Dead Ringer: Cold Case Psychic Book 6, Pandora Pine

The bliss of marriage gives way to resuming normal routines and Ronan finds his "welcome back to work" particularly disturbing.  Not only is there a huge pile of files from the rest of his department, but a rather intriguing letter tops the list of surprises.  A convicted murderer declares his innocence and requests a visit from him and Tennyson to clear his name.  On a pursuit for the truth they find another lonely soul to adopt into their family that might be more than he appears.  But when the truth is more confusing than they expected, they'll have to figure out a way to stop the real killer before they get caught up in a deadly plot.

So...I'm not sure I get it.  Was the ending of Dead to Me too happy and were the characters all becoming too in-touch with their feelings?  Because we're back to sniping, short tempers, emotional outbursts, hurtful words, general a-hole moments, and arguments that really don't make a lot of sense.  I don't understand.  I had a hard time getting through some moments because I wasn't sure why there was arguing going on in the first place, what purpose those "conversations" served, or why Ronan was so anti Jude all the time even after they had some good moments.  There was an incredible amount of disconnect in this story between the character development that's been happening and the big moments of reversion many of them seemed to be experiencing.

As for the case, it felt a bit too frenetic.  There wasn't the best build-up for what later exploded into crazy.  It's as if we can't go from start to finish in a case with clues actually being followed through or have a confrontation that feels organic.  That being said, I like where we're going overall with this story, the additional characters and changes in shop operations, so that was a positive.  The ending was so full of love and future that it's hard to not like the direction of the series.  I'm still all-in with these men though, so let's hope we get back on track.

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