Houses of Deception (The Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series Book 6) by Cynthia Hamilton – Review by Ashley Dover

Houses of Deception by Cynthia Hamilton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Madeline and her husband Mike own and run the MDPI as well as a party-planning company called Current Events. Madeline and Mike attend an event at the home of Troy and Tara Richardson for their fifth wedding anniversary. After escaping from the party early, the couple gets a call from their former rival in the PI business, Russell Barnett. Russell asks them to take the lead in finding his nephew, Dylan, who has been missing for six days. After a shortened night of sleep, Madeline is awoken by a phone call from Troy Richardson. His wife, Tara, has disappeared, and he wants them to help him find her.

MDPI now has three missing persons: Dylan and his girlfriend, Paige, and Tara Richardson. Trying to put the puzzle pieces together for both of these cases in a harrowing affair. It is not easy to handle one missing person’s case, but two at the same time is near impossible. Madeline’s quizzical nature has her frantically trying to make sense of the disappearance of Dylan and his girlfriend while trying to bring her client’s wife home safely.

I have never read Cynthia Hamilton’s The Madeline Dawkins Mystery series before. I found that Houses of Deception is easily a stand-alone read. There are connections to past events mentioned in the book, but these do not affect the plot. I hope to read more of this series in the future.

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