One dead mistress. Two suspects. A detective determined to find the truth…
LAPD detective Jamie Del Rey has a problem.
He’s just walked straight into the ugliest, most confusing case of his twenty-year career.
Carlotta and her husband William both have reason to want the nineteen-year-old Candy Xavier victim dead.
The question is: was it the angry, jilted wife, or the arrogant, philandering … wife, or the arrogant, philandering husband?
He has two suspects, one of whom must be innocent, both of whom seem to be guilty as hell.
Both claim to have no memory of that night.
But the truth is far more sinister and deadly.
Can Del Rey unravel the truth before the real killer strikes again?
A thrilling psychological thriller that you won’t be able to put down!
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3.5/5 Stars
William and Carlotta’s marriage has been on the rocks for a while. When they wake up one night to find his mistress dead on the lawn, things are going to take a dramatic turn for the worse, and it’s up to LAPD detective Jamie to figure out which of the two were responsible.
I’m going to start this with the positives. I loved the story. It was twisty and suspenseful and kept me listening until the end. I couldn’t wait to see how the situation would resolve, and I was on the edge of my seat until it did.
On the negative side though, the characters got on my nerves. I liked Carlotta slightly more than William, but they were both so unlikeable, that I really hated listening to both their POVs. William was so whiny and repetitive that I fast forwarded through his parts often. I kept hoping that Carlotta would get a backbone and stand up to him, but she just let William continue to walk all over her, and it was a little disappointing.
By far, Jamie was my favorite character because he was so down to Earth and straightforward.
These are my personal hang-ups. Other readers may feel differently. Like I said, I enjoyed the story itself but feel it could’ve been more enjoyable with at least some growth in the characters themselves.
Narration was not bad.
This book was given to me for free at my request, and I provided this voluntary review.
Another original story line by Cole Baxter. He takes every day life and gives it a twist.
I enjoyed reading this thriller. The story grabs you and pulls you in from the start. It’s well written and characters are as well. I found the story suspenseful and hard to put down. I would recommend reading.
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A thrilling story that keeps you on the edge of your seat and turning the pages to see what happens. Well written with strong, well developed characters. One minute you think you have it figured out only to realize you don’t. Definitely keeps you guessing!
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William and Carlotta may have loved each other…..once, but that love is long gone. In its place is manipulation, disrespect, neglect and cheating. And when a young girl that is William’s latest fling becomes unhinged, there are finally consequences to his behavior, for both of them. Although the majority of the story revolves around these two and their disintegrating relationship, Detective Jamie Del Rey is assigned the case to determine who killed William’s latest distraction. Cole Baxter always gives us twists turns, drama, and a huge surprise or two. This book doesn’t disappoint, you are kept guessing till the end.
I received an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
What happened last night. Was a book filled with plenty of suspense and passion. What seems to be a typically bored self important married architect named William who has a self inflated ego boosted by the many affairs he has been having with the young interns through the company he works for.
Carlotta is his wife who has recently found out about his recent affair with Candy another intern, and is enraged by his behaviour. What happens next is the start of a suspense filled series of events that show what really happens behind the darkness of a onesided marriage.
Waking up to find a 19 year old Candy dead in their garden bed at the bottom of their two storie smashed bedroom window.
A detective, a distraught father, and a married couple. I enjoyed the storyline the characters were good the storyline was captivating and kept me engaged.
What Happened Last Night is a psychological thriller that had me on the edge of my seat wondering who did it. This is about William and Carlotta a married couple and the dead body found in their back yard of nineteen year old Candy. Just when I thought I figured it out something happened that threw me off. Cole Baxter writes the kind of psychological thrillers that you don’t want to stop reading until you find out how it ends. Intriguing storyline, interesting characters and an ending that left me speechless make this an amazing read.
What Happened Last Night
By Cole Baxter
Main Characters: Carlotta and William
I voluntarily and honestly reviewed this book without bias or persuasion from the author.
4 out of 5 stars
This was a well-plotted physiological suspense story. It involves a married couple Carlotta and William who end up with a dead 19-year-old girl in the backyard. It is up to Detective Jamie Del Rey to find out which of the two people involved actually killed her. This story has an unhappy marriage, cheating, lying, angst, drama, mental illness, drinking, drugs, etc. It will have you trying to figure out who committed the crime right up to the end. And even then I didn’t foresee what was going to happen. The only redeemable character was the detective in my mind.
A twisted tale that shows the dark sides of a marriage plagued by a neglectful and cheating husband, an extremely misguided young woman he had an affair with, her grieving father, and the detective in charge of investigating it all.
Carlotta grieves for their marriage, her loss of self in her marriage, and the best and worst in their married life.
William grieves the loss of his sense of self, his macho ego, and embraces his better impulses of efforts at protecting his wife and marriage, even in the face of other threats and more selfish actions.
Balanced on the edge of love and hate, anger and sympathy, and on the thin fine edge of sanity. This is a keep you up reading kind of book in a drama and thriller series in a KU package