Review: Liar's Point


Book Review: Liar's Point, by Laura Griffin, 4 stars




Detective Nicole Lawson is fed up with her job and nonexistent love life. Her first date in months gets cut short by an urgent call from the chief of police. A body has been discovered at Lighthouse Point, and the medical examiner finds an array of strange clues. When the death is ruled a homicide, the news quickly reverberates through Nicole’s beachside hometown.

The Lost Beach police department swings into high gear. Leading the investigation is Emmet Davis, a veteran detective who is Nicole’s fiercest rival at work and also the man she has secretly harbored feelings toward for years. With Emmet calling the shots, Nicole sets out to search for leads, starting with the enigmatic yoga instructor who first discovered the body. Nicole is certain the witness knows more than she’s revealing and may even hold the key to unlocking the case.

When another person turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, Nicole sees a bizarre pattern, but no one believes her theory. Under the gun to solve the case, Nicole must put aside her tumultuous feelings and work closely with Emmet to figure out who is targeting her beloved hometown . . . before she becomes a target herself.


Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: May 2024

Mature content: yes

Review: Liar's Point is a good romantic suspense book, but not my favorite in the Texas Murder Files series so far. 

The suspense part of the story is great, but the romance part did not convince me. In the previous books I never felt a strong connection between Nicole and Emmet. Competition, yes. Attraction? No. Maybe I missed some relevant details over the years, but I was pretty convinced from the last book that Nicole and David would actually be a thing. Instead, her relationship with David dies down and we discover Nicole's been in love with Emmet for years. 

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In any case, it's still a nice addition to the series. Each book can be read as a stand alone, but by the time you get to Liar's Point (book 5 in the series) you will miss some context about the secondary characters, so my advice would be to start with book 1 and go from there.

Happy readings!

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