Well-developed characters. Interesting plot. Vivid descriptions. A great read!

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.

Deadly voyeur by Mike Hartman.
A train struck a man lying across the tracks, but the train didn’t kill him.  The victim, a homeless vet, was already dead, murdered by a blow to the head.  Tony Morrell, a detective on the small-town police force at Auburn, California, must unearth a motive for this bizarre action by the murderer if he ever hopes to solve the case. As his case progresses, Tony must overcome his arrogant, dogmatic Chief in order to validate his suspicion that a serial killer is torturing and butchering local homeless victims.  Little does he realize his journey of pursuit will require him to venture into the one dark place he has never been willing to go.  What he finds there transcends his worst nightmare.
An absolutely fantastic read with likeable characters. Tony was my favourite character. That was a shocker. Loved the ending.  5*.

What a terrific murder mystery/thriller! All characters were well developed, the world building was fantastic, and the story grabbed you from the very first page and never let go! This will be on my re-read shelf for sure!

I received this book for free from Netgalley/Publisher/author in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this thriller. It was bit dark at times but I love the mystery behind it. We are told about a guy that was hit by a train but the true death had already happened before that. After the medical examiner had examined the death, finds out that this was a homeless guy.

Tony Morrell, a newly appointed Detective in a small California town. has just been handed his first real case by his supervisor who doesn't seem to have much fondness or respect for him.

I think this is the second book, so I did not read book one. I did not know that going into this book. I am basing my rating just off of this book not the series.

I found this book a bit hard to get into and went found that it went into too much detail especially the train part. It is easy to read but just didn't grab my attention.

While this book did get off to a strong start it became bogged down with too much detail. I found myself wishing for the end to come quickly.

Meet Tony Morrell, a newly appointed Detective in a small California town. He's just been handed his first real case by his supervisor who doesn't seem to have much fondness or respect for him.

A man has been run over by a train, but the medical examiner says he was dead long before the train got him. When he's finally identified, Tony finds that the man was homeless, living in a shelter.

And then there's another gruesome killing ...another homeless man.

Tony needs to find the connection before anyone else is killed.

Tony is an older man, just shy of 60; newly married. He seems to be a plodder. There is little life in this character ... not a lot to hang onto. The story premise is okay, but there is little suspense and/or excitement. The murders are not described, they are only touched on after the fact.

There's a lot of technical explanations about railroads ... which is interesting enough. It was written in language I could understand, which was a bonus. Since Tony is leery of the internet, the long explanation of how the internet actually works found me turning a few pages without reading.

I'm sorry this one just didn't do it for me.

Many thanks to the author / Black Rose Writing / Netgalley for the digital copy of DEADLY VOYEUR. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.