Rating: 5 đ
Killer Honeymoon wraps up the second series for the detective couple of Sawyer Key and Royce Locke. Their story starts with the wonderful Zero Hour trilogy and now, temporarily at least, concludes with their wedding and a honeymoon almost to die for in this last story of the Matrimony and Mayhem trilogy arc.
What a truly entertaining story Killer Honeymoon proves to be. Walker incorporates all the elements that we expect from the coupleâs relationship, humor, thoughtful introspection, respect, and deep abiding love as well as a heathy sex life, and weaves a tale of murder carried out in a tiny resort town. One that theyâre honeymooning in.
We get a moving wedding, a hilarious jaunt to their destination, and then a lakeside mystery and murder worthy of any fabulous cozy!
Walker never lets our focus off of the fact that itâs Sawyer and Royceâs honeymoon, with all the resplendent joy and happiness they have in the fact they are each otherâs husbands, with a new future and family ahead of them. We get to revel in that along with them.
Whether they are investigating a element of the murder, or a break in, some aspect of the fact they are newly married threads into the picture. Itâs lovely. Plus the manner in which they establish a pattern to investigate just says partners in every way. Walkerâs writing is so amazing here pulling all the elements together on so many levels.
As always, the surrounding cast is a solid aspect of the story. They are well defined and just plain terrific characters. From the cranky Frank to the spiraling Evan, each is believable.
Itâs a neat mystery and is wrapped up in a suspenseful, edgy climax. Outstanding.
The ending is so good. And leaves us and them in a great place with the ability to make a return sometime in the future. Honestly, we need now to see more of Dolly.
Walker has two more books in the works that relates to this universe, one specific to the end of this story.
The next will be Topher Carnegieâs story (and Julian Fineâs) in About Last Night. Expect to see that September 20, 2022.
Then finally Emilio Mendoza and Abe Beecham get their romance in Just Say When. Thatâs out on December 20, 2022. Be still my heart!
Thatâs two novels to look forward to!
And I expect Walkerâs not done with these guys just yet.
Iâm highly recommending this and all the series novels.
Read them in the order they are written for the full character relationship development!
â¤ď¸Sawyer and Royce: Matrimony and Mayhem series:
â The Magnolia Murders #1
â Marriage is Murder #2
â Killer Honeymoon #3
Same universe- pending releases
đšAbout Last Night – September 20, 2022.
đšJust Say When – December 20, 2022.
The Zero Hour Trilogy preceded this one.
https://www.goodreads.com âş showKiller Honeymoon by Aimee Nicole Walker – Goodreads
Synopsis:
Honeymoon, happily ever after, andâŚhomicide?
Newlyweds, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key, embark on a honeymoon road trip where their biggest threat should be dodging drunk tourists on golf carts. But their arrival on South Bass Island lands them in the middle of a contentious battle between lifelong islanders and a property developer who wonât accept no for an answer. Tempers soar as the barometric pressure drops, signaling a dangerous storm brewing on the horizon and across the street. Minding their own business becomes impossible when a homicide wrecks their vacation and puts Royce and Sawyer in the path of a twisted killer.
Will their honeymoon be two tickets to paradise or a one-way trip to the morgue?
Killer Honeymoon is book three in the Matrimony and Mayhem trilogy, the second story arc for Royce Locke and Sawyer Key. ** New readers should start with the Zero Hour trilogy before reading Matrimony and Mayhem. ** Killer Honeymoon is a continuation of Royce and Sawyerâs happily ever after as they move into the next phase of their livesâprofessionally and personally. Though some storylines span the trilogy, this book does not end in a cliffhanger. Heat, humor, heart, and homicide abound. You have been warned. 18+
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