One Foot in the Grave: Carly Moore book three

In this latest installment of the Carly Moore series, Carly has more on her hands than just trying to bring Bart Drummond to his knees. Wyatt comes to Carly asking for help to clear his name when he becomes the number one suspect after they dig up the body of his ex-girlfriend from nine years ago. And on land that is legally deemed Bart Drummonds but boarded on Bingham’s land, to boot! Heather Stone was one complicated woman to say the least. Carly doesn’t go on this investigation on her own, she has the help of her best friend Marco, while Wyatt stays in the shadows and eventually in hiding. Each lead that Carly and Marco run into, opens up several more questions every time. The townsfolk don’t like Carly digging into the past, they don’t want their secrets uncovered and they often get leery of saying more. That often being due to Marco being a deputy sheriff, which gives them several obstacles along the way. Eventually you find out the truth of what happened to Heather all those years ago, when things come to a head at the end of the book. I always love the last 20% of DGS books because they’re so action packed where you can’t put the book down and you have to read as fast as you can to get answers. Some of which are a bit surprising, which also is a natural thing when it comes to a DGS book. I feel Book Three in the Carly Moore series makes you want more. While you get some of your questions answered, you pile up a list of more questions and mystery that leaves you wanting the next installment sooner than later! I don’t feel like everything will be wrapped up in just one book, so I’m hoping there is at least two more books. And while I was hoping for a certain romance to happen, I’m holding out hope that we see some more romance in the next book that’ll make my heart happy... but as long as Carly is happy with her choice, that’ll make me happy. My curiosity is peaked to say the least though, and I can’t wait to read what happens next to Carly and her new found family in Drum, Tennessee.

4.5 Stars- Carly Moore’s story continues in Drum, TN busy as ever waitressing at the Tavern and now investigating a body found. The author does an awesome job on catching you up on the back story so you don’t feel lost. Whether this is the first book in the series you pick up or it has been awhile since you read the previous one, you get the idea without it being redundant. I love seeing where Carly’s life leads her. Her family she found here, Hank, makes your heart melt on how protective and caring he is for her. The friendships she creates with so many in town including Marco. Carly and Wyatt have been broken up for a few months when Wyatt’s ex-girlfriend’s body is found. Guess who the main suspect would be? Carly tries to get past her recent heartbreak and help Wyatt stay out of jail while trying to NOT become like the ex-gf...by being six foot under. I was very excited to get to finally learn of some of Wyatt’s secrets. I felt torn at times, part of me angry with him, other part my heart breaking. The suspense and uncertainty on how their relationship will turn out, trying to keep Wyatt from going to jail as well as the danger Carly was putting herself in kept me on the edge of my seat. With this book I felt like more answers to the puzzle are slowly revealing even though I end up asking more questions on what will happen next for the overall grand picture. I wouldn’t say it is necessarily a cliffhanger but it does make you not want to wait for the next book. This was exciting, intriguing, a little heart wrenching, but as usual it was an overall great story.

And we are back in Drum, Tennessee, time has passed since book 2. It's been a few months since Lula's drama and things with Wyatt... well things are still not good. The resort that was hinted before is now being constructed, which means more foot traffic at Max's bar and overall more jobs for the town and everyone is happy about it... except Carly since the man behind the project is no other than Bart Drummond and she is determined to see him dethroned. But everything comes to a screeching halt when they discover some buried bones on site. When it's known that the bones belong to no other than Wyatt's ex-girlfriend who supposedly left town before he went to jail and he is now a suspect. Even if things are still not even amicable between Carly and him, she is sure of his innocence, so when he asks for her help is a no-brainer. He offers her truths in return, which are like currency in Drum, so she decides to investigate. I have to be completely honest here, this wasn't my favorite but please do hear me out. Denise is an amazing writer, I really felt like I was reliving a real person recount of her life story. The story itself was well written and well developed. I think this book gives us a new perspective about Wyatt, Marco, and especially Bart's wife. She was a surprise, to say the least, and I think she is going to play major plot twits in the future and I looking forward to it. With all that being said... I just hated the things that happen and mostly how I felt like we got no resolution, I mean yes, we get to know who the killer is and the whys, what and how, but still everything else it's out in the open with BIG question marks. I think in the end we got 1 solution for at least 10 more mysteries to solve. And I'm sorry I do have to say this (trying not to give too much away but...) I get that labels are scary, especially if we consider Carly's situation, but I mean if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck I refuse to call it anything else even if she is not ready to admit it yet. I'm really looking forward to next book and if I can get picky, can we get to the loving? Mama needs some sugar!