A Case Too Close: Carter Peterson Mystery Series Book 1

by Al Boudreau, Jennifer L. Jennings

Private investigator Carter Peterson’s years of experience make him a formidable threat to those who have chosen a criminal path, but despite his skills and prior career as a Boston cop, this case will test his mettle to the core. It's personal. Sarah Woods, partner in both business and pleasure, has been abducted while recovering from a gunshot wound. Can Carter keep it together and determine her whereabouts before it’s too late, or will this scenario prove to be A Case Too Close?

Genres: Mystery Thriller

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2016

Reviews

[Michele bookloverforever · Rating 4 out of 5]

the last Sarah case ended with her kidnapping from the hospital. her partner searches for her with little luck although the search turns up ties to homeland security! finally, a tech assist from a tech wizard locates Sarah and she is released by her captors so they can leave the scene. turns out massive theft of funds, bogus and real government involvement result in yet another tragedy. Sarah agrees to retire from the field and spend more time in the office researching.

[moxieBK · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Case Too Close: A Carter Petersen Mysteries Book 1: (27 chapters) — Al Boudreau and Jennifer L. Jennings Oct. 7-8, 2018

Sarah is kidnapped and Carter pursues all leads to find her.

I had to think about this book for a few days before I wrote the review. I really like the book and how fast paced it read once I got into the story. But this was a hard one for me to rate. This review is going to be more about feelings that actual substance. Feelings as related to how I felt after I read the story. It's a decent story, well written, great, fast plot..... HOWEVER. (Yes, a very big ....)

BUT, I didn’t like the implied male chauvinist angle this book took. Especially at the end.

I understand what the author(s) were trying to do here, but I really didn’t like the after feeling I had in my mind. Sarah is already becoming something entirely different from the person that I begrudgingly liked. (I didn’t really like the first book in the series.) It was interesting to get into the mind of Carter. But I think this is one of those cases where I really wish I didn’t know what he was thinking in his mind. It soured me on him, and made him out to be every other typical male, albeit a male that is in love with his partner and can’t see how strong she is on her own.

But if I had never read the Sarah Woods series, I might have liked it better. Or not. I don’t really like stories where men portray women as weak. Not that he did that to Sarah, but I felt at the end, he didn’t want her to go anywhere again, or at least not be out of sight of him. I’m curious how Sarah is going to react to this, or if it will ever come filly to light. Remember, this is MY FEELINGS. This of course may not be at all what the author was trying to convey, or what others felt after reading the book.

Just the same, I won’t be reading any more in the series, but I am going back to Sarah Woods and finish up the books it that series.

I’ll take the high road on this story. 3 stars, but it’s with hesitation.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice start to finish flow but a bit light on drama and suspense for my current flavor of the month. CP must be a real hottie.

[Sandy clemons · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of pages missing

Like the book until last couple chapters too many pages mussing for me to know how it ended very disappointing

[Tammy Louvierre]

excellent book really enjoyed fast paced