When the Lost Beach PD is called to the scene of a suspected suicide near the lighthouse, Detective Nicole Lawson notices some concerning discrepancies and the case is quickly ruled a suicide. With long friend- and crush- Emmet Davis leading the investigation, Nicole thinks things are under control.... until another body turns up and as the case heats up, so does their relationship.

I love this whole series. Lost Beach is a cool setting, the cast of characters is awesome, and the book strikes the perfect balance between police procedural and romance. I love how the secondary characters overlap in the books and the rich backstory it creates. Laura Griffin has built this series the way Amy Sherman Palladino built the Gilmore Girls and it's fantastic! You get to know the area and its inhabitants and you feel like you could be living in this town. 10/10, can't wait for more from this saga!

Liar’s Point is a great women’s sleuth book. I didn’t realize this is book 5, even though the plot could technically be a standalone book. This book makes me want to start these books at book one! If you’re a fan of the Mercy Kilpatrick series or Bree Taggert series, you will love this book and I’m pretty sure, I turn, the rest of the Texas Murder Files series. The only thing that wasn’t my favorite was the few spicy parts.

The narration of this book was done by Teri Clack Linden, who did a good job!! It was an enjoyable listen the entire time.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the audio-arc of Liar’s Point!

Liar's Point is was another great story by Laura Griffin. Once I started I couldn't stop. I always enjoy her characters. I'll be recommending this to my customers.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Brilliance Audio for my gifted ALC.

Teri Clark Linden, narrator and she does a very good job, although she portrays the characters and situations with a lot more angst than I would have liked. Nicole comes across as a prickly character. I enjoyed her as a supporting character in previous books, but I found her stubborn and difficult and even though Emmit was supportive she gave him a lot of crap. I don't like this approach to showing sexual tension between the characters.

Cassandra Miller is trying to keep a low profile as a yoga teacher in a little Texas beach town. While on her evening run, she comes across a car with the body of a friend dead inside.

Lost Beach, Texas police detective Nichole Lawson is sitting at a restaurant waiting for her date when she gets a call from the chief about a dead body. Figures. She and her date, Dave, have canceled more dates than they have actually had, a situation that Nicole is coming to realize is a pattern she wants no part of anymore.

Detective Emmet Davis is leading the investigation, which Nicole thinks should have gone to her. He is trying to rein in Nicole, but she is determined to follow her instinct that tells her the witness, Cassandra Miller, is hiding something. When another woman with ties to Cassandra dies, and Nicole is almost run down. Emmet is ready to believe her.

Another thing Emmet is having a tough time reigning in is his passion where Nichole is involved. Being on the phone with her as she is run down has awakened something inside him. Tomorrow isn't promised to any of them but having known her for over ten years, he is not sure how she feels about him.

My thanks to the Publisher and Author for providing a complimentary digital Advanced Audio Copy (AAC) of this novel via NetGalley. This is my fair, honest and personal review. All opinions are mine alone and were not biased in any way.

4.25⭐️

This book has it all!
Crime + Detectives✔️
Thriller✔️
Romance w/ a little spice✔️

This was my first book by this author, and after listening to Liar’s Point on audio, I plan to go back and read other books in the series!

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley! It will be published in 5/21/24!

Thank you NetGalley for this ALC! I’m always thrilled to get the audiobooks from this series!

Loved this story! The characters were great, the suspense kept me guessing. The romance was sweet. I was a little disappointed with the kissing while in another relationship, hence the dropped star.

Narrator did an excellent job, there were a few moments that the sentence cadence felt unnatural but otherwise, thoroughly enjoyed!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the free audiobook in exchange for my honest review. This is narrated by Teri Clark Linden who does a great job narrating this story. I recommend the audiobook if that is of interest.

Detective Nicole Lawson is frustrated by her job and love life as she’s called in for a dead body in what should have been date night. While the scene looks like suicide something feels off to Nicole and her instincts are on point.

I am new to this series but did not have any issues with this being book 5 so it works as a stand-alone. This is a solid mystery, police procedure story with a bit of romance thrown in. Overall, I liked the characters and the plot. The second half pacing was definitely faster which helped build suspense.

Overall a solid detective mystery!

Laura Griffin’s published many well-received suspense novels, but Liar’s Point was my first exposure, and I’m persuaded I’ll return for more. Detective Nicole Lawson grabbed my attention from the start: a hard-working and competent female detective in a male-dominated department, trying to do her job and having to suppress any normal, human emotional reactions so as to be taken seriously. Life in a quiet, off-season beach area should be relatively routine, but staffing shortages and an unusual spate of crime have left the department stressed, and now women are turning up dead under suspicious circumstances. Nicole and fellow officer Emmet have known each other all their lives, but suddenly they’re forced to work more closely than ever together, and Nicole has to fight to keep her feelings for him undercover. Good thing for both her and the story, he has feelings of his own. The suspense was good and kept my attention riveted; my only criticism came from not completely rooting for the main “victim” who moves the story along, and finding the ending a bit anti-climactic.

The fifth in a series about murders in a Texas resort town/island.

I have enjoyed the series so far and was happy to finally read Nicole and Emmet's story. Nicole is a skilled police officer who has the ability to put together clues and see the whole picture. And that was needed with this case where almost everyone involved was lying in one way or another. It made for a lot of interesting twists and turns.

We've been getting glimpses of Nicole & Emmet's chemistry throughout the series. They butt heads and sparks fly, so it was fun to finally see them get together.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this audiobook. All opinions are my own.

Liar's Point (Texas Murder Files #5) by Laura Griffin
Narrated by Teri Clark Linden
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Genre: General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
Expected Publication Date: May 21, 2024

Liar's Point is the fifth book in the Texas Murder Files series by Laura Griffin. While loosely tied together, each book in the series can be enjoyed as a standalone mystery.
The narration by Teri Clark Linden was wonderful! She did a great job bringing the book to life.

I loved the mystery in this book! There was so much suspense and intrigue and I loved seeing how it all unraveled. I thought the story was fascinating and the characters interesting. I enjoyed getting glimpses into the lives of the characters from the previous books.

I think it’s cool that this is set in Texas, as it allows me to visit other parts of the state that I’ll never actually get to visit in person.

This is a quick read that I could not put down! I can’t wait to see what will happen next!

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Listened to the audiobook. Excellent narrator. This is the first book by Laura Griffin that I read/listened to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Interesting characters and story which moved along at a perfect pace.

I wish NetGalley was more clear when books are a series, because it does consistently happen that I’m excited for a book, listen to it, feel confused about it, and then upon going to review it, discover it’s like the fourth or fifth in the series. Knowing this, I probably wouldn’t request to read them or might do my homework first.

That’s the case for this book, which had an intriguing cop plot but due to being the fifth installment, is lacking a lot of necessary character exposition and development. With the benefit of those earlier books, it’s probably excellent. Without, it was still good but lacked investment in the story.

I listened to the audiobook for this one for about half before I decided I didn’t want to wait anymore and finished it using kindle. The narrator was doing a good job particularly with the chapters from Nicole’s perspective. This is book 5 of the Texas Murder files, but it works as a standalone. Overall I liked this story and found it to be a good mystery. I liked the mystery more than the romance, and not because I didn’t like the coupling, but my response to being frustrated about being treated different for being a woman in my career would not lead to kissing no matter the attraction. I thought the pacing of the relationship was weird in that way, but I liked the characters and felt they would be good together. Nicole is frustrated by her job and love life (or lack there of) as she’s called in for a dead body in what should have been date night. While the scene looks like suicide something feels off to Nicole which is a theme for the book. Her instincts are on point. The second half of the book was quite fast paced and I didn’t want to look away, but overall I think the book ran a little long and could have been edited down a bit.

This open-door romantic suspense, though part of the Texas Murder Files series, can be read as a stand alone. From the beginning by it is clear that people have secrets - and someone is a killer. The tension between the two detectives is great, though I did struggle with Nicole’s constant lone wolf attitude. Dual intertwined storylines, red herrings and a creepy vibe kept me listening. Excellent narration made it easy to tell which characters were speaking and added to the appeal of the story. Recommended.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a review audiobook. All opinions expressed are my own.

This was an exciting audiobook to listen to. I was totally invested in Nicole and the investigation. I love that she was the one that connected all the clues and I loved Emmet! He may have been a tad too protective since she is a cop, but I also loved that about him as well. I really enjoyed this audiobook!

Having read the other books in the series with mixed feelings I was interested in Nicole getting her own book. As a side character in the rest of the series she was more interesting than in her own book. Where she is stubborn and difficult for the sake of being difficult and Emmet isn’t much better. It was just an ok book, the mystery was kinda dumb and pointless where 2 different women were murdered for absolutely no reason at all. Probably won’t be reading any more of the author’s work this was kind of the deciding factor for me but that’s just me. I’m sure it works perfectly fine for some people.

Liar's Point is another thrilling, suspenseful, and steamy story in the Texas Murder Files series. Lost Beach Detectives Nicole Lawson and Emmet Davis are investigating a murder on the beach that trips them up from the beginning. Nicole discovers key information, but no one takes her seriously, except for Emmet. They work closely together to uncover clues, and to uncover the feelings they have for each other. But when more incidents continue happening, Nicole begins to see a pattern. Will she be able to convince the rest of the team before it's too late and Nicole is next? I was so completely engrossed by this captivating story with it's twists and turns, I couldn't stop listening. It had fascinating characters, an emotional, intriguing and suspenseful storyline with the perfect amount of sizzling passion.
Narrator Teri Clark Linden is a fantastic storyteller. She delivered all the excitement, emotion, wit, and steam perfectly. Her ability to bring these characters and story to life was breathtaking, making this story even more exciting.

Multiple murders with only one seeming connection. Very well written police drama. Two tenacious detectives, who struggle to put the pieces together, and take the first tentative steps toward a personal relationship. How many more people may die before this murder spree is solved? Nichole is adamant that she's put the bits of clues together correctly.

I listened to the audio version. The narrator was great.

Liar’s Point: Texas Murder Files #5
Laura Griffin
The setting is Lost Beach, Texas.
Nicole Lawson is a Detective for the Lost Beach Police Department. A body has been found at Lighthouse Point, the medical examiner points out several unique clues and rules the death a homicide. Lost Beach is a small town in a rural area where everybody knows everybody else’s business.
Emmet Davis, a veteran detective is leading the investigation. Nicole and Emmet don’t work well together however, the have strong feelings for each other which they are trying to ignore. Nicole believe the Yoga instructor knows more than she is telling. The death of another person illuminates a strange pattern but, no one agrees with Nicole’s theory. Emmet and Nicole must learn to work together if they are going to solve the murder.
This tale is part romance, part police procedure and totally a great read. This is a thriller that the reader cannot put down.
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a review copy of this book.

I was excited to get the approval to listen to the latest release in the Texas Murder Files by Laura Griffin. I had purchased book 1 but it was a few months ago and had not listened to it until now. Having been approved for this 5th in the series, I thought I should go back to the beginning to make sure I didn't need any of the previous stories to understand this one. Thankfully all the books in this series stand on their own. Book 1 is probably the most standalone in the series and then the other 4 look like characters are interconnected more with each story. With that said, I've already added the other 3 books in the series to my TBR pile. I really like the romantic/thriller/mystery elements of these books and this book had a lot of connection with the main characters that made me invested that there was a spark of chemistry. The story line weaved a bit slow at first and the detectives didn't seem to have a direction for a good third of the story but once they started discovering some key elements the story began to click.

I look forward to reading the whole series and more of this author's other stories. I highly recommend.