Allison Brennan introduces us to the Angelhart family and their PI business. I love family drama stories and she combines this with a case that spirals into Margo's and her family's orbit in ways neither side was expecting. Add in a sub-plotline that kept me just as glued tot he pages of YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME till the very end. Ms. Brenan delivers a solid and highly entertaining new series in this diverse and unique family. I loved all the characters a lot, especially Margo. She is the main player in this first book in the Angelhart Investigations series and she's a character I would love to meet for drinks and dinner one night. She's complex, determined and independent. One character I totally fell in love with right off the bat. With each introduction to Margo's family member's and some intriguing secondary characters, I found YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME such a great read, I couldn't put it down.

Allison Brennan is a talented storyteller that delivers her first book in her new series a fun, twisty ride from start to finish. With a cast of characters as different from one another that captures the reader's imagination, a backdrop of Arizona that gives me a longing to go back for a visit and a fast paced storyline, the reader is taken on a ride that they will enjoy from start to end. Get ready for Angelhart Investigations and the Angelhart family, warts and all.

So this is either the first in the series, or the second if you read 0.5, which takes place several years prior. Easy peasy to start with this one. You won't have missed anything major since it was a novella and just looked at Margo as she starts out as a private investigator. But, it was a good story! And then, there is a LOT of backstory that took place between the two books that we don't really get! I hope we somehow go back to in a future book. Foremost, Margo's dad is in prison for killing another doctor. This has caused a huge rife in the otherwise close Angelheart family. In the present, Margo has been hired to catch a cheating husband while her family's firm (minus her) is looking into some corporate espionage. And then there is the case of the woman who goes missing who may not be who people think she is. Of course all these cases end up merging together forcing Margo and her family to work together. The plots and the family members' interactions with each other make for a very cohesive read and a great introduction to what will hopefully be a solid series.

I love Allison Brennan. I usually devour her books, but this one just didn't make the cut. I found it slow. I didn't care for the characters or the story. I found myself putting it down, reading something else, picking it back up and putting it down again. This is a new series by the author that, unfortunately, I will not be continuing. It wasn't horrible. It was just average and not what I've come to expect from this author.

Thank you #netgalley and #htp #mira for the eARC.

Margo Angelhart is a PI who is determined to do the best job she can for her clients. Separated from her family’s investigative business, Margo sets out on a routine job to see if a husband is cheating on his wife. This stakeout proves to be very different from what she expected and will lead her to uncover more and more secrets, and perhaps bring her closer to her family. This was a good book that really held my attention.

This is a new series by Allison Brennan and it's off to a great start. I liked that it was told from different points of view.
I am looking forward to reading more about Margo and her siblings.
Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced co

You'll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan is a highly recommended start to a new Private Investigator series, Angelhart Investigations.

Margo Angelhart is working as a PI on her own after a disagreement with her mother left her estranged from her family's PI business. The disagreement is based on her father's pleading guilty and subsequent imprisonment over a crime she is sure he didn't commit. In the first case she helps Annie and her two children escape from an abusive situation. The situation becomes threatening because the husband, Peter, is a state trooper, dangerous, and he is determined to get Annie back.

The second case starts out as a simple investigation into a cheating husband, Logan, but turns into a much more complicated situation when Margo and her siblings with the Angelhart firm discover they are both looking at Logan and Jennifer White, a former employee. Angelhart Investigations, however, is working on a corporate espionage investigation where privileged information has been copied. The people involved in both cases seemed to be tied into something much bigger than a cheating husband, especially when a third PI firm is following one of the people involved. The whole case is much more complicated than anyone initially thought and Margo consents to work together with her family to untangle the investigative threads.

Set in Phoenix, Arizona, this is a page turner that will hold your attention. Events unfold as they occur with no flashbacks or forwards, which helps increase the tension and suspense. Savvy readers may be able to quickly figure out what events are leading to, but the discoveries and facts are interesting to follow. The cheating husband investigation was a bit annoying because the client, Brittany, is annoying. Once the plot moved beyond that, it was more complicated and more entertaining. The family drama intermixed with the investigations adds a whole new layer to the intricate plot.

As expected, the writing is very good in this new series as Brennan introduces all new characters. The members of the Angelhart family are interesting and they are all multi-dimensional characters but I's expect much more development and depth in them as the series continues. Margo is a fully realized character and a great PI. It will be satisfying and enjoyable to see more of her, along with her brother Jack, in the future. Thanks to Mira Books for providing me with an advance reader's copy. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.

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You'll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan
The idea for Angelhart Investigations had come from Jack and Margo, and they convinced their mom, Ava to join. Ava had been burnt out as a lawyer, and private investigation was a natural career shift. They planned to open the doors as equal partners - the four of them - Ava, Jack, Tess, and Margo. Margo assumed their first case would be investigating their dad, who went to prison after confessing to killing a colleague. But both parents convinced Jack and Tess not to investigate and Margo felt betrayed, so she refused to join Angelhart Investigations. After all, she had her own PI business.
Logan Monroe was a self-made millionaire and had created several computer gaming companies. Jennifer White, his former intern, had a dual degree in computer science and math. Angelhart Investigations had been hired to look into Jennifer White for possible corporate espionage. While Margo was hired by Mrs. Monroe to find Mr. Monroe in a compromising position with a lover. The two cases became one and Margo was compelled to work with her family to solve the case.
Brennan takes us on a fast pace, wild ride full of intrigue and deception. She is a masterful story teller who weaves together a fascinating tale of family, friendship, betrayal and love. The characters are relatable and the plot credible. I had a hard time putting this book down.

Margo Angelhart has started her own PI business away from her family but there cases collide in this action packed story. She’s ex military and all strong independent women.
Two stories in woven together by this amazing author. A new series that is definitely a winner in my opinion.
Can’t wait to see where it takes us in the future.

I absolutely devoured this book! It started out with a bang and just continued from there. I enjoy when books flip back and forth between characters like this one. I can't wait to read more by this author.

I requested this book because of the author, who I’ve now read seven of her books. I like Allison Brennan; she’s a good writer and storyteller. I loved how Brennan started the story with Margo, a former veteran of the military police, helping an abused wife, Annie, and mother of two (a baby and a toddler) escape her abusive state trooper husband, Peter. Margo sets Annie up with new identities, a car, a bunch money, and a contact at the other end who will help her and the kids get settled. LOVE MARGO!!! Margo is good people in my book! This unofficial prologue, of sorts, introduces the reader to one of the book’s primary storylines.

The book summary introduces the reader to the second primary storyline of the collision of Margo’s case (a cheating husband) and another case (corporate espionage) that two of Margo’s siblings (she has four), Jack and Tess, end up at the same location following two different suspects. Margo comes from a family of PI’s who run a firm called Angelhart Investigations. However, Margo chose not to work with them and to work on her own because of issues she has with her family, mostly her mother, Ava, a former Phoenix prosecutor, over the incarceration of the family’s patriarch, Cooper. Cooper, who admitted to killing a partner, is currently serving a life sentence for murder, which Margo thinks is a load of crap and that he is protecting someone.

Margo and her family agree to work together on the corporate espionage case, because Margo is certain that her client, Brittany, is just using her to follow her husband with the excuse that he’s cheating. Margo is certain the husband, Logan, is not cheating, and that Brittany is after something else. There is also Peter discovering that Annie left him and took the kids. He discovers that Margo is somehow involved and begins to investigate her because he knows that Annie didn’t plan this escape on her own; he knows she had help.

The story chapters flip back and forth between nine different characters along with an unknown thief, who is the one at the center of the corporate espionage case, and not Jennifer White who everyone suspects. The thief, who is framing Jennifer, proceeds to try and kill anyone who gets too close to uncovering what he has been doing for the past year. Margo also discovers that there is another rival PI firm, Trident, that was following either Logan or Jennifer. None of this is a spoiler since it all happened in the first 20% of the story. Suffice it to say, there is a lot going on with a large cast of characters, which tends to muddle up the story a little. Sometimes this can drag the story down a little, but this one moved along at a steady pace. This is the kind of story where the reader needs to stay alert and pay attention (at least I did) to all the pieces on the board and balls in the air.

By the halfway point, the corporate espionage story takes on a whole new complication and becomes much more convoluted and, honestly, just a bit messy. The crazy turn that Peter and Annie’s story takes has become much more interesting to me. The end comes pretty fast after that in a whirl of activity and danger for Margo on both storylines.

Not sure I would consider this one of Brennan’s best, but it was definitely an enjoyable read and kept me engaged throughout the book. With so many characters, characterization was pretty thin for almost all of the characters. The pacing and storyline were steady and interesting, respectively. The writing style was good, but, once again, I wouldn’t call it Brennan’s best. I’m looking at an overall rating of 3.6 that I will round up to a 4star read. I will probably still continue with the series, starting with the prequel for some background info on Margo. I want to thank NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for sending me this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I’m late to the novels by Allison Brennan but slowly catching up! Her latest, You’ll Never Find Me, is the first in what appears to be a new series involving the Angelheart Investigation Firm, a family company. There are multiple cases and family drama woven together that keep you turning the pages! Definitely looking forward to more in this series.

Nothing brings family together like crime. In the first in the new Angelhart Investigations series, private investigator and former military military police Margot Angelhart works alone helping those whom the law overlooks, but when she takes on a case that forces her to team up with her estranged siblings—and is exposed to a vengeful, corrupt cop—reconciling is her only hope at survival. Working alone as a private investigator for the past 3 years has been tough.

Estranged from her PI family because of a falling out on how to handle Cooper Angelhart's prison sentence, Margo felt betrayed by her mothers choices in not fully investigating what really happened to her father and why. Margo does what she must to get by—including taking on sordid cases that pay the bills, even if she’d rather be helping those the justice system has failed. Margo successfully helps an abused woman find a new life with her children, but that doesn't stop her corrupt cop of a husband from intimidating those who might know where she is, including her uncle who is a Priest.

Meanwhile, she is also working on an alleged cheating husband case where the wife of Logan Monroe is set to receive a huge payday if Margo can prove her husband is a cheater. Margo's case quickly intersects with her siblings’ corporate espionage investigation when Margo ends up saving Logan and a woman named Jennifer from a painful death. The Angelhart's realize they must work together to figure out exactly what’s going on. Are the dotcom millionaire and computer scientist really having an affair or is Logan telling the truth that he doesn’t know why Jennifer wanted to meet?

Is there another reason for their clandestine meetings? Is the computer scientist committing espionage, or is she a potential whistleblower? Why did she slip out of the hospital and where is she now? This forces an unwilling and stubborn Margo to cooperate with the Angelhart firm. Now, as the siblings (Jack, Josie, and Lulu) compare notes, it’s clear they need to work together before a white-collar crime escalates to murder. With far more questions than answers and a key suspect on the run, they’ll need the whole family to pitch in.

But as they investigate the ever-twisting mystery, Margo isn’t sharing everything, and who can blame her. After all, it was her idea to start Angelhart Investigations. It was her idea to work with family when they decided to ice her out over not investigating their father's guilty plea. Can she learn to trust her family and heal their once-close relationship before her secrets put those she loves most in danger? Interesting that the author uses Bisbee, Arizona as one of her settings. It's where Sheriff Joana Brady's series takes place. I think I may have to read the novella to understand more about what happened to Margo's father and how it divided the family. I liked the fact that Jack plays the role of uniter and peacekeeper in order to bring the family back together. Margo and her mother are very much alike in almost every way.

I liked this book for the most part however it was kind of lacking in the surprise department. I also found it to be a little slow, and there was a lot of parts that I had a hard time reading and finding believable

Allison Brennan begins a new series. In You’ll Never Find Me you meet the first member of the Angelhart family, Margo. Margo is a private investigator who after a disagreement with her family strkes out on her own taking cases as they come to support herself. The rest of the family, Mom, brother and sisters also run an investigation company with Mom, a lawyer, in charge. While they could work together as a great team, Margo will have none of it until her investigation of a ‘cheating’ husband crosses the path of the family’s investigation in corporation espionage. The novel serves as an introduction to the family and how each have an approach to a question, obstacle, or procedure, as well as working together. The characters are a promising crew and how the series will develop will be interesting as each one of them is likable and have their own novel in the series while family is always part of the tale. Enjoy. Thank you Harlequin and NetGalley for the ARC.

Harlequin & NetGalley gave me the opportunity to read an advance copy of Allison Brennan’s new book. Here is my honest review as well my Goodreads page https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/102469706-jamie :

This is the first the of series so all characters in the book were new. With Brennan’s writing I prefer reading the books that are part of series. Even without reading other books in the series the plot & characters don’t feel so rushed. The book reads smoothly and all parts come together in the end.

We have a family who is estranged over whether or not the father committed a crime. It created division in what could have been a family business - the mother, who was top lawyer in city; son, previously a cop; and one daughter, extremely tech savvy and in school. But Margo, the black sheep left for the military when she didn’t agree with everything they said about her father. So, we separate PI businesses in the same city. And yes they cross paths.

Fast forward to present day- Margo is doing PI work and helping a battered cop’s wife escape. ** This part is normal intense Allison Brennan suspense- good guys helping the bad….you have multiple moving parts. You’re intrigued by the sociopath husband who pretends he is wonderful when in fact he abuses his wife in multiple ways. And yet he acts beyond broken finding out she’s gone.

This part was happening simultaneously but I found it uninteresting. (It was not the normal intense “can’t stop reading”).
This other case going on with a client and supposed cheating husband being worked by Margo. For one the client was not a typical character in her books. She was annoying and not bright. I don’t know if it was how she was written but normally even annoying characters aren’t like this in her books. There is also a separate case being investigated by her family. The twist was it was into the husband that the wife of Margo‘s client thought was cheating. It was into his business though.

I thought the character Margo was developed well. And she stood out beyond the rest of everyone. I didn’t like the plot Margo’s case and her family’s intermixing. It lacked suspense compared the other part of book and it didn’t flow with plot.

I felt like there was some disconnect from one case to the other like they didn’t belong in the same book.

A new series has started. At first I was not sure I would like it but then I became immersed in the story and the characters. The chapters were headlined with the name of a character and that is the point of view and/or feelings that were related. Finishing the book,I feel I know the main family and will look forward to continuing with the series as the books come out.

I enjoyed this book, but was not my favorite of Allison Brennan's. I kept waiting for the characters to evolve, but it didn't really happen for me. I would describe this newest release as consistent and enjoyable.

Margo Angelhart is estranged from her family's PI business because of something that happened with her father. Margo does what she must to get by, including taking on casing where she has to catch a cheating husband in the act. It quickly becomes clear that her newest case somehow intersects with her siblings’ corporate espionage case. Will Margo be able to put her feelings aside to work with her family?

Allison Brennan has delivered another suspense book that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout. Her characters are always intriguing, and the storyline is always well thought out. I like how this story is set up with different characters' points of view throughout. It helps the reader really get to know each character well. I found myself liking the whole Angelhart family. I enjoyed the fast-pace and read the story in under 24 hours because I just had to see what would happen next. I also enjoyed that it is set in Phoenix. I grew up in Phoenix and Brennan did an amazing job showcasing its beauty. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys suspense novels! I can’t wait to see what the Angelhart family is up to in the next installment!

You'll Never Find Me is a gripping tale of family, secrets, and the dark underbelly of the private investigation world. Margo Angelhart, estranged from her PI family, finds herself entangled in a dangerous web of deceit when her solo case collides with her siblings' high-stakes investigation. As they race against time to prevent a white-collar crime from turning deadly, the Angelhart siblings must confront their past and learn to trust each other once again.

With its fast-paced plot and compelling characters, You'll Never Find Me keeps readers hooked from start to finish. The author skillfully navigates the complexities of family dynamics and the moral gray areas of the justice system, delivering a thought-provoking narrative that will linger long after the final page is turned.

Filled with suspense, intrigue, and unexpected twists, You'll Never Find Me is a must-read for fans of mystery and suspense fiction.

Trigger warning: spousal abuse, rape, drugging.

What an inspiring read. I love the strong female characters that really stand up for what they believe in and how no matter what the Angelhart family has each others back.