Houses of Deception (The Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series Book 6) by Cynthia Hamilton – Review by Francis O’Sullivan

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

Houses of Deception is the sixth book in Cynthia Hamilton’s Madeline Dawkins Series. It’s a real page-turner, with yet more mysteries to solve as Madeline, Matt and Samir are drawn into two (or is it three?) missing-persons cases.
In both cases, there’s a personal element to their involvement. Tara disappears mere hours after her anniversary party, which Madeline was involved in organising. And Dylan is the son of a PI who risked everything to help Madeline. So the team can’t really turn them down, even when both cases start to look much bigger and more dangerous than they initially appeared.
I could not put this down! I love the amount of detail Hamilton includes. I kept wondering what was going to turn out to be relevant to solving the case, and what was a red herring or just part of painting a more vivid picture. Speaking of pictures, I loved the art history elements and have enjoyed following up on them and seeing the painting mentioned!
This is a very enjoyable series. I’ve not read the books in order (why? Why do I do this?) and I think reading them in order is probably the best way to watch the characters grow and develop, but you can definitely get away with dipping in and out of the series. It’s great for fans of mysteries with a bit of tension and action. It gets five stars from me!

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