I'd love to read more about Bill and Christopher (or story on how they really met). In this book, I'm just so happy to read Bill making progress in his relationship with Christopher even if Bill struggles in doing so. He keeps his personal live private, even from his partner, Kate. He is a closeted detective, he has a relationship with a patient, loveable teacher, Christopher Pell - whom Bill always keep 'on the side' as secret from anyone else. Meanwhile, Bill Turner has intrigued me when he first appeared to investigate Roberto/JD in Amor En Retrogrado. Jeremy and Becket's relationship pulls me through and keeps me on my toes waiting to see what will happen. Becket is one tragic character, he might be someone who is genius but he needs a dominant person in his life, which of course leads him to his toxic relationship with the murder victim. I adore his loyalty to his boss, Becket, though their relationship seems to be co-dependent. Jeremy is one character with big portion here. Her characters often have this sense of sadness with them whom I just can't help falling in love with: ALTHOUGH, I manage to guess who the murderer is just few pages before Bill (yay!). The murderer's identity is wrapped nicely among the secrets and scandals until almost the very end. It builds an appaling Hollywood murder mystery, worthy of two-hour TV movie. The other 'main' characters include Becket, his assistant Jeremy, Jeremy's best friend Leslie, the reporter Derek, movie stars Robert and Nancy, and the Hollywood Lawyer Tom. The murders happen in a middle of a movie shoot - thus a big number of crew is in involved.

While this is said the be another case in 'Bill Turner's case-files' (this detective first appeared in Amor En Retrogrado, published by Loose ID), but I find that Bill and Kate are just part of a big cast of characters, which include the murder victims, and the suspects. Riley that I don't like, and this one is no exception. Their prime suspect is Becket Russell, unfortunately, his second assistant, Jeremy Reilly, seems to provide a solid alibi for the man. LAPD Homicide Detective, Bill Turner, and his partner, Kate Randall, must sort through casts of likely suspects, lies, rumors while dodging a persistent Hollywood Reporter, Derek Stuart, who is hungry for news about the murder. Soon, scandals and secrets are coming to the surface, which include James's affairs with the psychic and numerous women and men, including the long-time colleague, his assistant director, Becket Russell, and current sexy young star, Robert DePaul. Not long after that, James Griffen, a famous Hollywood director who is going to direct the movie is also found brutally murdered. She also writes ' Secrets and Lies', an ultimate Hollywood tell-all, which will be soon made into a movie.

Amor En Retrogrado by A.M. Riley