Thank you for the opportunity to preview This Ends Now. This is a solid murder mystery thriller.
Set in England, several people are killed and the plot is set. Can the police investigate these cases and find out who is responsible for them.
Well written and very good novel. 4 stars

This Ends Now was an absolutely shocking and thrilling second book in the Detective Sheridan Holler series. It is set around two years after the first book, and can be read as a stand-alone book, if you haven’t read book one yet. (But after you read what punches T.M. Payne can pack in between the covers of this novel, you’ll be racing to grab book one!)

Payne starts off the novel with an absolutely brilliant prologue, filled with intrigue, jaw-dropping action, and it leaves you unable to wait to continue reading to make sense of it all.

Avoiding any spoilers is going to make this review hard to write, but the basic story is that DI Sheridan Holler and her DS Anna Markinson get assigned a high profile cold case by their new DCI Hill Knowles. Along the way, they get involved in a couple of other interesting cases that may or may not be connected to their cold case. A father was arrested and tried for the murder of his son. The father was acquitted, and the team is doing their due diligence to make sure that new evidence cannot be brought to light, to help with the finding and convicting of the real murderer, even if it was his father.

The sister of the presumed-dead young man attempts to help the police with their investigation, and was able to assist with some new clues. When DI Holler and team get closer to the answers, though, other drama kicks off, including more murders.

Will DI Holler and her crew ever get to the actual answers and solve the murders that are piling up in Liverpool?

Payne allows her characters to be humans, with wit, humor, intelligence, deception, lying, and well-intentioned plant thievery. It’s an excellent read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for this wonderful ARC!!

This Ends Now by T.M. Payne is the second book in the Detective Sheridan Holler Trilogy, published by Thomas & Mercer. The previous book is Long Time Dead, blurb: DI Sheridan Holler is used to solving crimes on Liverpool’s streets, but after a body turns up in a cemetery, she finds herself reopening not one but two cold cases. Seven years earlier, two women were shot and the only suspect, a small-time drug dealer was never seen again. Case closed. Until the body in the cemetery is identified as his.
Book two leads Holler to her next case. A twisted, complicated and complex case that gives her nightmares and has her hands full.
Brilliantly written and beautifully told, keeping the suspense from start till the very unexpected end, I read the whole book, cover to cover in one sitting. I recommend the book and the series, 5 stars.

A double murder. A missing body. A shocking death. Can DI Holler connect the three cases in time?! Good book!! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one! This book has suspense, intrigue, action, murder, mystery, a great who done it and a few crazy twists and turns! The storyline was very interesting and kept me glued to my kindle! I definitely recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!