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Elaine Emmerick

A GRIPPING THRILLER!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2017

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1. Characters ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dr. Louisa Hancock is an Assistant Curator at Livingston Museum of Archaeology in Philadelphia.
April is Louisa's assistant.
Riki LaSanta is an intern.
Director Cusack is the Chief Curator at the museum.
Detectives Jackson and Ianelli are investigating the case of a missing person.
Zoe Finch is Louisa's intern.
Heath Yeager has a date with Zoe.
Conor Sullivan co-owns Sullivan's with his family.
Isa is Zoe's roommate.

2. Plot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Someone has killed a young woman, cutting symbols on her body and making a funeral pyre. Once done, this person will get another victim.

Director Cusack calls Louisa to his office. The police are there to ask questions about Riki LaSanta, an intern who is missing. Detectives Jackson and Ianelli have pictures they want Louisa to look at. The pictures show Celtic symbols on the body.

Zoe is going on a date; she doesn't tell Louisa or April who she's dating. Zoe, Heath and his friends are drinking at Sullivan's. Zoe and Heath get into an argument and Conor bounces Heath and his friends out of the bar. Conor asks Zoe if she needs a ride home; she tells him that she'll call her roommate. Conor is closing the bar and Zoe is still there. Conor asks again if she needs a ride home. Her roommate isn't answering her phone so Conor takes her to the subway station. When he gets back, he sees an injured dog. He takes the dog to his apartment to clean her up. When Conor goes downstairs, a teenager tells him that he wants the dog back. Conor tells him he hasn't seen the dog. The kid doesn't believe him and a fight ensues. Conor decides to take the dog to the vet in the morning.

Louisa goes to Sullivan's because she's looking for Zoe since she didn't show up for work. She talks with Conor and he tells her that he took Zoe to the subway station. Conor and Louisa met each other while they were in Maine. He asks Louisa if she wants to go with him to the vet to get the dog.

Conor calls Louisa and asks her to come to the bar. When she arrives, Detectives Jackson and Ianelli are there because they have a warrant to search his apartment and car for evidence of Zoe's presence. They cuff Conor and take him to the police station. Louisa calls an attorney friend, Damian. He goes to the police station and talks to Conor before he's questioned. The police release him but will keep an eye on him.

Louisa and Conor have feelings for each other but they both have baggage they need to overcome. They have both been hurt but it doesn't stop them from caring for each other.

As Conor's apartment is being cleaned, he's staying at Louisa's. The Detectives go to her apartment to tell them that they've found a body. They don't know if it's Zoe.

Will Zoe be found alive? Will Conor and Louisa learn to trust each other? Will the killer be found before the next victim is killed? You'll have to read it and find out!

3. Writing Structure ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Melinda, again, has weaved an intense and heart-pounding story. She touches on characters from books 1 and 2 and I think it's great that she does that! You feel a connection with Conor and Louisa, hoping that they can overcome their hurt and begin to trust each other. Melinda also writes about the love the Sullivan's have for each other. It's a well-written, exciting story!

4. Ending ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
WHAT AN EXCELLENT ENDING! You will never believe who the killer is! The pieces are finally put together... It's a nail-biting and thrilling ending!

5. Overall ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is Book 3 in the"Midnight" Series. Melinda creates these stories brilliantly. She doesn't disappoint her readers! This is why I love Series Books...each book is connected to the others. As a reader, there's history in the series. I'm ready for Book 4, "Midnight Obsession"!

Ezra Josef

Best of the trilogy

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015

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Third of a trilogy of mysteries involving various members of the Sullivan family. The first revolved around Jayne, the second story revolved around her brother Danny, and this last one revolved around their brother Conor.

This turned out to be at least as well done if not better than the first book of the trilogy. In the second book, Conor was helping his brother, Danny, to locate a killer. Because the killing revolved around Celtic artifacts, they discovered that certain of these artifacts were stolen from a museum over which Louisa Hancock presided. Both Louisa and Conor felt an attraction but at the end of the second book, though nothing happened.

In this third book, Louisa took a job in a museum in Philadelphia, which is close to the bar that's run by Conor and his older brother, Pat. There are a series of killings that take place, and the murders are being done with a knife that came from the museum. In addition, mounting circumstantial evidence seems to point to Conor.
Independent of the murders, the spark that began between Conor and Louisa in the second book, ignites into something stronger, though each of them have been hurt in the past. They each keep pulling away from the relationship because of their past issues, but they keep coming back to each other as each can't let the other person out of their lives.
The tension is kept up, and the vulnerability of the two main characters due to occurrences in their pasts seem real. It makes for a very believable tension, as they both try to find out who the real killer is before he claims even more victims and before they arrest Conor for the murders.

Linda Murphy on

An excellent romantic suspense in her superb "Midnight" series

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017

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**An excellent romantic suspense in her excellent "Midnight" series, by bestselling author Melinda Leigh. ....Due to a painful and troubled past, curator Louisa Hancock left Maine to start a new life. After accepting a new job at a promising museum in the city of Philadelphia, Louisa tried to put all thoughts to the back of her mind, especially of what happened six months earlier and the one man who had captured her heart so long ago. Believing she could finally move on with her life in a different and new location, she couldn't have been more wrong. Not long after she was settled, it was like history repeating itself once again when a young intern of Louisa's who worked at the museum went missing only to be found brutally murdered days later. With the knowledge of the young woman being tortured and stabbed by a missing Celtic artifact all the painful memories of Maine came rushing back terrifying her to the core. How could this be happening again? It's not possible! Known to be meticulous , guarded, evasive and a control freak, Louisa was not only running from old memories of murder but also her own personal demons, sinister secrets and a very dark past but after another one of her interns suddenly disappears from the museum, she places all her fears on the back burner, especially when Louisa discovers who is being suspected for the alleged crimes by the police. Since the time she assisted Conor Sullivan, to aid and help him with his brother Danny back in Maine almost six months ago, Louisa couldn't erase her feelings for Conor nor could she ignore her sexual attraction she felt for him. After years of raising his siblings since their parents death, sports bar owner Conor Sullivan was beginning to wonder if it was time to settle down. With his extreme good looks and his sex appeal, he never had a problem in the female department, but truth be told, he only had one woman on his mind these days and he met her back in Maine months ago. After his brother Danny and his sister Jayne were dealing with a sadistic serial killer back in Maine, Conor was not only grateful for Louisa's help but he also couldn't deny the attraction he felt for her but soon everything would change the moment the police suspected him of crimes he knew nothing about, and the one woman he could never forget. Like wishful thinking ,Conor couldn't believe his eyes when the the woman who haunted his dreams night after night suddenly walked right into his bar. Refusing to believe that Conor is guilty of anything, Louisa not only seeked him out at his sports bar but she convinced him of pursuing their own investigation in order to clear him. With the clues and evidence mounting up and leading them back to the museum where it all started, the closer they get their desires and emotions for one another only intensifies. Realizing that Louisa was hiding from her past, Conor decided not to pursue her but when Louisa is suddenly abducted by the killer, he not only raced against the clock in order to save her , but in that moment, he was struck with the realization that his feelings for her wasn't just attraction but something much bigger. Will she die never knowing that she claimed his heart? As the seconds ticked by and each clue leading him to the woman he loved and the whereabouts of the place she was being held nothing will prepare Conor for the shock of his life when he discovers the true identity of the killer!....a chilling thriller that will have you gripping the edge of your seat until the very end! Thank you..

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rosmary windmail

A gripping read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2020

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This book holds you,the gear and confusion makes you scared to think what will happen next.
The love and difficulties of letting someone too close in either main characters. It's sad exciting and definitely very sexual. Everyone seems to be the murderer.
It's so good, I would recommend it to anyone.

Mand

Action packed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2021

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I finished book two yesterday, I enjoyed that but absolutely loved this and read it in a day, Connor and Louisa seen an unlikely couple, brought together by murder in the last book and starting with another in this one, they both have demons but working together to find the murderer brings them together.

Jaycee

A good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2020

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An enjoyable romance/suspense story which follows books 1 and 2 in this Midnight series. Melinda Leigh cleverly crafts her characters, creates an atmosphere of suspense, plots a good who-dun-it and is THE best writer of moments of sexual tension without being crude or cheesy.

Mrs. G. G. Debenham

Midnight betrayal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2019

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I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book with all of the characters and their impact on the storyline together with the suspense and crime involved in the rollercoaster and I would recommend the reading of this to anyone who enjoys suspense.

Grandma

Midnight betrayal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2020

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Exceptional book. Again a well written book with an excellent storyline. A great twist which was not evident. A worthy candidate which will not disappoint. Brilliant !

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