Close Up by Amanda Quick [Review]

Close Up (Burning Cove #4) by Amanda Quick
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: July 20, 2022

Burning Cove
1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much
2. The Other Lady Vanishes
3. Tightrope
4. Close Up - Paperback | Kindle
5. The Lady Has a Past
6. When She Dreams
7. The Bride Wore White

Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes or headshots for aspiring male actors. Although she is set on a career of transforming photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what’s paying the bills.

After shooting crime scene photos of a famous actress, the latest victim of the murderer the press has dubbed the “Dagger Killer,” Vivian notices eerie similarities to the crime scenes of previous victims—details that only another photographer would have noticed—details that put Vivian at the top of the killer’s target list.

Nick Sundridge has always been able to “see” things that others don’t, coping with disturbing dreams and visions. His talent, or as he puts it—his curse—along with his dark past makes him a recluse, but a brilliant investigator. As the only one with the ability to help, Nick is sent to protect Vivian. Together, they discover the Dagger Killer has ties to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood royalty and high society. It is a cutthroat world of allure and deception that Vivian and Nick must traverse—all in order to uncover the killer who will stop at nothing to add them to their gallery of murders.

Thoughts on Close Up: We're back in Burning Cove. Sort of. I mean, we end up there eventually. Mostly because Oliver, Luthor, and their crew have that place locked down pretty tight. Which is a funny thing to say since there tends to be A LOT of mayhem that goes on in that town. But for Vivian's sake, it is pretty safe. After all, she has her own personal body guard watching out for her and the BC crew are quick to welcome her into the fold.

But before we get to that point, Vivian ends up in the cross-hairs of a killer. This is after thwarting another killer. The lady is basically up to her eyeballs in killers. It's a little messy. But it does bring Nick into her life. Sure, sure, his personal life is also a little messy, but not serial killers-level of messy, so there's that.

Anywho. Vivian and Nick. They both have measurable talent. They both have secrets they're holding close to the vest. They spark and nearly get blown up (not metaphorically, either) and get close the way people get close when they're battling dangerous things. In other words, GOOD TIMES!