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.