Turning in her disabled father, an ex-cop, for his role in covering up a murder from two decades ago, has left detective Annalisa Vega someone not quite trusted by her fellow officers. However, a new case needs to be worked on and Annalisa must trust her fellow cops. At the same time, a cold case from two decades before also has Annalisa busier than ever.

This second book in the Detective Annalisa Vega series was a captivating read. Annalisa is one determined cop. Placing herself in danger comes with the job as far as she is concerned. Just like the first book in the series, Dead and Gone, there are personal and professional relationships that are stretched to the limit in this book.

Following reading the first book, I went right on to read this one and was pulled in right from the very start. It is very easy to love Annalisa and I am moving right on to books three and four in the series, Dead and Gone and All the Way Gone.

Many thanks to Minotaur Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

What happens when you've been shunned for busting your dad as a dirty cop, and then you stumble upon ANOTHER ring of dirty cops? Do you do the right thing and investigate? Or do you try and salvage your reputation and ignore it? This is a story of revenge, family, alliances, forgiveness, and healing. When the third book in the series came out, I had realized I had missed this one. So glad and I went back and caught up. Annalisa Vega has flaws, but she is a character to root for. Recommended.

Really liked this one.

Good story but for the corny ending

I enjoyed the mystery. It was well conceived, well executed and well written … until the final scene. Why isn’t it enough that our heroine is an intelligent and successful detective without turning a good mystery into chick lit?

The second installment of the Detective Annalisa Vega series has Annalisa investigating a detective's suspicious murder and finding ties to a cold case murder, while dealing with the personal and professional fallout from solving the Lovelorn Killer case (in the first book, Gone for Good).

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I would strongly advise not reading this book until you've read Gone for Good (which you should absolutely do). Annalisa's family and romantic relationships are *complicated* and wouldn't make much sense without knowing what happened in book one.

I love that this series is set in Chicago and appreciated how everything unfolded, but overall didn't like this as much as the first book. The twists and turns were there, but it felt a little dragged out and not super thrilling, especially her relationship with her ex-husband, Nick, which was one of my favorite parts of GfG. That said, I will absolutely be the first in line to get my hands on book 3 because I know there's exciting trouble ahead for Annalisa, and Schaffhausen is one of my favorite thriller writers.

* thanks to St. Martin's Press / Minotaur Books for the NetGalley review copy. Long Gone publishes August 9, 2022.

Received an ARC via NetGalley.

Whereas I do find Annalisa a little bit of a cliche, I can’t help but enjoy this series anyway. Much of the book I half suspected early on but not enough where I was certain. I also appreciated that some of the plot wasn’t secret from the reader. There was a good balance of what was disclosed and what was held back. I think it helped keep the plot from getting bogged down at the end; less to catch everyone up on.

I’ll be looking forward to the next installment.

I really enjoy the character of Annalise Vega. Though again the trope of the overly dedicated detective making stupid decisions is tiresome. And of course there is the will there or won’t there be a romance piece. But the mystery was good if somewhat over the top. Fun read.
I was given a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review

Thank you to the author, publisher, narrator and Net Galley for providing a free e-audio version of this title in exchange for my review.

When I requested this title, I didn't realize it was book 2 in the series, but I had hopes that the author would do a good job of reminding the readers of details from book 1 so I could catch up. I have read a few series that worked fairly well as stand alone books. This is not one, not in my experience. I was very confused all through the book with the characters and details that were most likely covered in book 1, so I felt very confused through the whole book.

Also, as this is an audiobook, I could not check dialogs or follow actual conversation rather than just thoughts between characters. The actual dialog seemed a bit sloppy or choppy and did not flow. I would think this was a character's thought, then realize it was the actual spoken portion of the conversation. It was very confusing all through.

Overall, I really didn't enjoy the book and had a hard time following the details of the case. It might make more sense if you have read book 1 or reading the print, I'm not sure. For me, this was a 2 star "it was ok" book, to be kind. The narrator did a fairly good job with the narration and pronunciation.

3 stars

A good book, although the idea of sacrificing everything and everyone and being like a dog with a bone was taken a bit to extreme.
A good follow up to the first book in this series, tying up some loose ends. A nice read!