Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to receive this book for an honest review.

Welcome DCI Lola Harris. What a nice addition. I realized this was the second book in the series but I definately will be going back and read the first book. Just to fill in a little bit. I did not feel lost at all reading books out of order.

Give this one a try.

Book Review: Murder In Lovers’ Lane. Book Two Detective Lola Harris
Stars: 3.5 x 5
Author: Daniel Sellers @danielsellersauthor
Publisher: Joffe Books @joffebooks
Thank you @netgalley for this ARC.

Lola Williams is a detective and use like many of us she has decided to get back in shape. She hires personal trainer and boy is he ruthless but he is easy on the eye and this helps when one is trying to work their butt off. Lola also just ended her 20 year old relationship with Joe who also happened to be married. Lola and Johnny her trainer, are on an early morning run and find a BNW with the doors wide open. After checking the scene out, Lola finds two bodies in the trunk fully clothed, facing each other and tied together. There also appear to be a gunshot to the head of the man but nothing for he woman. After checking the bodies, there realized the woman is still alive, barely.

Lola assigns herself the crime. With little leads, possible gang affiliation and what may be a connection to a past murder, Lola wonders ”is this a serial killer”?
Will Lola be able to solve the case before the killer strikes again?

The book is filled with surprising twist an unexpected turns. The book is a very fast read and one can not help but root for Lola along the way. Lola is smart, tough and quirky but yet has kind heart and cares about others.

This book was a good read. I do wish I had read book one first so I knew more about Lola’s character. The book overall was enjoyable to read.

Daniel Sellers’ Murder in Lovers’ Lane is a gripping, exciting and unpredictable crime thriller full of twists and turns that will leave readers with their jaws on the floor.

Detective Lola Harris needs to make some changers to her lifestyle, so she decides to turn over a new leaf and to get serious about her physical and mental health – which is why rather than having a lie-in, early mornings now find her going on a run with her personal trainer. Lola knew that her fitness journey was going to be fraught with difficulty – but she never imagined that a run in Pollok Park would lead her straight onto a shocking crime scene.

A high-end BMW is parked with the doors gaping and as she peers inside, Lola sees a man and a woman roped together. The man has been shot dead while the woman is barely conscious – but still alive. Her name is Fiona Balfour and she was due to marry her partner in a month. Fiona swears that she cannot remember anything – but Lola is not convinced. Her investigation leads her to uncovering eerily similarities with a case in Liverpool from five years ago. Could they be in any way linked? Or is Lola clutching at straws?

It’s clear that Fiona is in danger and it’s up to Lola to keep her safe and find out who is after her before whoever is responsible finishes what they started in Pollok Park once and for all.

Daniel Sellers is a fantastic new voice in crime fiction. His writing is sharp and crisp, his pacing never flags and his characters leap off the page and take his readers by the hand and lead them down a dark, twisted and unexpected path where nothing is what it initially seems.

In Murder in Lovers’ Lane, Lola Harris has another challenging case to solve that will test her like never before and she will have to rely on her humanity, intuition and intelligence if she is to get to the bottom of this investigation.

An enjoyable page-turner from a writer to watch out for, Murder in Lovers’ Lane is a brilliant thriller by Daniel Sellers.

I received this book as an advanced reader copy.

Lola Harris is trying to get into shape and hires a personal trainer. While on their morning session she encounters a car with doors open and bodies that were tied together. One is dead and the other is barely alive.

This story pulled me in and I didn't put it down till I finished it. I will definitely be looking for more books from this author!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this arc.
I had a hard time putting this down, I really enjoyed the story.

DCI Lola Harris is determined to get herself in shape. Getting a personal trainer who makes her attempt to beat her personal best run time is only bearable because he is easy on the eye! However she was not expecting what she found on their early morning run. An abandoned BMW is found & close by are a couple tied together. One is very dead with a bullet hole in his forehead, but the woman is hanging on to life. The fact that the victim is the son of one of the notorious Glasgow gangland families is going to make things tricky. The woman, Fiona says she doesn't remember anything but Lola is not sure she believes her. When a similar case is found in Liverpool from five years earlier Lola wonders if the killer is finishing what they started.

Sadly I missed the first in this series but it was easy to pick up the characters & their relationships. Lola is a great character & I look forward to getting to know her better. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

Murder in Lovers Lane is the second book in Detective Lola Harris series. This riveting fast paced book has a plot that is so fast moving that it captures your attention the entire book. I haven’t read the first one yet but I will after this one. There is no slow burn in the book as the action starts from the quickly with Lola finding a crime scene at the beginning which kickstarts the murder investigation.
Murder in Lovers Lane takes place in Glasgow, Scotland with Detective Lola Harris on the case. Lola is on a run one morning with her fitness trainer Johnny, when she notices an out of place BMW with the doors open. She goes to inspect the car where she finds 2 fully clothed people tied together. The couple a man and a woman are face to face in a hug tied together with rope at their shoulders, waists, thighs, and ankles. The stocky man is dead from a gunshot wound to the head and a thin woman who is alive with no sign of injury but is unconscious. The woman’s name is Fiona and she has no recollection of what happened. The man is a local gangster named Sean and is Fiona’s fiancée. Is Fiona telling the truth, was Fiona the target and not Sean? Detective Lola is determined to find out.
This book is a fast paced ride, that is unputdownable, gripping, crime thriller mystery. This is my first Daniel Sellers book and I can’t wait to read more, what a great introduction into his literary world. Thank you NetGalley, Daniel Sellers, and Joffe Books for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Detective Lola Harris is turning over a new leaf. She’s determined to get into shape. Her new personal trainer is merciless when it comes to fitness. Thankfully, he’s also charming and exceptionally good-looking, which helps on a cold early morning run.

But turning a corner in peaceful Pollok park, Lola glimpses something that shouldn’t be — a high-end BMW. Doors gaping. And a man and a woman, roped together.

The man is stiff, cold. There’s a bullet wound above one open, staring eye. The woman is unconscious — but alive. Lola tells Johnny to call an ambulance.

Lola’s early morning run is now a crime scene.

The young woman is Fiona Balfour. She and the dead man were due to be married next month.

Fiona says she can’t remember what happened to her. But Lola’s not sure she believes her.

Then Lola uncovers strange similarities with a case in Liverpool from five years before. Her victim may be alive, but she’s in very real danger.

Lola’s now in a race against time to stop the killer before they return to finish what they started.

Loved, loved, loved this story. Detective Lola Harris is an amazing strong female lead. The plot was fantastical. Will recommend to others.

This is the second book in the Detective Lola Harris series and it's even better than the first one. In this novel, the plot is tighter and faster paced with a smaller set of characters. However, all of the secondary characters are developed very well and I really enjoyed the addition of some new police officers. Lola is a fantastic main character. She's logical, thorough and caring, but still quite firm and commanding as a police officer. I was really happy with how this book ended in terms of Lola's personal life because I felt she was better than some of the choices she was making.

I'm a big fan of Daniel Sellers and I'll be picking up every future book in the series.

I enjoyed almost everything about this mystery: the setting, the main character, and the plot twists. It was a fun, easy book to read, and one that kept me completely engrossed. I will definitely look for previous and upcoming books by Daniel Sellers.

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the eARC.

Lola finds a couple of bodies on her grinding run, one dead one still alive. She and her team have a lot of twists and turns before they catch the murdered. 3.5* rounded to 4* because it is well-written and a good story although the police characters are rather stereotypical and the murderer obvious. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

This is the 2nd book in the series (MURDER IN THE GALLOWGATE is book one) but the first I have read. I'll definitely be going back and reading the first book. This is an interesting mystery where nothing is what it seems. The reader follows Lola and sees thru her eyes, as the investigation continues. But suddenly she feels like she has an internal fight on her hands that is getting out of control and she feels is affecting the case. As the clues pile in, she realize things are not what they seem, and the case ends up roller coasting to the end, making it a must read.

A well plotted, twisty, and suspenseful thriller featuring a strong female MC. It kept me guessing and reading.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

if possible, #murderinloverslane is even better than the first Lola book, Murder in the Gallowgate (love the titles, btw). lola is a terrific character, and Mr. Sellers provides her with lots of tests, from a vindictive and narcissistic underling to a gangster family, and so Lola has her work cut out for her with this case. everyone's got something to hide it seems, including the most recent victim, and i was truly in the dark concerning the villain until almost the very end. i like my detectives sharp but not inhumane - Lola's just fantastic all around. i didn't especially appreciate the joe storyline, and was pleased to see how it's handled. bravo, so well done!

p.s. thanks to #netgalley for the ARC.

4.5/5

I absolutely adored Lola's character. She is a career-driven, empathetic, confident woman. The story is well paced and has a good number of twists. I loved how the police procedurals were concise and delved into the right amount. I will definitely be reading more from this author.

This police crime thriller is absolutely pulse pounding nail biting good!! I could not put this down. I devoured this book. I can't wait to see what Detective Lola gets into next!
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This is the second installment of the Glasgow detective, DCI Lola Harris series. Lola has decided it's time to change her life. She's broken it off with her long-time, married lover and has started a new exercise routine. Part of the new routine is an early morning run in the park with her newly hired fitness trainer. Coming around a corner, they spot a car, doors open. Upon closer inspection they a man and woman tied together. The man is dead but the woman is still alive. Once she regains consiousness, the woman, Fiona, remembers nothing. Then DCI Harris and her team find links to a similar case in Liverpool. DCI Harris can't shake the feeling that Fiona was the target and still in danger.

I'm a fan of Daniel Sellers work and I really enjoy DCI Harris. It's a fast paced, enjoyable read that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

Newly and temporarily promoted to DCI, Lola Harris stumbles across a murder scene whilst attempting to get into shape with a personal trainer in Pollok Park in Glasgow. Gangster son Sean of gangster father Mickey Rennie has been drugged and shot, and left tied to his fiancée Fiona who is also drugged but curiously unharmed. When Fiona, as the only witness, takes a dislike to the unsympathetic and rather inept DCI Izatt, Lola petitions Det Supt Elaine Walsh to take over the case and gets her wish. But it’s not clearcut by any means. She has three possible scenarios and motives, and yet none of them really work. With literally no one involved telling the truth and a similarity to a cold case a few years back coming to light, will she and her team unearth the secrets that will reveal the truth behind this bizarre and baffling murder?
I really liked Lola. She is kind, incitive, a sharp detective and has a great way with witnesses and staff alike. Her only flaw is the fact she has wasted twenty years on a married man, a man apparently with a bullying and manipulative wife yet he stays in the marriage and who has since cut Lola out of his life now he is gravely ill. Lola is clearly driven and doesn’t stand for any nonsense, for example in her dealing with the odious DS Pierce, yet she has let her personal life become such a mess and it was good to see her finally taking charge of her situation. The story itself jumps straight into the plot and keeps up the intrigue and suspense right to an ending I didn’t see coming through a host of twists and surprises along the way. I will definitely be reading more in this series. 4.5*

Detective Lola Harris spots a car on the side of the road that looks suspicious while she's out for a run with her personal trainer. Upon further investigation, she finds a man and woman roped together, both unconscious. The man is dead with a bullet in his head, but the woman is alive. Harris calls an ambulance and then asks to be put on the investigation.

The woman victim's name is Fiona, and she says that she can't remember anything past getting back to her apartment. Harris is forced to solve a crime with minimal leads, gang activities, and a strong connection to a past murder. Will she figure out the crime in time to stop the murderer from attacking again?

I liked this book. It was an easy read and the dialogue kept it interesting. I loved the character building in this book too.

I do, however, wish that there was more suspense around who the killer was. I feel like that could've been drawn out a little more. I was able to guess who the killer was from the start of the book, but I wish there were more interactions with him. He seemed to just fade into the mist as the book progressed, which I assume was supposed to throw the reader off. However, he was always still in my head.

The book was good overall. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes crime or mysteries.

This story hits the ground running and does not let up!

Detective Lola Harris is trying to turn over a new leaf and get into shape, so she hires a trainer. Whilst having a less than fun run in the park early one morning, she happens upon a car with its doors open and two people tied together lying on the ground. One of them is alive, one is dead. From there we follow Lola as she becomes immersed in a case that entwines the lives of interesting characters and a race against a very disturbed killer.

I have to admit that I am smitten with Detective Lola Harris. She is bold, smart, and strong in her professional life. But when it comes to her personal life, she is a bit of a dichotomy. I really enjoyed seeing the progress she made in this book with her personal struggles, and I was rooting her on!

This is the second book I have read by Sellers and I find the formatting of his mysteries to be intriguing; we follow two points of view: Detective Lola Harris and a person who is somehow connected to the motives of the criminal. This plotting technique works really well for the reader. We can follow the investigation, but also gain more insight into the case with interactions that are not affected by a police presence.

The two plot threads from the first book play a role here, although a tad more subdued in regards to her interactions with Detective Sergeant Aidan Pierce. The side plots add so much to these stories in bringing out the characterization of several characters and adding some additional tension and drama to the story. Both subplots have me disappointed that the next book is not out yet! I can't wait to see how things play out and I am SO looking forward to watching Lola work her magic again.

4.5✨'s

I read and reviewed an advanced eARC of this book thanks to Joffe Books via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.