ALL THE WAY GONE
Joanna Schaffhausen
Annalisa Vega, the former Chicago PD Detective, is back. ALL THE WAY GONE opens with Annalisa newly-retired from the police force, with a newly-established private detective agency. Her personal life is complicated, as always. She’s back together with her ex-husband Nick Carelli, who wants children, but Annalisa isn’t sure she’s ready for that. Not least because Nick’s recently-discovered teenage daughter Cassidy is on the scene. And by the way, Cassidy wants to work for Annalisa.
Annalisa’s first client is a psychology professor who has written a very buzzy new book about good sociopaths, claiming that the world benefits from such a person. But she’s hired Annalisa to make sure that the one she has bet her reputation on is actually good. After a woman from Dr. Craig Canning’s apartment building falls to her death in what Nick and his colleagues in the police department ruled an accident, Professor Mara Delaney has her doubts, and so does Annalisa.
Annalisa takes the case, which causes upheaval in her personal life and increasing danger as she gets closer to a killer. ALL THE WAY GONE is the fourth book in the Detective Annalisa Vega series. In this installment, Annalisa is a bit less independent and confident than in other books in the series, which may be the result of her career shift. She’s still smart, determined and capable, nonetheless. And the tension and twists in the plot were spot on.
Thank you to Minotaur Books and NetGalley for an opportunity to read an advance review copy.