Hardly pulse pounding - this crime procedural feels like something that should live in the sea of books on my father in laws shelves. Not a bad read for those who enjoy this sort of thing, but in no way will this stand out for me. I don't feel like Coyle put any unique flair in this, nor did he make the characters come to life.

Absolutely brilliant thriller with a fabulous plot which I could not put down. Brilliant characters, and twists and turns. Highly recommend to other fans of this genre!!

Rick Cahill is a man driven by his past. When he learns his ex-partner was killed in a hit and run incident, he reluctantly returns to Santa Barbara to attend the service. This one quickly takes off and flys. It was difficult to put down, with plot twists and revived guilt Rick puts it all on the line, Don't miss this one!

This was a great book. It is intriguing & masterfully written!


Would you risk your own soul to avenge the death of a loved one?

A phone call thrusts Rick Cahill’s past and all its tragic consequences into his present. Krista Landingham, his former partner on the Santa Barbara Police Department, is dead. When Rick goes to the funeral in the city where his wife was murdered and where he is seen as guilty for her death in the eyes of the police, he discovers that Krista’s death may not have been a tragic accident, but murder.

Hired by Krista’s sister, Leah, to investigate, Rick follows clues that lead him to the truth, not only about Krista’s death, but about the tragedy that ruined his life. Along the way, Leah shows him that his life can be salvaged, and he can feel love again if he can just move beyond his past. But the past is Rick’s present and will always be until he rights his one great wrong.

In the end, Rick is left with a decision that forces him to confront the horrific actions he’ll need to take to exact revenge and achieve redemption.

this was a really enjoyable read, the characters were great and I really enjoyed reading it. I loved the mystery going on and it had me guessing till the end.

A solid PI story.

I enjoyed Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle. It was your typical PI novel, but it was interesting enough to make me want to find out who did what. Other than Leah, I had a hard time liking or connecting to the characters. Initially, I liked Rick (the PI in this novel series) a lot, but as the book went on, he just started to irritate me. If I ran across another of the books in the series, I’d probably pick it up and read it, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to make sure I read the other books in the series.

Thank you to NetGalley, Matt Coyle, and Oceanview Publishing for the opportunity to read this ⭐️⭐️⭐️ star book.

Lost Tomorrows depends on its protagonist, A PI and former cop named Rick Cahill, for whatever success it achieves. Author Matt Coyle has chosen to make Rick a very flawed character. He's lost his wife, his job, and his PI career is down to being a process server. So when his former partner is killed up in Santa Barbara, he heads to her funeral and shortly after is hired to investigate the killing. I doubt that Coyle has made any friends on the Santa Barbara Police Department with this novel as most of the bad guys come from it.
So Rick decides shortly after starting his investigation that the killer of the former partner is also the killer of his wife. His role in the investigation is resented, but he works with another former cop to investigate. As he decides who might be the culprit(s) his own ind is on a tumble. Here the author takes big chances and I, for one, think he made Rick's decline incredible. We go step by step as Rick determines what he is going to do, yet I never once thought he would, so I felt like a time was wasted with this scenario. And, once he doesn't, the story is wrapped up so fast that all of the intense and exciting reading that came before it is lost. Coyle is done with exposition and ready to wrap it up. I didn't see the ending the same as Rick did. I didn't like it.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC. Congratulations, Oceanview Publishing for getting an ARC out with so few mistakes.

Rick Cahill is one morose dude.

San Diego PI gets a call from the sister of his former partner on the Santa Barbara PD. The news isn't good: his former partner, Krista Landingham, is dead, presumably from a hit and run. Her sister, Leah, wants to hire Cahill to look into it.

Cahill's wife was also killed not terribly long ago, and he was the chief suspect in that case. He and his former partner (and at least one other person) know he didn't do it, but the black mark was sufficient to make him quit the SBPD, move from the city, and hang out a shingle.

Leah has also hired another PI - someone with better relations with SBPD than Cahill has - and wants them to work together to find the truth. The truth, though, would not be good for some people still in Santa Barbara: Cahill discovers that Krista was looking into the murder of Cahill's wife, Colleen, on her own time.

What follows is a good, taut mystery, and the stories of these two deaths intertwine nicely. Some leads go nowhere, but one in particular is absolutely explosive - and something certain people absolutely do not want known.

The only quibble I had with the book was Cahill's sad sack routine. It's constant, and at times I just wanted to yell at him to get his head on right so he could see that solving this would at least bring some closure, even if he still wanted to continue to blame himself indirectly for his wife's death.

Overall: worth the read, and it does make me want to go back and read the series to this point to determine how things got here.

Solid four out of five stars.

Thanks to Oceanview Publishing and NetGalley for the reading copy.

Rick Cahill Is Really Obsessed With His Wife’s Murder

Rick has hit rock bottom personally. He’s stopped working as a PI. To stay afloat, he acts as a process server. Then, he receives devastating news. Krista Landingham, his training officer and then his partner at the Santa Barbara PD, was killed by a hit and run driver. Krista’s sister, Leah, had invited him to Krista’s funeral the next day. While his firing was some thirteen years ago from the SBPD, he feels that he must return for the funeral. The officers who knew him all believe that he got away with killing his wife. The newer officers knew about him from the older officers. The funeral goes as expected and is confronted by Krista’s ex-husband. Rick just wanted to leave as soon as possible after the funeral, but Leah stops him and wants to talk with him later. She wants him to help investigate Krista’s death with the retired detective Jim Grimes who lead the investigation on Rick’s wife’s murder and arrested him for it. Talk about oil and water!

From this seed, the story sprouts and grows. Jim Grimes acquiesces to teaming with Rick despite the bad blood if he has the lead. Rick acquiesces because Jim has inroads into the SBPD that probably will be needed to solve this case. Rick will not submit to Jim being in charge and calling the shots. Rick lives by his own set of rules. Soon, Rick believes that Krista was murdered by the same person who killed his wife. This belief quickly becomes Rick’s sole focus above friendship, and how it will affect him and others. Immediately I was captured by this storyline and finished this novel in just over three days that is remarkably fast for me.

The inner being of Rick is laid bare in this novel. His relationship with his dead wife and guilt over the circumstances surrounding his wife’s murder provides much insight into his character. Around this is wrapped in his relationship with both Landingham sisters. Lastly, these aspects are covered with his blind obsession affects his thinking. This B-storyline made this novel very rich and enjoyable to read.

There are some intimate scenes but not graphic or titillating. For language, it was not bad considering the intensity of emotions expressed in this book. For violence, there are some fisticuffs and one violent scene described as it occurs. Because of the raw emotions this book is definitely Adult Content.

On the downside, Rick’s obsessiveness was near to being over the top. Also, there was some police lingo that I needed to research on the Internet to understand fully the implications of the information. On the upside, this novel was an exceptionally quick, captivating and enjoyable read. If you have read any of the previous novels in this series, don’t miss this one. This is the sixth novel in this series, of which I have read only one other. I did not feel that there were any holes, except for Moira MackFarlane, whose background was more implied than documented. She was only in three small scenes. I don’t believe that a reader will miss anything by starting with this novel.

Based upon my sheer enjoyment in reading this novel, I rate it with five stars.

I have received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Oceanview Publishing with an expectation for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Oceanview Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this novel.

Good stuff. With many reviews and ratings already out there, I'll just recommend this to mystery fans. This is a solid bet.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!

The sixth in a series and I started here without reading any of the previous books, which is very unlike me!

Rick Cahill is a "retired" police officer who is now a private investigator and has moved away from Santa Barbara, the city that is full of bad memories for him. He must return as a former partner has died and he wants to pay his respect. While there her sister asks for his help because there are whispers that her death was possibly not an accident. And thus he is roped into both drama from the present and from the past.

There were just a handful of times where I felt out of place and was regretting starting at book six, but I felt as though the author easily brought me up to speed most of the time in a gentle way. It was easy to keep the car accident with Krista Landingham separate from the clues that were also coming the very outdated investigation of his wife who was murdered many years ago.

Rick was a great character to follow because as a reader you could trust his skills as he had been an officer and is now an investigator. BUT I felt as though there were a few times where he got a bit whiny and irritating. He repeated things a few times and I wanted to tell him that he needed to get over a few things and start moving forward!

After finishing the book, I am drawn to go back to the beginning and start this series. I may just have to do that this year!

Well written, with a clear timeline no change of POV, and it's no problem reading it as a stand-alone. The plot is good, and the characters are very believable.

San Diego PI Rick Cahill gets a phone call that Krista Landingham, his former training officer partner on the Santa Barbara Police Department has been killed in a hit-and-run. Rick goes back to Santa Monica for the funeral and is hired by Krista's sister Leah to investigate her death. He is partnered with Grimes, the former SBPD officer who wrongly accused Rick of his wife Colleen's murder. Krista had been working on cold cases, including Colleen's unsolved murder. Can the two deaths be somehow connected? Rick is obsessed with getting justice for Colleen's murder and to finally clear his name. Rick's tunnel vision convinces him that SBPD cop and Krista's ex-husband Weaver is responsible and he takes careful steps to hide his trail and plan for his revenge. But a last-minute alibi for Weaver shatters Rick's theory and he narrowly avoids killing an innocent man. With the help of Leah, Rick finally puts the pieces together and a deadly confrontation occurs at her house with the real killers.

This series gets better with each book and this one ends with a bang.

I received an eARC from Netgalley and Oceanview Publishing with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and provided this review.

Matt Coyle's Rick Cahill is a man trying hard to do what he believes to be the right thing, even when he knows he's going about it all wrong. I love the guy, warts and all.