Openly Hidden (The Hidden Series #3) by Leigh Fleming-A Review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 11, 2019
When private investigator Olivia Trammel arrives at Mountcrest University, her simple two-day case turns into a bigger investigation. The shiny new buildings, smiling students, and top-notch surveillance system can’t cover up the fact that several female students have gone missing. Something dark and sinister is happening in plain sight.
Special Agent Alex Ritchie is fed up with the bureau and his difficult new boss. When a dead body is found and a fourth female student goes missing, he worries about his little sister, who is a freshman on campus. Focusing on the investigation, he promises himself he’ll keep his sister safe.
Olivia and Alex join forces to delve into the bizarre happenings, digging into a crime that spans from the pristine campus out into the mountainous community. Someone is either abducting these coeds, or coercing them into a life of crime. Alex and Olivia are determined to learn the truth. Throughout the investigation, their attraction grows stronger, though each keeps their emotions Openly Hidden until the sick plot comes unraveled.
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REVIEW: Openly Hidden is book three in the Hidden Series, a crime investigation/romance novel. This is the story of Special Agent Alex Ritchie and Olivia Trammel, P.I.
This story is set in West Virginia and a small university town where female students have gone missing. On finding a dead body, the FBI is finally called into the case.
Olivia is doing a security check on Mountcrest University. Her father’s PI firm had been hired by Preston Minker, partner at Martin, Minker, & Biddle Attorneys-at-Law to investigate the amount and ability of the security at the school. Maria Sanchez, the mother of one of the missing girls believes that the school and law enforcement have not been doing their jobs.
Olivia’s father had recently died, leaving her this last investigation and to clean out his offices. She wants to finish this last job for her father. Then she’s going to California to put his ashes in the Pacific and get a degree in nursing.
Alex isn’t married to the FBI, but he’s been there awhile, and he has his sister and grandmother to look after. His dream is going back into coaching basketball for kids, but he just can’t quit his paying job while his sister and grandmother need his help.
They meet during the investigation. The attraction is certainly there for both, but author Fleming has written a twisty story that keeps you guessing if they’ll get together.
That’s the set up for the story. The characters are well written, strong and smart. The whole crime scene is well done, with the plot focusing on who and why the murders are occurring.
If you love crime stories and a bit of romance, pick up a copy and enjoy a great read!
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Stay Hidden
Kept Hidden
Openly HIdden
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Reviewed by Georgianna S
Twenty years ago Leigh Fleming vowed to write a book someday and her goal finally came to fruition in 2013. Since the day she first sat down at the computer to write, she has been hard at work creating unique characters facing life’s challenges, but who are always rewarded with their happy ending. When she’s not writing in her windowless office, she enjoys reading, travelling, scrapbooking, and spending time with friends.
Leigh is a member of Romance Writers of America and the Washington Romance Writers chapter. She lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with her husband, Patrick, and her deaf French Bulldog Napoleon, and is mom to adult children, Tom and Liza.
Contact Leigh at leigh@leighfleming.com. Follow Leigh on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/leighhflemingauthor and on Twitter www.twitter.com/leighhfleming1
