

Maddock is a gritty hero who loves his daughter and wants to have Angie completely commit. He put this squarely on her shoulders, leaving it to her to decide if they will move forward. His part in this novel is less than in the other two books, and that was necessary since Angie must at last face all her demons.

Since the romance has already been established in the previous books, that takes second place in this book, but in no way takes away from the emotions and feelings of either of them. This book delves heavily into Angie’s fears of abandonment. Maddocks clearly communicates his wants and desires to marry her, although he steps back to give her the time she needs. Fortunately, Angie faces her fears and the couple achieves a very satisfying happy ending.

If you enjoy a novel with plenty of suspense and mystery with an emotionally-charged love story intertwined, then you will love The Girl in the Moss as such as I. Although their love story is complete, I hope Ms. White will do a spin-off series. I would love to see Holgerson’s story. Happy reading!

And this is the way you end a trilogy!

It's not a secret I love everything Loreth Anne White writes. However, I was a tad upset with Angie for always running into a scary situation with all her guns blazing but without the right back up.

In The Girl In The Moss, everything is different. Angie appears to be more grounded. She shines as an excellent investigator and she's doing it all without breaking the law. Her current situation is hard for her. She still feels like a cop but she can't force people to talk to her. They have to agree to meet her and some people are not very nice to her. It's quite an adjustment for our Angie.

"she was no longer a cop, defaulting to old police procedure at a potential crime scene was an easy coping mechanism, a way of guarding her emotions from others."

For those who can't remember, at the end of the Lullaby Girls, Angie is not a cop anymore. At present and months later, she's accumulating hours to officially become a P.I. Her new boss doesn't make it easy on her. He dislikes her recent notoriety which makes it hard for her to do her job.

Angie and Maddocks have taken time off and are on a mini fly fishing vacation when they stumble upon the bones of Jasmine Gulati, a young woman who disappeared two decades ago. Angie is hired to investigate the case by Jasmine's grandmother, Jilly Monaghan. This is where Angie shines. She does a beautiful job at piecing it all together by following the clues she uncovers.

With respect to her personal life, things are moving at a much slower pace. Angie has a fear of commitment. She also has a fear of being left behind. Nonetheless, she's getting better at it too. She does so many positive things. Her scenes with Ginny and her father made me smile.

"I want your love. I want it honest and full, and I want acknowledgment that you know I’m there for you, that you trust me."

The Girl In The Moss has a great ending but my hope is that Loreth Anne White decides she's not done with Kjel Holgersen. The man is a mystery I want to unravel.

"Maybe at the heart of it all, at the heart of all that was human, even in the dark, was love."

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

Had I not known this was a final <i>Angie Pallorino</i>, I think I would've liked it better. Maybe. I still had some (okay a lot of) niggles. But as this wraps up I'm left wondering so many things. Is there to be a spinoff maybe? Because if not.. then there was a whole story arc in THE GIRL IN THE MOSS that was mostly useless.

Truthfully, I didn't really find this story to be interesting until the big twist. I thought the characters kinda plodded along through the same old motions we've seen since book two and while sometimes the close knit community vs the investigator can be done well.. in this one it was just more annoying than interesting. Also in the lead-up to the big climax there were these big.. I don't want to say info dumps but they were also kinda like info dumps and I just felt the pacing was way weird. But, again, I liked the twist, even if the tie-in was a little on the nose.

<i>It was as though Angie was struggling with an insidious tension between her desire to be alone and her need for intimacy.</i>

Unfortunately between the lack of intensity, the separation between Angie and Maddocks, and all the will-they-won't-they repetition, I just kind could've done without this one. I much would've preferred the more open ending of the second book. But I suppose my expectations could've been too high. Again though I'm left wondering : what about everything with Leo? wtf will we ever know anything about Holgersen? Also, side note, why did Maddocks completely lack a personality in this one? I'm okay with Angie being a bit more of a good girl, as opposed to a self-destructive hotmess, because the true blue Angie was still there. But her boyfriend gets a promotion, becomes all important, and apparently that means he turns to cardboard. And also has no relevance to the overall story. Cool beans.

<i>She loved him with all her heart, and a part of her resented him because he was so goddamn perfect.</i>

Oh well! Can't win them all.

2.5 "what's so funny? / you, not being a cop, looks just the same as you being a cop" stars

4.5 stars

This series just keeps getting even better.

Angie still is reeling from being fired from the police department, her whole identity and emotional anchor uprooted. She is trying to find her way as a budding PI while figuring out her relationship with Maddocks. On a romantic getaway, Angie is drawn into a decades-old mystery when skeletal remains are found in a remote mossy verge. While digging into the secrets and mysteries buried with that body, Angie finds some truths not only about that long-ago death but about her own life as well.

White has created some very complex and interesting characters in Angie, Maddocks, and even secondary characters like Halvorsen. The mysteries are quick-paced and engrossing, often with some interesting twists. Even though I figured out a few of the surprises ahead of time, I never was bored and was eager to read how White revealed them.

I look forward to reading what she comes up with next.

4.5 stars

“Oh, the secrets we keep. And how they keep us. And the havoc the truth could wreak.”

Multilayered, atmospheric mystery packed with twists and turns. This book took me on a suspense-filled reading experience that kept me on my toes. I thought I had the mystery figured out early on, but I was beyond wrong!

*This can be read as a standalone, but I recommend reading the first two books first to fully appreciate the characters.*

Ex-cop Angie Pallorino’s personal life is a bit of a mess. Her career is in shambles, she’s a media spectacle, and she is struggling to come to terms with her past. Her relationship with James Maddocks is also on the rocks, as he wants to take things to the next level, but fear causes her to push him away. Her desire to build her career causes her to put her life and her relationship at risk. While on an ill-fated vacation with James Maddocks to the Nahamish River, they discover a body buried in the mossy forest. Angie begins an investigation, leading her into grave danger.

Props to her Loreth Anne White--this woman knows how to write! She transported me to the dark Nahamish forest and river. The setting plays a crucial role--it’s chilling, harsh, and unforgiving. In addition to the stellar characterization in this book, White also knows how to write a mystery. I thought I had everything figured out but was pleasantly surprised to discover that the mystery had more layers than it initially seemed. Tension continuously builds to the point where I was a nervous mess during the last 20%. Thankfully, I was able to calm down long enough to enjoy the ending.

I have loved seeing Angie’s character develop throughout this series. She’s much calmer in this installment, as she finally comes to realize that she deserves to be loved. Might I say that she has gone a bit soft? This isn’t a bad thing. I do wish there had been more of Holgerson, Maddocks, and Jack-O. I really hope this is not the last book in the series--I am not ready to move on from these characters! With that being said, I wouldn’t mind seeing Holgersen show up as the lead in a spinoff. He’s such an enigmatic and fascinating character!

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Montlake Romance in exchange for an honest review.

Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an fair and honest review.

Loreth Anne White writes a mean, gritty romantic-suspense. I just love her! I used to think that LAW's style was similar to Sandra Brown and the late Sue Grafton, I feel the same essence and power that is present in those great authors. Loreth Anne White is in a class all her own. While I see a lot of similarity in Angie Pallerino to the Grafton character Kinsey Milhorn, they are very much soul sisters, Angie has a hot, sexy guy that will stick and is working through the issues of her childhood and accepting them as elements that shaped her character. All of LAW's books have richly drawn characters with real foibles, real fears and real emotions. My only complaint about this book is that there was not enough James Maddocks!

Life for Angie Pallerino after being revealed as the infamous Cradle Child has been a series of ups and downs, mostly downs. She was fired from the job as a police detective that defined who she was as a person and she seriously didn't know what to do with James Maddocks and his marriage proposal, except to ignore it. While on a fishing trip that was meant to give them some much needed time together, they are present when the skeleton is discovered in a mossy grove near the Nahamish River. This throws Angie back in the media spotlight, where she so does not want to be. It also becomes cause for her new boss, Jock Brixton of Coastal Investigations, to fire her. Just when Angie is starting to envision a future with Maddocks and her own business as a Private Investigator, that vision is ripped away leaving her adrift.

The media is both a curse and a blessing. Because of the media, Angie is contacted by the grandmother of the woman whose skeleton was found. Retired Supreme Court Justice Jilly Monaghan wants Angie to investigate the last months of her granddaughter, Jasmine Gulati's live. Jasmine was on a fishing trip 24 years ago when she fell into the rive and was never seen again. There is no crime, the death was an accident. But as Angie digs into Jasmine's life, she finds some unflattering information about Jasmine and some information that points to a Cold Case currently being worked by Detective Kjel Holgersen, Angie's former partner. The deeper Angie digs the more danger she finds herself in and the more convinced she becomes that she wants a life with Maddocks. Now she just has to survive to live it.

This series is SO good. Not only is Angie Pallorino a kick ass heroine but she evolves in these books - nothing feels stagnant or repetitive. Also, each one of these books (so far) has been a total page turner for me and I haven't been able to figure them out. The settings are so good, so atmospheric and I love how the author weaves in Angie's every day life with whatever case she's working. So many good characters. Can't wait for more!

The Girl in the Moss comes out next week on June 12, 2018, you can purchase HERE! This series is quickly becoming an all time favorite for me - check it out!! You can read my review of book 1 in this series HERE, and book 2, HERE.

She gains momentum as the river sucks her toward its heart, where its currents muscle deep and strong toward the thundering boom of Plunge Falls, where mist boils thick above the tumbling water. She tried to kick, to swim, to angle back toward shore. But the Nahamish has other plans. It clutches at her with newfound glee, with impossible strength, tossing her about like a toy, drawing her down and into its churning bowels.

So sad to see this series end- but if you haven't read it before, please do read this. White has written a terrific character in Angie, who has dealt with many issues and now is trying to rebuild her life as a PI. Her lover James Maddocks, still with the police force and trying to set up a new squad, isn't totally behind her efforts. Of course they stumble on a corpse while on vacation- what happened to Jasmine? Talk about a cold case and a mess. Love the British Columbia setting and the careful plotting for this. There are twists, turns, and an ending that might be controversial. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. No spoilers!

Oh my gosh, this book was so good and I cannot believe that this series set in British Columbia had skipped my attention until now. The author alludes to main character, Angie Pallorino's back story in the beginning and that helped me feel comfortable as a first time reader. A solid mystery, great characters, and a cold case investigation that had me holding my breath from beginning to end.

This is book 3 in the Angie Pallorino series and it gets a five-star review from me. I have to admit, I haven't read the other books in the series, but this didn't matter. From the first page, I was hooked and I finished this book in two days. It was fast, explosive, and a thrilling read from start to finish.

The first page of the book captured my attention and took readers to the heart of this story. We meet Jasmine Gulati a young lady on a fly fishing expedition and we witness her fall into the river after being hit over the head. This happened twenty-four years ago. The next chapter takes us to the present and we have Pallorino and Maddocks fly fishing in the same stretch of river. A shallow grave is unearthed by a man out with his dog and this begins the investigation.

As Angie is no longer a detective and working as a private investigator she gets hired by Jasmine's grandmother to find out what happened in the run-up to her granddaughter's accident and subsequent death.

There are lots of buried secrets to uncover as the story unfolds and Pallorino finds herself in danger and under threat as she tried to dig up the past in this small town. At 80% of the book, I thought the murder had been figured out and was wondering what was going to happen next. Some additional information was revealed and a whole new twist happened.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat and there were some very unsavoury characters involved. The writing was excellent, the characters well developed, and I had no trouble relating to Pallorino even though I hadn't read the previous books. I will be going back to read them now though.

This is a book that will pull you in from page one and it won't let you go until you finish. I would advise you to be prepared not to put this one down as the deeper you go the more answers you'll want to uncover. This is an intense, shocking thriller, and one I highly recommend.

I received an ARC from the publishers via NetGalley and I have now found a new author to add to my must-read list.

"Sweet is a revenge, especially to women. It's an emotion that outlasts others."

"Oh the secrets we keep. And how they keep us. And the havoc the truth could wreak."

Loreth Anne White has done IT AGAIN. This series keeps getting better and better. I have a select handful of series that I can't get enough of and this is one of them.

Where can I even start? Loreth has such a way with words and grabbing her readers from start to finish. Loreth truly has a talent for her storylines... so unique and different! I just can't get enough of it!!

Just when you think you've figured the story out.. no BAM let me just add some more spice to this plot. Loreth yet AGAIN amazes me with her balance of suspense, setting, characters, and edge of your seat ride in this gem of a thriller!

This story will leave your heart pumping up to your eyes and take you for a ride that you will NOT be disappointed with.

Ex cop Angie Pallorino is struggling a little bit in the beginning of this one. Her lover Detective Maddox has even given Angie an ultimatum with their relationship. Angie is treading above water and can't seem to find her solid ground. Just when Angie is about to give up... a little slice of heaven appears in Angie's lap with a cold case. A small town that is hiding deep dark secrets with possible murder intertwined?!

"Darkness seeped in with the mist, wrapping the city in a claustrophobic cape of cold moisture and casting ghostly halos around the streetlights."

Between the addicting writing, characterization, lies, betrayal, and suspense all combined in one... White NAILED it. Check this is another one of your thrillers for the summer. Cosy on up people ;).

Only teeny tiny issue I had was I wanted more of Angie and Maddocks. I felt like there wasn't enough of them in this one. BUT, the interactions we did have with them were PRECIOUS! <3 Maddocks.

Overall, 4.5 mossy stars!!

Thank you so much to Montlake Romance and Netgalley for the advanced arc in exchange for my honest review.
Publication date: 6/12/18
Published to GR: 5/27/18

There is peace to be had. Girl in The Moss captivated me from the beginning. Each book Angie grows and softens. Each book is a stand alone but is appreciated so much more if you read them in order.
Twist, turns, intrigue. My stomach was in knots as Angie (not Angela :) ) investigated the last days of Jasmine. The plot was intricate with its own subplots and offshoots. I cannot do this book the justice it deserves with my review. Just know you want on this train, you want to ride it to the end. Enjoy each curve, tunnel and the peace to be had. The truth comes out and Angie softens and lets love start being a reality, not a dream. I am so pleased with the way this series wrapped up. I am guessing it wrapped up, but hey we still need to know whats going on with Holgerson don't we? Pls do another one, you know there has to be adjustments and changes in Angies' life, throw us another mystery, and how Angie deals with her new life, Please, pretty please. Thank you Net Galley, Montlake and thank you Loreth Anne White for an incredible ride, I don't want to get off. I voluntarily leave my review in hopes others will want to share in the ride.

Angie Pallorino is adjusting to her new job as a private investigator with Coastal Investigations after having lost her badge with the MVPD while her love James Maddocks is tagged to head up a new and vital unit within the department. While off at a well-deserved romantic getaway to focus on their relationship, they’re drawn into the discovery of a skeleton near their vacation site. After the remains are identified, Angie is hired to find out what happened to the victim in the days leading up to that person’s disappearance.

Every story just gets better than the last as this one grabs you from the onset and just won’t let you go. It’s got everything from the intrigue in Port Ferris where the body was found to the drama going on with Angie has she struggles to find her identity after no longer being a detective. And, a cold case for the MVPD’s new iMit unit factors in as well as some internal queries. There’s much going on but we see Angie finding her on way not only with the investigation but in her personal journey. I’ve waited to witness this since the first book.

The pace is almost perfect, especially the last 30% of the book as it races to a stunning, exciting and heart stopping resolution. Settle in as you will not be able to put the book down after that point. At least I couldn’t. I’m really hoping this isn’t the last one in the series because I want more of Angie, Maddocks and Horgenson!

The story was filled with familiar characters, new characters, multiple plots, and characters finding out what’s really important to them. No longer a member of the police force, Angie has difficulties coming to terms with her new reality, and her past keeps sneaking up, causing Angie to question who she really is. One day when her significant, Maddox asks Angie if she wants to have children in the future Angie completely loses it. As a result of her lack of honesty and commitment, even Maddox gives her an ultimatum, drawing a line in the sand that leaves the future of their relationship in her hands. Faced with challenging personal issues and the need to complete the hours for her PI license, Angie puts a plan in place to take a cold case for a former judge.

Little does Angie know that what happens during this case will help her find out who she really is and what she wants out of life. There are some touching moments along the way, lots of danger, and years of secrets that get uncovered for other characters.

The book is well written, exciting, and leaves no incomplete plot lines. I actually hope that in some way Angie will return for another exciting adventure and an update on how things are going since we leave her, after reading the trilogy I don't want to say goodbye to her yet.

I want to thank the publisher, Montlake Romance, the Author, Loreth Anne White and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for my review

The expected publishing date is June 12, 2018.

For me, this was a 5-star read.