Between You and Me

(The Last Picks Book 5)

De: Gregory Ashe

Narrado por: Andrew Gibson

Hunting a killer is scary. Talking about your feelings is scarier. Dashiell Dawson Dane is certain the universe is conspiring against him. After all, things have been good—almost too good—for way too long. He’s got a great group of friends. He’s writing regularly. And things with Bobby seem like they might, maybe, possibly be moving beyond friend territory. It’s all so good, in fact, that it feels like the setup for something truly catastrophic. Not to mention, it’s the weekend before Valentine’s Day. So, when Dash and his friends visit Shipwreck Shores, a local amusement park, he’s not terribly surprised when he stumbles across a body in the fun house. The surprising part comes when the body disappears before park security—or the sheriff—can see it. And while no one will say it to his face, some people in Hastings Rock seem to suspect Dash is making it up. No body means no official investigation, so Dash finds himself forced into his own search for answers. But the killer isn’t done yet. And Dash’s sleuthing sets the two of them on a collision course.

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The angst

I swear Gregory Ashe likes to frustrate us. This is another installment of a good mystery and includes some movement (not sure I would call it forward) for Dash and Bobby. The ending just kills me and ready for the next book to see where it progresses. Andrew Gibson does a good job of portraying Dash and his last picks friends.

Roller Coaster ride

This is the fifth book in GA’s cozy mysteries series call The Last Picks. If you’ve reached listening to book 5 you are obviously invested in the quirky characters of this series and Dash and Bobby’s “relationship”. Well, they are in full force in this story. So strap on for a roller-coaster on the relationship side and there is a great mystery, My main takeaway from this book is GA has ascended from King of Angst to Lord Master and Commander of Angst!!! My goodness why do I do this to myself?

So the gang decides to take a trip to the local amusement park and things are going great until Dash finds a body. Keep in mind this story takes place about 2 months after Broken Bird (book 4). At this point shouldn’t someone be asking questions about why people dropping dead around Dash? But I digress. However, the body “disappears” and nobody believes Dash and thinks he is just looking for attention. Nobody but the Scooby gang and the mystery investigation begins. Meanwhile during all this it appears that Bobby and Dash’s relationship is on a roller coaster of emotions. It’s torturous to hear and a few times I had to stop listening so I didn’t pull my hair out. And of course, GA being the Lord Master and Commander he is, provides a “twist” at the end that guarantees I will listen to Book 6.

Andrew Gibson does his usual superb job of bringing this story to life. IMHO the audiobook is the way to go with this series. A++++

I was given a free copy of this audiobook in return for an honest review

Feeling very frustrated...

I get the "slow burn" aspect of the series, but the excruciating miscommunication between Dash & Bobby is frustrating this far into the series.

I love the characters, the verse, and the mysteries are superb. I would just like to see a bit of movement on the romance front going forward.

An excellent addition to an excellent series

Wow, going back to this point in the story eight months later was a trip! Looking back on this however many books later, I was less irritated by the Dash-and-Bobby dance than I initially had been... though there was still an "argh!" factor (and I'm still not sure what happened after the end of book four).

Overall, I enjoyed the mystery in this book (and three cheers for the aro/ace rep!), and I'd recommend this series to anyone who wants some signature Greg Ashe character development without the brutality of his other books.

My thanks to the author for a complimentary copy of this audiobook.

Another great installment

This series is my favorite from this author.
So different from the others.
I just love the dynamic between all these characters.
This one, had a little too much self doubts and woe is me. But the storyline kept everything else going nicely.

Narration was perfect.
Can't wait for the next one.