Read You Like a Crook

Poppy Perkins Mystery, Book 7

De: Jasmine Webb

Narrado por: Khristine Hvam

Step aside, Zodiac. There’s a new serial killer on the loose in San Francisco, and the police have enlisted Poppy and Ophelia’s help to get to the bottom of it.

With multiple bodies already having been found, and the killer showing no signs of stopping, Poppy knows they’re racing against the clock to save as many lives as possible. The killer has made it obvious he's after attention, but once he realizes he's got Ophelia’s, he makes it clear he thinks he's a match for her.

Poppy finds herself in the middle of a battle of wits, with deadly consequences. But, as she and Ophelia get closer to finding the killer in their midst, it becomes clear that the killer is willing to stop at nothing to come out the winner—even if that means killing Poppy and Ophelia.

Will they find the killer and get justice for the victims before the killer adds them to the body count?

©2024 Jasmine Webb (P)2024 Jasmine Webb

Love this seried

So sorry to see this one end. Love the characters. The narrator does a great job in making the story come to life. I do hope there are more Poppy Perkins books to come.

So sad!

This was my favorite series of Jasmine Webb's. So upset that it's over!!! Will miss these characters.

Tidy but…

When I started this series. I didn’t know it would be a limited series. I suspended a LOT I’d disbelief and really came to enjoy the characters. And I enjoyed the series and this book.

It leaves you with a completed main plot, and satisfying progress of Poppy’s life. However, while large chunks were put in place, there was 1 beat that were inexplicably missing for me.

The book was short, under 5 hours. That means that there was space to add a vignette from Poppy’s bio family. After the ordeal she and Ophelia went through at the beginning/towards the end of this book (or even the previous book)- not ONE call from a sister or her mom? A full reconciliation? Nice but unnecessary. If the ordeals I mentioned above were unpublicized, it still might’ve been nice if Poppy had some sort of positive interaction with ANY family member. A text from a sister, “I’m proud of you for going your own way. Kudos on your book!” Something like that leaves space for possibilities. Instead we got an ignored attempt at communication. This was the main thing missing from the book for my liking. I get going “no contact” with a self involved parent can be necessary. But this book gave no room for her mom to evolve or even begin to “see” who Poppy really was.

As an aside, it may have been nice to see Poppy’s former bestie get her just desserts- dropped by publisher, struggling with her second book, jealous AF of the TikTok, etc. any one of those (& likely others) would have satisfied me.

Overall, a fun jaunt, and mostly satisfying conclusion with a tidy ending but left a smidge to be desired.