Book Review: Tangled Threat by Heather Graham

Some things you can’t forget.

A body hanging from the infamous History Tree unraveled their teenage love. Now Maura Antrim is again tangled up with Brock McGovern. Twelve years later, they’re back where that murder occurred—where Brock had been arrested and then released, where Maura had run, too scared to stand by his side. But with two women missing, and Brock now an FBI agent, Maura is determined to help. Together, they’ll have to confront a threat that never died and see if their passion has withstood the test of time.

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My Review:

I love romantic suspense and I adore a good second chance story, but this book just left me… meh. I have loved everything I’ve previously read of Heather Graham’s work, and it absolutely kills me to come to the end of this book and be so sadly disappointed with the experience. It’s obvious that a lot of research went into creating this book. I think some of the research could have been left out of the book itself, though, it made for very dry, repetitive reading. I didn’t feel an emotional connection with or between the characters. Brock and Maura’s reconciliation was too easy. There wasn’t even a real conversation before they coupled back up. I didn’t get the proper sense of urgency from the law enforcement officials working the missing persons cases either. Where I felt the energy being focused was on the cold case, not the three missing women. I have to give the author credit for completely blindsiding me with the real culprit. I had backed the wrong horse in this race and hadn’t even considered the possibility of who the villain actually was. Also, I now know a whole lot more about Florida than I ever expected to learn. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through NetGalley.