Cute follow up! Same vibes as the first book, just a continuation of the story. I love the absolute ridiculousness they get into.
Riley is funny and snarky, I really enjoy her character.
Her grandmother reminds me of Samantha's mother from Bewitched, which is really fun.
I liked the first one better but this one was still enjoyable! Ready for the next one!

I’m surprised this book/series is not more popular than it is! This book had me laughing nonstop. It’s so light hearted and funny. I love the romance and light spice mixed with the murder mystery and drama. Such a good read. Can’t wait to read the next one!

Fun read ! Enjoyed it a lot more than I expected, literally anything miss Lucy writes I will read !!

Lucy Score has such a great writing style. The Corpse in the Closet is a mix of mystery and room com. Quirky characters and banter, it's a different out of the box type of story that fans of Stephanie Plum series will love

This is a fun and quirky series. Riley lives in a apartment/mansion complex with quite a few eccentric neighbors. She has a hot boyfriend who is a PI and hires her to work with him. She is also a psychic and helps the police with cases but also helps people without meaning to. Her parents and sister are quirky but her Grandmother is a horrible bully who I wish everyone at once would stand up to her and not give in to her demands. She is not friendly at all. Everything is her way and her timeline.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom for the arc to read.

This was a revelation! I have read books by this author before but this book was so so different, I laughed out loud so many times. The characters were so engaging ! The dialogue is quick and snappy. Riley and Nick are a great couple and their relationship is so so fun. The plot was interesting and the story moves along at a great pace

I am so ticked that these books are getting a re-release. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I love this series. Riley Thorn is the Stephanie Plum we all deserve who has even funnier family and friends. I love the banter in this book and the constant interruptions between Riley and her boyfriend Nick are both frustrating and totally hilarious. I do hope they get more alone time in the next book, though. Nick Santiago is one hot tamale and i need more of him.

Overall if you love rom-com mysteries with well developed characters and high hilarity, check these books out!

This book was so good! Lots of things going on to keep me interested at all times! There were so many fun characters and lots of witty banter. I will be reading the rest of the series for sure... starting with the first book in the series (this is the second). Thanks Netgalley, Lucy Score + publisher for the ARC!

Lucy Score has a unique, humorous writing style that really works for some people and really doesn't for others. I fall in the latter half of the group most times, and unfortunately for The Corpse in the Closet it just wasn't doing it for me. Based on other reviews, I seem to be in the minority, but I struggled with this one a bit.

This is the second book in the Riley Thorn series and (not shockingly to anyone) I did *not* read the first book before reading this. I need NetGalley to do a better job of marking series because I had no idea until I marked this on GoodReads. Oops. What I will say is I don't think you need to read book one here to get the plot of book two - Lucy does a good job of centering you on what happened and who's who, so props to her on that.

Riley Thorn is honing her psychic skills, helping the police on a murder/missing persons case and finding a way to link the crimes together. Between her hot boyfriend, her wacky family, and her neighbors who do not understand social boundaries, her life is full of chaos and crazy. It seems like every moment that she starts to be able to breathe, someone else is popping in or another disaster is striking. And when she becomes the murderer's next target? She'll need to flex those psychic muscles to put and end to the madness once and for all.

Honestly, if you like the Knockemout series, you'll like this. The writing style and sense of humor is VERY similar, if not a little bit less steamy. I just am not personally a huge fan of books that are trying too hard to be funny, and that's what this felt like to me.

There were moments where I thought the plot would start to get good - a psychic solving a serial killer case is the type of thriller I'd really enjoy - but the plot ended up being pretty one note. It starts with a cliff hanger that isn't even remotely unpacked by 80% in, I found myself skimming through the end a lot just to be done.

The reviews say that this is for a lot of people, so if you're a Lucy Score fan don't let my opinion scare you away.

First I want to say that I feel I would have liked this book better if I read the first book in the series. I know this is an interconnected standalone series. But I felt like it should be read in order. The first chapter caught my attention but the more I read the more I felt like I was missing something. I feel like it was simply just missing the points being made from the first book. I still continued reading but I just felt like I couldn’t connect to the story. I am a big mood reader so I took a break and came back to it after a week. After the break I kept feeling the same way and decided to dnf. A big thing for me as well is the book is written in 3rd pov, which I can sometimes have a hard time with as far as connecting to a story. Overall this book did catch my eye and the story seemed like it had a good pace. I love Lucy Score and her writing style so I want to give this book a fair shot. I’m going to try and read the first book in the series and maybe come back to this at a later time.

I love, love Lucy Score, so I knew that reading this book, I knew I would get hilarity. But also mysteries too?! How can you pass this up?

Riley Thorne is living her new life. She's got a new guy and a new career. Working with her new guy, who's a PI. And she's living with notoriety too after getting shot and almost killed.

And there's a motley crew they live near too. It's so funny. But also they're much too close. Especially when Riley and Nick want some alone time. Her family is... complicated. Her over bearing grandmother wants her to take her powers more seriously (did I forget to mention she's psychic?), or there might be consequences.

Mixed in with all of that is some suspicious deaths. That may or may not be related. And she has to go back to her old workplace. Where her ex-husband works. With his new fiancee. The one Riley caught with him. While still married!

Besides being so funny, I never saw the bad guy coming. And Riley and Nick were really swoon worthy. Like the feelings we get from Nick... he was so protective of her. I loved that. I really enjoyed it, though. I read it on vacation and honestly wanted to read instead of visit, lol!

Thank you to NetGalley & Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the ARC. I had already read the Dead Guy Next Door, the first book in the series, before I had read this ARC and I was so excited to receive the ARC as I truly love this series. This book gave me the same hilarious hijinks as the first book with the motley crew of characters that come along with Riley & Nick. Because you already know and love the rollercoaster that comes along with the characters it’s just a really fun book to sit back and enjoy. And once again the chemistry between Nick & Riley is so good. I loved a bumbling Nick unsure of how to handle being in love and how he was trying so hard to put in the effort to try and make Riley feel happy & safe. Absolutely love these two characters and the fun adventure this book took me on. I will absolutely be reading the last two in the series and will definitely be sad when I have to say goodbye to this series! Definitely recommend!

I love how both of these books have started out very chaotically. The first page alone had me cackling.

I'll be honest it wasn't my favorite of the two because some characters were obnoxious and it was hard to get behind the mystery part and actually feel anything for the guy when there wasn't much said about him.

That being said, I love lucy Scores' writing. So if you need a serious escape from reality and love hijinks, then this is the book for you.

I love the quirky characters in the Riley Thorn series. I sometimes wonder how Lucy Score comes up with some things said and done in these books because they are "you can't make this stuff up moments." This book is another great read in the series that keeps you curious as to what the heck could be happening in that group next. I look forward to reading the next one.

3.5 stars for THE CORPSE IN THE CLOSET.

I love Lucy Score and think she’s an amazing author, but this one wasn’t my favorite. The book was good and I like the idea of a psychic dating a private investigator and teaming up to solve missing persons cases and murders, but this didn’t do it for me. I think in the future I will stick to Lucy’s romances.

Even better than the first!! I cannot wait for the next installment of this series!!! Lucy score is such a great writer and I will forever be a fan on her writing!

Format: Kindle (ARC)
⭐⭐⭐3.5 Enjoyed, would recommend

Riley Thorn is back with her team for another round of absurd and hilarious antics in "The Corpse in the Closet." From Riley's psychic family to Nick's oversexed work buddies, and even a farting dog, this book is packed with eccentric characters and hilarious moments. The story stays light and fun.

This is filled with quirky humor and engaging storytelling.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Lucy Score for sending me this arc in exchange for an honest review.

The Corpse in the Closet follows after the events of the first book in the series. Riley and Nick are working on another case, and Riley is continuing her psychic training.

I wanted to like this more than I did. I feel like I got a little bored during the middle of the book, but then enjoyed the remaining 1/4 of the book. I think the story is fun and interesting and I definitely want to read the third book in the series. I like Nick and Riley. They have so much chemistry and make me laugh. I’m excited to see where the story goes.

This was a super funny romantic mystery. I loved all the characters and enjoyed reading about all the crazy things they got themselves into. I loved reading about Riley developing her psychic abilities and her grandma's no nonsense personality.

I didn't realize that this was book 2 in the series when I picked it up but I never felt like I was missing important information by not reading book 1 because it seemed like all the relevant information was included. I look forward to going back and reading book 1 as well as continuing the series!

Lucy score does it again. I’ve never been a cozy mysteries kind of girl, but the Riley Thorn series has changed my tune. It’s full of comedy, mystery and touch of spice.

The story picks up right where The Dead Guy Next Door left off. Nick and Riley are back on the case, but not Riley if Nick has his way. He’s still struggling the trauma of just barely saving Riley just weeks earlier, and trying to keep her busy at the new office administrator for his PI business. Hoping she won’t notice.

Scary grandma Elanora comes rolling back into town as both Nick and Riley take on new cases. Hers with Weber and Nick on his own. Grandma Elanora has a lot to say about Riley and Gabe, her spiritual guide, and how well she is actually working on coming more into her gift of clairvoyance. So, Elanora does what she does best and forces everyone’s hand to her will to get Riley see how useful and of service her gift can be. This mystery is full of glitter bombs, day drinking, nosey neighbors, hilarious seniors (block some fun) and a mystery that’s explosive.

Special thank you NetGalley, Lucy Score and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for a copy in exchange for a review.