Once You Go This Far
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
After the death of her cop father, PI Roxane Weary did everything she could to lose herself in her work - but she's getting tired of the hangovers, of fighting with her ex-girlfriend, and of avoiding her mother. When she's asked to investigate a suspicious death, she delves into the case with her usual stubborn determination.
Pulling her far from home, and into an insular and controlling evangelical community, the case might just be bigger than Roxane can handle alone. But is it too late, or too dangerous, to call on the people she needs?
'Roxane Weary [is] a wonderful character. Lepionka is such an assured writer, with complete narrative authority from the first line.' Sophie Hannah
What readers are saying
'Gripping!'
'Honestly, I can't see myself ever tiring of this series or these characters.'
'If you like books about hard boiled private eyes who seem to attract trouble with a capital T then you will love these books.'
'Crisp writing, believable characters and some secret spice that Lepionka imbues her stories with.'
'I'm a sucker for a good murder mystery and this book did not disappoint.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Shamus Award winner Lepionka's expertly plotted fourth mystery featuring Columbus, Ohio, PI Roxane Weary (after 2019's The Stories You Tell), Roxane is hiking one morning in a park when she comes across the body of Rebecca Newsome, a private school nurse, who appears to have accidentally fallen off a trail into a ravine. A month later, Roxane hears from Rebecca's grown daughter, Maggie Holmer, who suspects that Rebecca's nasty ex-husband, Keir Metcalf, a well-connected former Toledo cop, is involved in her mother's death. Roxane drives to Toledo, Rebecca's home, where she meets Keir, who proves uncooperative. Further delving into Rebecca's final days takes her to a casino in Windsor, Ontario, and into the web of a dangerous conspiracy. Along the way to the surprise ending, Roxane learns a shocking truth about her own father's past. Roxane, with her vibrant narrative voice, stands as a worthy successor to Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone.
