A Lonesome Place for Murder is book 2 of an Ethan Brand mystery series. This was a dark fictional mystery book that kept me engaged! It had both likable and unlikable characters in it, a well rounded plot and kept me wanting more of this detective mystery! I didn’t want it to end. Even though I wanted more, this book was ended up well executed. The main character Ethan Brand is a likable character, so I understood why the author wrote a second book! I am hoping that there will be a third one coming out as well.

The horse that Ethan Brand thinks about buying comes across a smuggling tunnel that had been abandoned. Him and his lead investigator end up finding a dead body there and that’s when things get really scary! This body identification is someone that Ethan knew many years ago. As the story unfolds, there are twists and turns you don’t see coming! Sinister things start to happen to Ethan! It is about a smuggling operation! I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading a great mystery with some thriller! Be sure to check out the trigger warnings before reading this book. I give this a 4 out of 5 star rating!

Thank you to NetGalley, author Nolan Chase and Crooked Lane Books for this digital advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is expected to be published on August 26, 2025!