Don't Look is a smoldering, page turner of romantic suspense. Kir Jansen returns home to for his father's funeral. An alcoholic, former sheriff, Kir's father always claimed there was a serial killer in the small town of Pike, Wisconsin and no one believed him. Now the bodies are piling up and Kir is falling for the local vet and his childhood friend, Dr. Lynne Gale. Circumstantial evidence keeps pointing the local sheriff at Lynn. With a little amateur sleuthing Lynn and Kir unearth a killer in a surprising twisted ending with an unexpected whodunit. Sexy and fast paced, the story is thrilling and flies by for a satisfying romantic suspense that leaves you wanting more. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.

Women are dying in Pike! When the ex sheriff’s son returns to town to attend his dad’s funeral, the priest gives him a paper from his dad. Kir has to wonder what’s going on and how does the lovely vet , Lynn, fit into all this?

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This one kept me guessing until the very end. I thought I had figured it out, but was totally wrong. Loved both Kir and Lynne.

Kir Jansen comes home to bury his father. What he didn't expect to find in his tiny Wisconsin town was a serial killer - that his father had always claimed was there. Dr. Lynne Gale doesn't know why she is drawn to Kir - or why she is helping him solve a series of murders but when she is implicated for the crimes - she has to work to clear her name.

The first book from Alexandra Ivy and I had a blast! I didn't see the end coming, mystery was solid and mostly fade to black love scenes. I didn't totally buy the insta love aspects but Kir is a sweetheart and Lynne literally takes care of puppies.

Terrific romantic suspense!! Totally enjoyed the writing ,suspenseful plot & likable characters. First time author for me but will look forward to more. Recommend!! Thanks to NetGalley & Zebra books for a copy of this book.

Keeping you in the dark with little snippets of clues makes this a quick easy read! Kir comes back in town to clean up his fathers affairs and attend his funeral. After leaving Pike, Wisconsin to live in Boston he thinks he’s coming back to the place he remembers. Unfortunately that’s not how it is as resident vet Lynne let’s him know. Small town living seems idyllic until the residents start being murdered and it points closest to home. If you enjoy a good mystery get some hot chocolate, a warm fuzzy blanket and lock your doors before settling in to read this.

Bodies are being found in the rural town of Pike Wisconsin. Chilling murder scene with a red ribbon tied around the victims throat without any explanation as to why or who the killer could be. Dr. Lynn Grant the local veterinarian is quite but compassionate local who was raised in Pike and took over her fathers clinic when he retired. The retired town sheriff passes away unexpectedly and she goes to the funeral to pay her respects to his son Kir who she knew from school.

Kir has been away running his own successful business and distancing himself from his alcoholic father. He returns to bury his dad and take care of his affairs, unknowingly he stumbles into a mystery that involves his father and past letters he dad had been receiving. Most people in the town thought it was all ramblings from drinking too much but Kir soon realizes that it wasn’t that his father was on to something and if he doesn’t help solve it then Dr Grant will be the next victim.

I struggled a bit in this story, their were a few times I found it a little odd but I kept reading because it still held my attention and I wanted to read how they solved the murder. I had a few suspects and I wanted to see if I was correct and why one of them would have done it.

This is the first book in a new series by Alexandra Ivy, set in small town Wisconsin.
Veterinarian Dr. Lynne Gale is very busy trying to run her clinic and her animal sanctuary in the small town of Pike that she was born and raised in.
Kir Jansen has returned to Pike to lay to rest his father, the towns former beloved sheriff. He feels guilty for ignoring his fathers ramblings while he was alive that a serial killer was in contact with him and sending him letters, so Kir decides to investigate letters and see if he can vindicate his fathers claims.
But when dead bodies start showing up all over town and Kir discovers a list with potential victims names on it, he and Lynne must work together to figure out who the killer could be as it appears Lynne’s name is on the victim list.
Overall I found this to be just an ok read. It was a little unbelievable that two people who had no investigating skills whatsoever could solve a serial killer case with not much evidence. But I did enjoy the romance between Lynne and Kir. It made up for the other stuff.
3.5 stars from me.

Don’t Look is the first book in the new Pike, Wisconsin series which is written by Alexandra Ivy. It is a romantic suspense novel which uses the perspective of a third person narrator to provide insight into the murders that take place in small town Pike.

The characters are interesting it my least favourite has to be the sheriff because of her attitude and the fact that she was so closed minded during the investigation which I believe caused the deaths of more victims. Lynn is a great protagonist because she is a brave, headstrong and independent woman who won’t rest until she stops the killer. I feel like Kir played a small part because he seemed to only exist in order to help Lynn. The relationship between the two of them was sweet but it felt rushed to me.

I would have enjoyed more background on Kir’s father and how he started to receive the letters. More insight into the background of the killers life and what they went through because I think that it would have been interesting.

I had no idea who the killer was until near the end of the book but I really liked the ending. My favourite part of the book are the chilling lines from the killer:
Crimson blood stains the pure white snow.
Life spills from warm to frozen.
Don’t look. The pain is gone.

I recieved an advanced copy for free, and this is my honest opinion.

Don’t Look, by Alexandra Ivy, is the first book in the Pike, Wisconsin series. When a woman’s naked body is discovered in the snow, an entire town’s alarms are raised. When a second body is found, they can’t deny that there is a serial killer on the prowl.

Things I enjoyed:
- I loved the atmospheric setting. I truly felt like I was caught in a dark, Wisconsin winter.
- The mystery was solid and I had several different people I suspected might be the serial killer. While I figured it out before the end, it was still enjoyable.
- Lynne & Kir are both great characters. While their love affair seemed a bit sudden for me, I enjoyed their interactions anyway. I needed more chemistry!

Thank you @NetGalley and @KensingtonBooks for a free eARC in exchange for an honest review! This book will be available on December 1, 2020.

I’d recommend this one to lovers of romantic suspense! Four stars!

Don’t Look is the first book in the Pike, Wisconsin series. Actually first book that I’ve read by Alexandra Ivy. The mystery was good and it did have me guessing until the end. A few parts were a little slow, but it picks up and you won’t put it down until your done.

*ARC provided by NetGalley for and honest review.

This book had a bit of a slower start for me and almost seemed choppy and a bit scattered. However the extremely lovable characters kept me interested and the book ended up sharpening up and ended up being a pretty good book. It was suspenseful and kept me reading. The vibe of the town, the atmosphere and characters made this book stand out. I would probably rate this one a 3.5 for me. The story was told without dragging out. I would recommend this one to mystery/suspense lovers.
The story is 3 stars the characters And setting a solid 4.

Local ex sheriff’s son returns to his hometown to bury his father when a shock of brutal murders interrupt the sleepy town. Kir teams up with local veterinarian Lynne Gale to solve the murders that affected the town when the current Sheriff turns a blind eye.

What did I like? This is a fabulous author and this read was grisly. Kir is armed with a list of initials of the serial killer’s future victims as he navigates the clues during the investigation. His father received letters from the killer before his death, and now that his father is dead nothing is holding the killer back from finishing that list. Kir enlists Dr Lynne Gale to help him figure out who it is and he is instantly attracted to her. Between the investigation and there budding romance ...this book quickly heats up despite looking for a cold killer.

“Crimson blood stains the pure white snow. Life spills from warm to frozen. Don’t look. The pain is gone.”

Would I recommend or buy? I have an actual shelf for this author so she is really an automatic buy for me. This look at her crime fiction is relatively new for me but the book was highly enjoyable and creative. I predicted who the killer was but it was still pretty thrilling.

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review.

Don't Look is an exceptionally written suspenseful book. I was hooked from the first and didn't want to stop reading. The plot draws you in and the characters keep you reading.

Kir Jansen comes back to Pike, Wisconsin for the funeral of his father Rudolf who was the former sheriff and disabled in the line of duty. He wasn’t a very good son and hadn’t come to visit his father much since he left for college in Boston since his father fell into the bottle after he couldn’t be sheriff anymore. Lynne Gale is the local vet whose father was really good friends with Kir’s dad before he moved to Florida to retire. Kirs dad Rudolf has been getting letters for years that he thought were from a serial killer even though there hadn’t been any murders in town but with him being a drunk nobody took him seriously. Kir didn’t believe that the letters were legit and he still doesn’t until after his dad’s funeral where he receives an envelope that was left for him with Pastor Ron who presided over the funeral. It contains one of the letters his dad received as well as a list of initials for the victims which wasn’t in his dads handwriting. The next day they find the body of Sherry Higgins who owned the local trailer park and wasn’t very well liked and her initials correspond with the first set of initials on the victims list so they let the sheriff know and kind of start investigating for themselves since it looks like Lynne might be the last target. So the rest of the book is Kir and Lynne falling in love while trying to figure out who the killer and keep Lynne safe as well.

So this was a pretty interesting mystery and while I had my suspicions on who the killer was by the middle of the book it was still an interesting read. The build up to who the killer was and how they figured it out and how it all came full circle connecting to Kirs dad was still interesting even though I suspected the right person as the killer.

Thanks to Kensington Books and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in e-book form. All opinions in this review are my own.

This book kept me reading to see what was going to happen to Kir and Lynne. It seems that her name was on a list of people to be killed by a serial killer, will they find out who did it before he reaches her name? The pace of the book was pretty fast and reading it was smooth going. The plot was well conceived and the reasons for revenge on the killers part made sense. The fact that I did not see who the killer was before the ending of the book shows that the twists were well written since I read alot of mysteries and thrillers. I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley for an honest review.

Kir Jansen returns home to Pike, Wisconsin for his father's funeral. Son of the town's former sheriff, Kir always ignored his father's drunken ramblings about a serial killer sending him letters until the body count starts to rise. The local police are out of their depths, so Kir and local vet, Lynne Gale, join forces to unmask a murderer.

An exciting mystery and a solid romance although the chemistry between the leads is rather lackluster.

While Kir and Lynne are appealing as individuals, and their reasons for becoming involved in the investigation are believable considering the circumstances, their relationship is lacking. Readers are presented with the facts of their attraction, but the reality of it isn't sufficiently tangible.

The serial killer plot is much more compelling. The details of the victims and their murders are well-written without any unnecessarily gruesome detail, and the letters written from the killer's POV add to the tension. It is possible to follow the clues to sort through the numerous red-herrings, and figuring out the villain's identity and motivation is all part of the fun.

Small towns are quite common settings in this type of book, but Pike is somewhat different. Rather than being quaint with quirky locals, the atmosphere is more sad and depressing,. The residents are trying to cope with the realities of a failing economy and the disappointments in their lives, which contributes to the believability.

Overall, a well-written and entertaining read recommended for lovers of a good romance with their mystery.

I didn't find anything I loved about this book. It was just an ok read for me. A small town murder and romance just didnt draw me in. Had a hard time picking this one up.

Thanks to the author,the publisher and NetGalley for an early release of this book.

This is a story about murder in a small town.

This was not a perfect fit for me, but I can see qualities that I think a lot of readers will enjoy. If you're someone who likes small town mysteries or thrillers with romance elements, I think this will be a good fit for you. The romance was fairly prevalent, so I could see someone who prefers that genre vs mystery thrillers enjoying this as a slight departure. Additionally, the characters were well crafted so I would absolutely check out future works by the author.

Thank you so much netgalley & Kensington books for this e-ARC.

Don't Look is Alexandra Ivy's new book. I have read several of her other books and particularly enjoy her romantic suspense stories. This book follows Lynne and Kir as they search for a killer stalking their town. Kir is the former sheriff's son and is lured into the mystery his father spoke of after it was too late. Lynne is the local vet and finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer. After several murders in town, the two come head to head with the killer but not before they find themselves getting closer to each other. I would say Lynne and Kir have a much sweeter romance than I have seen in some of her other books, but it is still far from cozy!