Despite not realizing it was part of a series, I found this book enjoyable, though some storylines felt missing. Still, it held my attention with its twisty plot and was an easy read overall, making it worth recommending.

This was a gripping story filled with mystery and suspense, featuring Rileigh Bishop, an army vet and cop, who returns home to her family's secrets. Despite her belief that her sister is dead, annual postcards hint at a different truth. As Rileigh investigates, danger escalates, leading to shocking revelations and a thrilling climax.

Rileigh's character was compelling, and I found myself invested in her journey. The dynamic between her and Sheriff Mitch added depth, and the pacing kept me engaged, especially towards the end. Overall, I'd happily pick up another book by this author.

Too Far Gone by Lauren Street is book 6 in the Bishop Smokey Mountain series, and like someone completely unaware with anything around themselves, this is where I picked up and started reading! Thank God, this book is one that the reader is able to read as a standalone, because I would be completely lost otherwise! Too Far Gone is one that instantly grabs hold of the reader, immersing the reader in a smorgasbord emotions, and leaving you unsure of just what the correct feeling should be. There are parts where you want to cheer the main female character on, then there are parts where you want to cry because of what she and some of her family and friends have gone through. Ms. Street is one of those special authors that is able to bring you from one extreme to the other without really trying it seems, and is a great pleasure to read. Just be sure to have plenty of tissues with you, when you have her book open as you will surely need them.

📚 PUBLICATION MONTH BOOK REVIEW 📚

Too Far Gone
By Lauren Street
Publication Date: April 9, 2024
Publisher: Sterling & Stone

📚MY RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨

📚MY REVIEW:

This is my third read by Lauren Street (well, the first two were books she co-authored with Nolon King), and it's safe to say she is an author I will ALWAYS read.

This book pulled me in immediately and the storyline kept me intrigued and captivated until its riveting conclusion! The story was fast-paced, the plot was well-written, and I never felt like I knew what was coming next.

This was a mysterious police thriller set in a small town, centered around missing persons and LOTS of secret family trauma. I feel like potential readers should be advised of trigger warnings surrounding sexual abuse, child pornography, incest, and sexual exploitation. This is book 6 in the series, and while the story referred to a few events that happened in previous books, I didn't really feel like it took away from this story at all. But it sure did make me want to go back and read the previous five books!!

This was a layered whodunnit, with lots of mystery and intrigue throughout the entire book. The mystery just kept getting deeper and deeper, with far-reaching tentacles, until the book's very end... And I couldn't wait to read what happened next!

If you're looking for a new series and you're a fan of police thrillers set in small towns, with endearing characters, you're going to love this! Anything by Lauren Street is an automatic MUST-READ for me -- I highly recommend this book (and this author!).

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Sterling & Stone for this advanced e-copy in exchange for my honest review. This book is available to purchase now!!

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This was an amazing book. I highly recommend it to everyone. Great characters and a great plot. I will be looking for more books by this author. The book is superbly written. Lots of twists, turns and shocking turns of events. Quickly becoming a go to author for me!!!! If you love to read a book and be shocked by the ending then check out this author for sure. You will love this book and this author. Very enjoyable and I highly recommend this book

Secrets, deception, and a whole lot of crazy town!

Too Far Gone by Lauren Street is the first book by this author I have read. Recently released and available to read now and review, the description intrigued me, however I did not realize at the time it was book 6 in a series. For those that have read from book 1 there is no doubt as with any series, the background from previous stories gives an extra richness to a story and the characters, however, coming in at book 6 you can read it without feeling like you are missing something.

Lauren delivers an absolute page turner, an attempt on Rileigh’s life, her mother going missing, the only potential link to what is going on is the mystery from 27 years ago when Rileigh’s sister went missing. As Rileigh and Mitch search for answers, ugly truths start to emerge, the inner turmoil of what to disclose, and the potential impact on the lives of those Rileigh loves dearly. For fans of this series, I imagine, this is a book/story you have been waiting for, to finally find out what happened to Rileigh's sister Jillian.

The relationship and closeness between Rileigh and Mitch simmers, no doubt this is something that has occurred over the previous books as well, wondering are they going to get together.

While there is closure on the main mystery, the book has enough unanswered, and a final bomb dropped to lead into the next book to come in this series.

Overall, this was a good read, mystery and characters I enjoyed. There were a few minor errors in this version I am not sure if they were fixed before the final release of the book, however they did not impact the rating of the book.

I am now very drawn to Rileigh Bishop especially as with each book I see how much darkness she has to endure. As always a very tense read.

Too Far Gone is book 6 in the Bishop Smokey Mountain Thriller's series by Lauren Street. It's a series that continues to get better and better as we learn more about the past of Rileigh Bishop. It's been 25 years since Rileigh's sister, Jillian disappeared, the night before her wedding. No one knows what happened. Was Jillian taken? Did Jillian get cold feet and leave? Why hasn't Jillian gotten in touch with Rileigh and her Mom, Lily? Jillian loved both of them very much and they thought she would reach out if she could. They started getting postcards the year Jillian disappeared. They got one postcard a year from all different locations, some in the United States and some not. Lily thought the postcards were from Jillian and she believed it was a sign that Jillian was still alive. The most recent postcard has a postmark from the town Rileigh and her family have always lived. Is Jillian in town? Each postcard has nothing but a smiley face on it, no other message. The latest postcard from in town was different, it said HOME on it. Was Jillian back? Where has she been? Why didn't she come to the house?

Rileigh is on her way home one night and she's taken the shortcut on a very bumpy road filled with potholes. She knows the road like the back of her hand so she knows when to swerve right and left to miss the potholes. All of a sudden Rileigh's driver side window shatters as she is swerving to miss a huge pothole. Rileigh can't stop the car from skidding and it goes over the side down into the river. The car is filling with cold water and Rileigh's foot is stuck. After working hard not to panic she's able to get her foot free and she gets out of the car at the very last moment. She's freezing cold and is able to drag her body to the side of the river and pull herself out. She falls unconscious from the hypothermia after she gets out of the river.

When Mitch goes to Lily's to meet her and Rileigh, he is surprised that no one is home. Rileigh should have beat him here as she left the office first and Lily should be home as he's there to help her move furniture. What's going on? Mitch is the local sheriff and Rileigh is his new deputy. When he knocks and calls out, no one answers. He decides to backtrack and locate Rileigh that way. He knows the way she drives home and starts back in that direction. He sees tire prints going off the road and a car in the river. He is panicked and hurries down the river bank. He calls it in first so that help will come. When he gets down there he finds Rileigh laying there unconscious. She's very cold. He takes off all of her clothes and wraps her in his warm coat. He holds her against his warm body as that's what they say to do with someone suffering from hypothermia. Rileigh doesn't wake up and Mitch is scared. Rileigh is more than a deputy to him. He asked her to have dinner with him as he really likes her. Once the ambulance arrives and they get Rileigh to the hospital, the doc says she should make a full recovery.

As Rileigh wakes up she is still so very cold and remembers what caused her accident. She tells Mitch about her window shattering and that she believes someone shot at her from the woods. Why would someone want to kill Rileigh? This was a professional sniper that someone must've hired. What had Rileight done to cause someone to want to kill her? Was it an old case? Was it someone she knew? So many people in town that Rileigh trusts are keeping secrets. Who is willing to kill to keep their secret safe? Will Rileigh and Mitch find out in time before someone close to them dies? Is Jillian alive? Where has Lily gone? She's been missing since Rileigh's accident. Has she been kidnapped. Can Aunt Daisy shed any light on this? She's in the insane asylum but has moments of clarity. Will she be able to help find the killer?

This book has it all. You will be on the edge of your seat as you read this fantastic thriller. I rate Too Far Gone 5 stars with my highest recommendation. I hope this series has many more books to come because I love the characters and their stories. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Sterling & Stone for an advanced copy of Too Far Gone in exchange for a fair review. Too Far Gone is available now so don't miss this exciting thriller! #TooFarGone

This was very fast-paced and a real page-turner. Lots of twists and compelling plot line. There was always something more with a touch of being dark. Great book!

I received this book via NetGalley to give my honest opinion. And I LOVED it! The kicker? I haven’t actually read any of the series before this one (book 6). Luckily for me, the story was pretty easy to follow along with even having never read any of the series leading up to it. Too Far Gone had me sucked in from the beginning, on the edge of my seat the entire time. Suspenseful! I’m excited to dive into the rest of this series and that there will most definitely be more books to come. Thank you NetGalley and Lauren Street for the opportunity to read this book! Available NOW — definitely check it out.

Don’t worry if you haven’t read the other books in this series. Yes, the background will add depth to the experience, but the story stands alone. And what a satisfying story it is as we unpick the protagonist’s mysterious past. I found this to be very well paced, perhaps more so than the other books I have read by this author, and that may be because it was so clearly working towards resolution. A very enjoyable and engaging read.

Despite not realizing it was part of a series, I found this book enjoyable, though some storylines felt missing. Still, it held my attention with its twisty plot and was an easy read overall, making it worth recommending.

This was a gripping story filled with mystery and suspense, featuring Rileigh Bishop, an army vet and cop, who returns home to her family's secrets. Despite her belief that her sister is dead, annual postcards hint at a different truth. As Rileigh investigates, danger escalates, leading to shocking revelations and a thrilling climax.

Rileigh's character was compelling, and I found myself invested in her journey. The dynamic between her and Sheriff Mitch added depth, and the pacing kept me engaged, especially towards the end. Overall, I'd happily pick up another book by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and sterling and stone for the advance reader copy. This was a good book! Like other people have said I didn’t realize it was part of a series, I did fell like I was missing some story lines but was able to follow along. This book kept my attention, was an easy read and had a twist I did not expect. I would recommend this book.

I think this is the most intense one out of the series. there's quite a lot of heavy themes so trigger warnings would be useful. the story starts off with a bang [literally] where Rileigh had a close call with sniper attack, there's lots ongoing all at once and I appreciate the writing of this one more so than the previous book. The suspense is real and there's finally some [not all] closure to some things. I am hoping next book my ship finally sail properly for real T T

Rileigh and Mitch. Mitch had suggested to Rileigh they go out for supper one Friday……Rileigh questioned whether it was a date. Mitch was the Sheriff and Rileigh his deputy, so it could not be a date!
When Rileigh didn’t turn up Mitch started to worry and began a search. Her car had hit a tree and gone off the road. She had gone down a bank into a river. Rileigh managed to drag herself out of the car and the water but lay on the bank almost frozen from the icy cold water. Mitch found her and got her to the hospital.
When trying to figure out why she had gone off the road they discovered a bullet hole in her vehicle window.
Unbelievably Rileigh had swerved to avoid a pothole at the precise moment the shot was taken. Now the mystery begins and Sheriff Mitch was determined to find the shooter but also to keep Rileigh safe in the process.
It is a good mystery and you will want to keep reading until they finally unravel the complicated explanation for the need to kill Rileigh.

As a newly minted Deputy, Rileigh Bishop can now assist Sheriff Mitch in investigations, something she has been doing regularly but unofficially since returning home. Everything seems to be working out for Rileigh until someone tries to kill her. A would-be assassin's bullet misses the target, but Rileigh's car goes down a mountainside in an attempt to avoid the danger. She survives, and the day goes downhill from there. Her mother is missing without a trace. When another person is murdered, Mitch and Rileigh begin a complicated investigation that involves lies, cold cases, and plenty of danger that somehow connect to Rileigh's older sister who disappeared years ago and was presumed dead. When faced with the choice of seeing her sister again or keeping her hard-won badge, what will Rileigh decide to do?

I wasn't aware that this is a part of a series.. so I feel like there are some parts that I might be missing. It does read well as a stand alone. The characters were very interesting and the story is well written. There was a good sense of humor throughout the book. Definitely kept me hooked until the end.

maybe i should’ve read the other books in the series first, maybe i was okay having not— but that aside, this was quite a decent thriller sort of novel, and i did like ryleigh quite a lot. i found myself rooting for her, and was DEFINITELY rooting for her a mitch to figure out their differences and have a dinner date. the characters were punchy, the plot kept my attention, and the way the pace picked up in the last quarter or so was quite enjoyable. i would definitely come back and pick up another one of street’s books!

We finally get some answers about Rileighs past. But there are new secrets. I can't wait to find out what happens next. I really enjoyed this book, well the entire series actually. Good stories, well developed characters, nice writing style, entertaining page turners.
I received an advance review copy for free via NetGalley and Sterling & Stone and I'm leaving a voluntary and honest review.

This is the 6th book in a series called The Bishop Smoky Mountain Thrillers. I did not read the others but felt it was a standalone book. The characters were likable, if not crazy. I enjoyed the sense of humor throughout. I felt that one of the characters, nicknamed Mum, should have had a different name as I kept confusing Mum with being the main character’s mom, as they call mom Mum in the Uk. There were several typos which I hope will get corrected before its release date 4/9/24.
Would I read her books again? Probably, but I have too many other favorite authors I follow, such as Loreth Anne White. I would rate this 3.5.

Too Far Gone by Lauren Street is an action-packed story with so many twists and turns.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one! This book has it all! Suspense, intrigue and some crazy twists.
A gripping thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The author's skillful storytelling and ability to create tension and suspense had me hooked from the very first page. The characters were well-developed adding depth to the plot.

Thank You NetGalley and Sterling & Stone for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!