I love Riley and her tribes of oddballs so much. Mystery mixed with humor is difficult but Lucy pulls it off every time.

I was so excited that there was going to be another story for Riley and Nick. I love the combo of this private investigator and psychic who are now pursuing their happily ever after dealing with more dead bodies and their family and friends. There is banter and quirky characters and a plot that keeps you invested from start to finish. This is an entertaining and fun.

Psychic Riley Thorn and her handsome private investigator boyfriend Nick are back at it in book two of the Riley Thorn Series. Detective Weber shows up, asking for Riley’s help figuring out who is responsible for the corpse in the closet. At the same time, Nick needs Riley’s help finding a missing person. Things get extra messy as Riley and Nick meet each other’s families. This book was funny and witty with mystery and action. I enjoyed every minute and can’t wait to see what happens next in this series!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for the ARC.

3.5 ⭐️

I went into this without reading the other two books first. I think I would’ve loved it if I had read the others. There were just so many characters that I couldn’t keep track of or understand that background of everyone and how they were all connected. I also wish it would have focused on one investigation versus two because I kept mixing them up. That being said, I loved the relationship between Nick and Riley. I wish it would’ve been dual first person POV to hear more of their inner thoughts.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Romance: 💕💕💕.5

The second book in the fun, mystery solving Riley Thorn series!

Riley, being born into a family of psychics, has finally acknowledged that her gifts may be telling her real and important things, and she has now tangled herself up in solving more crimes with her Private Investigator boyfriend, Nick and his friend, Detective Weber with the help of her spirit guides!
Will Riley’s gifts be strong enough to string the pieces together and solve the case or will her grandmother get in the way with the ways of ‘the Guild’?

Her last case almost ended with her getting murdered. Where will her gifts land her this time?!

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

If you need an absolutely hilarious, fun loving, well written, exciting book, you need to read this book. Lucy Score flexes her literary creative finger in this second book of the budding psychic Riley Thorn series featuring a delectably handsome Nick, a room clearing farting dog, a cow, a scary granny, and maybe an extraterrestrial.

Riley is a budding psychic and PI under the tutelage of her sexy boyfriend and fellow PI, Nick. Join them on the hunt for missing people and murder suspects, psychic bootcamp, sparkles, short ex's and nosy neighbors.

Although it's a romance, sex isn't the main focus, even when sometimes it is, and I didn't miss it at all.

I can't wait for the third book and hopefully more!

Super cute!!!! I always have a fun time with Riley and Nick. These books are perfect for cozy fluff vibes.

I loved the first book in this series, and Lucy Score strikes comedic gold once again with her latest installment featuring the reluctant psychic Riley Thorn and her detective beau Nick Santiago.

Riley is summoned back to Channel 50, where her ex-husband and his weather girl fiancée await, ready to stir up more drama than a soap opera on fast-forward. Adding to Riley's stress is the appearance of not only her grandmother but also Nick's family. Adding to our enjoyment are the antics of Riley's elderly housemates. The body count rises faster than a soufflé in a microwave, and the meet-the-parents dinner goes about as smoothly as a porcupine in a balloon factory.

With its blend of mystery, humor, and heart, Corpse in the Closet is a must-read for anyone craving a hilarious whodunit with a side of psychic shenanigans. Prepare to laugh your way through this five-star gem!

I enjoyed reading The Corpse in the Closet, but I felt like it dragged a bit. Full disclosure: I haven’t read the first book in the Riley Thorn series, though I have read many other Lucy Score books. I didn’t feel like I needed to have read the first book to understand what was going on here, though there were references to events from the first book. I think billing this as romance is a misnomer, even with the genre also listed as mystery. This book was romance adjacent at most and in my opinion would be better classified solely as a paranormal mystery (albeit a lighthearted one).

The Corpse in the Closet is about Riley Thorn, a psychic who is still learning to use her skills, and her live-in boyfriend Nick Santiago, a private investigator. Riley is called in to help the police investigating a homicide while Nick is looking into a missing person. There’s also a bit of the story dedicated to Riley’s grandmother putting her family through a “psychic boot camp” to hone their skills.

For a mystery, this book doesn’t take itself too seriously, which I actually liked and appreciated, but that did make for some tonal incongruence given this book is about solving a string of murders. Given the genre is listed as romance first on Goodreads, I wish there had been a bit more about the couple and them developing their relationship. I also found it a bit bizarre that they lived together, but had never said “I love you” before, but perhaps I was missing some context from the first book there. I found the parts with the grandmother to be what really dragged for me - I just didn’t think there was enough growth in the area of Riley’s psychic powers to warrant the amount of time that was spent getting there with her grandmother.

Overall I recommend this book for romance readers trying to get into mystery or for anyone who wants a mystery/comedy that is a bit lighter than other mysteries.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for the ARC of this rerelease!

I absolutely adored this book. It was full of humor and an uncanny way of presenting it. I love they the FMC and MMC seem like completely opposites and yet it still works. It has little bit of something for everyone and it’s such an enjoyable read

Another great Lucy Score read! I loved the characters, and it was a good mystery and fun to read overall! I'm looking forward to reading book 3! Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley!

This was another great story by Lucy Score. These characters are so fun to read and I actually liked the mystery in this one a bit more than the first book in the series! Can't wait to read more! Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love the way Lucy Score tells a story and I really enjoyed this one!

This book is the second in the series following Riley Thorn, a psychic who is helping the police solve a homicide. Her detective boyfriend is the one feeding her cases so they’re working together to solve the crime.

Between the family dramatics, hot and heavy relationship, and murderers on the loose, there is a LOT going on in this book.

A fun read if you’re looking for a little mystery without it being too dark and deep!

Lucy Score brings her usual humour to this one! It’s witty and silly and full of over the top hijinks! I do love Riley and Nick and their merry bands of misfits. I do, however, feel like the book was way longer than the story needed to be. It was a bit too drawn out and that pulled me out of the story a little bit.

Thank you for my advanced copy!

this is book 2 in the Riley Thorn series. now i want to preface this by saying i have not read the first one, so i kind of jumped in head first to this without any idea of what i was getting into. and i have to say... this was such a fun read! there were some lines i think would have made more sense had i read the first book, but it didn't distract or confuse me from anything. anytime i catch a book with hilarious banter, i will devour. this had me actually LOL-ing a few times. while there is romance in this, it's not a focal point. it's more of the main characters attempting to solve a murder mystery and the chaos that ensues in their journey.

i love that you also get a good amount of quirky characters that add so much to the atmosphere in the book. like, without each and every one of the side characters there would be something lacking. the author let's every single character stand out & shine without making it drag on whatever is happening in the moment. and i think that just makes Lucy Score's writing all the more wonderful!

i don't even know what else to say except i definitely recommend this! it does end in a cliffhanger and gives a sneak peek into the third book, so i'm looking forward to that. i just have to go back and read the first book to really immerse myself in the whole Riley Thorn storyline. haha!

thank you to NetGalley & SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for allowing me the amazing opportunity to read this book as an ARC. i leave this review voluntarily.

This one was a fun, cute and quirky read! Lucy Score always delivers and this one was no exception! I absolutely loved this! This book has romance, mystery, humor and some paranormal elements. I highly recommend The Corpse in the Closet.

I enjoyed this read a lot more than the first book in the Riley Thorn Series; Lucy Score’s humor really shines through in both novels. Just like in book 1, Mrs. Penny & Gabe remain to be my favorite characters. That old woman kept me laughing throughout both books! I thought the book really picked up for me when Riley got the glitter bomb. that’s when i actually sat up in my seat and was like “okay now we’re getting somewhere”.

This book was so much fun!! From the laughter and banter throughout, the dry humor & wit, the mysterious side & all the quirkiness!!

The 2 MC’s were great!! And the side characters as well! This world Lucy has written is a great adventure!

I love all of Lucy’s books, & I look forward to what she has up her sleeve next!

Recommmended by me! 5/5

I cannot get enough of Riley Thorn and her mixed bag of family & friends! Great, unique characters that held up in book 2. I can’t wait to read book 3!!

This book is the second in the series and was so much fun! It picks up right where the first book left off, Riley Thorn and The Dead Guy Next Door, with Riley and Nick teaming up to solve another murder. All the hilarious secondary characters are back along with the introduction of Nick's family and Riley's grandmother. I loved watching Nick and Riley's chemistry continue to blossom as they also grow individually. The cliffhanger at the end, while not surprising, set up for the third book perfectly!

Tropes: Dual POV, Paranormal Rom-com mystery, Reverse grumpy/sunshine

Thank you Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.