Watch Your Back by Terri Parlato
Narrated by Nick Mills; Christina Moore; Rebecca Quinn Robertson

Psychiatrist Eve met collision shop manager Nathan when a car ran her off the road and her car needed repairs. After a whirlwind romance the two married and Eve was pregnant before they even thought to discuss their views on kids. Now they have a baby girl and they are deep into the reality of this marriage they quickly cobbled together. Eve is back to being way too busy at work and feeling guilty about missing her single days with no husband and no baby. Nathan, who is a fantastic and very hands on father, resents a full time job and all household and baby chores being on him while barely getting to see or talk to his wife at all.

They do have an excellent babysitter, an elderly woman who adores the baby. But that all falls apart when the baby is taken from the babysitter's house. Nathan has something in his life that will not hold up to scrutiny, Eve has things at work that could lead to why their baby was kidnapped, the marriage of Eve and Nathan, which was on very rocky ground already, is unlikely to survive the fact that their baby is missing.

Detective Rita Myers is back and she's not going to give anyone any slack. She's going to look over and under and inside everything in order to find this baby. Spending time with her is always interesting to me. Being in her head is so entertaining, I could listen to her thoughts all day long so I'm always glad she's a part of this series. This is the third book that features Rita trying to solve cases so I'm calling this the Detective Rita Myers series.

I believe it is Christina Moore who narrates Detective Rita Myers and Christina's narration of Rita's POV is perfect. Rita is so down to earth, so matter of fact, but also unapologetically nosy and happy to share the nosy bits with us. She has been my favorite character throughout this three part series and although this book does not end on a cliffhanger, I consider the way the story ends as a hint that there is more to come. Bring on more Rita!

Thank you to RBmedia | Recorded Books and NetGalley for this ARC.

Thank you so much to Recorded Books for the gifted audiobook!

Title: Watch Your Back
Author: Terri Parlato
Narrated by: Christina Moore, Rebecca Quinn Robertson, Nick Mills
Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
Release date: 12-24-24

This is my third book by Terri Parlato and all of them have been based around Detective Rita and her cases. She's really becoming a favorite detective character for me!

This one started off INTENSE right off the bat and I was totally enthralled in the story and the characters! A husband falling (or pushed?) down the stairs and in the hospital, a baby missing from her crib and that was all just in the beginning! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!

I didn't trust anyone in this story and that made it so fun!

The way that things wrapped up was... interesting. I will say that I was tracking to rate this book 4 stars the whole way and then the ending had me kind of 🤔🤔 I will say I definitely didn't see it coming, so there's that 😂

Overall, a fun and quick read with less than satisfying ending for me. I still think it's worth the read though!

The narrators did a great job on the reading!!

3.5 rounded up

3.5 rounded up- Eve is a psychiatrist that never thought she would get married or have children, but after her car was run off the road, she met Nathan at his auto body shop and fell for him. Nathan and Eve have welcomed a baby girl, Rosewyn, into their lives. Due to Eve's high-pressure career, they have trusted the care of Rosewyn to a babysitter, Barbara, and everything is going well. That is until Rosewyn goes missing under Barbara's watch and secrets start coming forward.

Detective Rita Myers has been tasked with solving the kidnapping of Rosewyn and things keep getting weirder when the house behind Eve and Nathan's is broken into. Are these two crimes just a coincidence or are they connected? When clues keep pointing to Eve having a part in the crime, is she really at fault or is she a target of something bigger?

Watch Your Back was told from 3 POVs: Eve, Nathan, and Rita. I really liked the storytelling this way since we got to see the mystery from all their views and get further clues along the way. The characters were well developed and the story well written. I guess this is a part of a series, which I didn't know, and it didn't affect the readability of it as a stand-alone. There were some great twists and the story kept me engaged throughout.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and RBmedia for the audiobook for review!

This wasn't super twisty, and it was predictable, but the ride to the end is a good time with three points of views an affair, the babysitter, and the play of a working mother. Who kidnapped the baby? You can probably can guess, but it's a fun time figuring out why!

Oh man this was a fun one! A really good who dunit that will keep you guessing til the end. This book starts going in one direction and then boom totally different direction and way more storylines added to the overall plot! I think the pacing keeps you interested and you just want to keep going to peel back the mystery. If you’re looking for. Quick thriller that grabs you from the start this is going to be one for you. When starting this book i didn’t realize it was a series and i think it can easily be read as a stand alone. But it does make me want to go back and read the books prior to this one.