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The Long Way Home by Z.A. Maxfield
This is the second book I read by Z.A. Maxfield and this is the second time that she takes me up at night till the few hours; this time I was not able to finish the book in one session, since it's really long, almost 290 pages all filled up of words. And truth be told, the book deserves more attention and less sleep deprivation, since it's a mix of romance and mystery.Kevin is a former cop, now suspense romance writer. He lives almost like an hermit in Wyoming, in an auto inflected isolation; six years before he was in a car accident, the reason why he is now a retired cop, but with a blind eye and a limp in a leg, he went out from the accident with also another "gift": he has now some psychic powers that he isn't able to manage. Probably the fact that he isolated himself in a ranch and avoids human contact is part of the reason of his inability to deal with people. Actually he is not really all alone: he has a dog and a friends with benefits relationship with his dog's vet, so all in all he is pretty set. Kevin is openly gay, he came out at 15 years old and as stubborn as a teen can be, he believes that his family never accepted him; and since Kevin is now older, but still stubborn, he still believes to not having a loving family.
The only link with his family is his brother in law Carl, a LAPD detective who sometime asks him help. Last time ended pretty badly and Kevin is not willing to risk again, but when is old dog passed away and Carl asks help and it's Christmas season... well Kevin can't refuse. When he arrives at Los Angeles, he is paired with one of Carl's colleagues and friends, Connor. At first Connor doesn't believe in Kevin's psychic skill, but he is tired to seeing missing boys every month or so without having any clue. In Connor's personal story, there is an event that makes him way too involved in this case.
They are a strange pair Connor and Kevin; there is no real dominant character between them. Connor is younger and has some issues with his past, so this put him in a bottom role; but he is also well connect with his own family and also with Kevin's family, and so he has the output strenght from a steady environment. Kevin on the other hand his older (five years more or less) and experienced, both in life and sex; he should be the top, but he is all in all a typical bottom: he likes to be wooed, he relates to his partner in more things other than sex; and then he needs the family steadiness that Connor has.
The setting is very nice: a mix of suspense thriller and Cinderfella story; all Kevin's family and Connor are involved in the police department, with the typical middle class upbringing that derives from it, but Connor is from a wealthy Irish family, and this means big mansion in the hills and private boat on a country club, but also big and obtrusive family environment. Again, like for the two main characters, also the setting is a strange mix that is successfully mixed together.
Last the suspense element... usually I'm not a mystery lover, but I'm quite good to find the villain in the story; but in this case, till almost the end, my guess still was uncertain on two possible endings. Well, I was good enough to have at least one of the guess right!
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