Tai Randolph is no stranger to solving mysteries. With a taste for danger and a talent for amateur sleuthing, she has helped put an assortment of murderers behind bars, much to the displeasure of her lover, Trey Seaver. A former SWAT officer with the Atlanta police department before a car crash inflicted brain injuries forcing a retool of his life, Trey believes in letting the authorities handle … handle complex matters of crime and punishment. He’s easier with a world of black and white while Tai wrestles with too many shades of gray.
But then the Talbot case flares back to life.
It was the crime that rocked Atlanta – actress Jessica Talbot shot dead in her Buckhead mansion and her husband, movie producer Nick Talbot, accused of the murder. The case seemed open and shut…until a dirty cop’s secret forced prosecutors to set Talbot free. Now, four years later, someone wants Talbot dead, and the evidence points to the man most convinced of Talbot’s guilt – Trey.
Talbot offers an irresistible deal – he’ll keep Trey’s name off the suspect list if Trey agrees to a one-on-one interview. It’s a chance for Trey to deploy his post-injury ability to read lies and determine once and for all if Talbot really is a killer, but it could also expose secrets in Trey’s own past, confidential information he has sworn to protect. Caught between his drive for justice and his need for security, Trey does the unexpected – he asks Tai to help him investigate.
It’s a situation fraught with drama and potential disaster, the kind of case Tai relishes. With Trey by her side – and in a killer’s crosshairs – she vows to use every trick in her slightly sketchy playbook to stop a vigilante murderer from claiming a fresh victim. Can she and Trey keep themselves out of a killer’s crosshairs long enough to crack open a new chapter in their lives?
Necessary Ends is the 6th in the Tai Randolph Mysteries rooted in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
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The sixth novel in the Tai Randolph series, this one set in Atlanta, GA, digs deep into her lover’s past. Trey Seaver was a former SWAT member of the Atlanta police department before traumatic brain injury forced him to reinvent himself. Every ex-cop has one case they regret, that they want a do-over, that haunts them. For Trey it is the Talbot case.
Four years later, the main suspect, ex-movie producer Nick Talbot, contacts Trey, reopening old animosities and wounds that suck Tai and Trey into the labyrinth of lies and deceits surrounding the case. When Tai and Trey emerge from the maze, they are both changed in significant ways. To say more would be to give away too much.
This is another fine addition to the series. Already I’m anxious to read the next in the series.
I purchased the previous five novels in the series and would gladly have purchased this one as well, but I was lucky enough to receive an Advanced Reader Copy of Necessary Ends.
Necessary Ends is the 6th and most recent in the Tai Randolph series by Tina Whittle from Poisoned Pen Press. It stands on its own just fine but don’t shortchange yourself. Read them all. The characters are evolving in both their professional and romantic relationship, and the ongoing story line creates a suspenseful backdrop for intriguing new adventures. The setting is Atlanta and Savannah, steeped in the lush, often ominous, mystery of the South. There is nothing about this series I don’t love.
In Tina’s latest Tai and Trey mystery, an old unsolved murder comes back to haunt Trey and has the pair questioning everything they know. Set in Atlanta, it’s fun to visit the sites I know and learn about other areas. The mystery kept me turning pages and reading to find out who was telling the truth and who was lying. I love this traditional mystery series. The Tai and Trey have true depth and evolve with each book. I look forward to reading the next one to find out what happens next.
From the back cover:
Tai Randolph is no stranger to solving mysteries. With a taste for danger and a talent for amateur sleuthing, she has helped put an assortment of murderers behind bars, much to the displeasure of her lover, Trey Seaver. A former SWAT officer with the Atlanta police department before a car crash inflicted brain injuries forcing a retool of his life, Trey believes in letting the authorities handle complex matters of crime and punishment. He’s easier with a world of black and white while Tai wrestles with too many shades of gray.
But then the Talbot case flares back to life.
It was the crime that rocked Atlanta – actress Jessica Talbot shot dead in her Buckhead mansion and her husband, movie producer Nick Talbot, accused of the murder. The case seemed open and shut…until a dirty cop’s secret forced prosecutors to set Talbot free. Now, four years later, someone wants Talbot dead, and the evidence points to the man most convinced of Talbot’s guilt – Trey.
Talbot offers an irresistible deal – he’ll keep Trey’s name off the suspect list if Trey agrees to a one-on-one interview. It’s a chance for Trey to deploy his post-injury ability to read lies and determine once and for all if Talbot really is a killer, but it could also expose secrets in Trey’s own past, confidential information he has sworn to protect. Caught between his drive for justice and his need for security, Trey does the unexpected – he asks Tai to help him investigate.
It’s a situation fraught with drama and potential disaster, the kind of case Tai relishes. With Trey by her side – and in a killer’s crosshairs – she vows to use every trick in her slightly sketchy playbook to stop a vigilante murderer from claiming a fresh victim. Can she and Trey keep themselves out of a killer’s crosshairs long enough to crack open a new chapter in their lives?
Necessary Ends is the 6th in the Tai Randolph Mysteries rooted in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.