Breaking Apart (Finnerty and Liccione Mystery Series) by Wanda Venters, MD and Mary Rae, MD – Review by Elizabeth Sanchez

Breaking Apart by Wanda J. Venters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

::trigger warnings for suicide, PTSD, addiction::
Breaking Apart was a pretty complex crime mystery book, which is apparently book 2 in the Finnerty and Liccione Mystery series. I did not know that until after completing, and thoroughly enjoyed the book. I did struggle with all the characters, and keeping them straight, so perhaps that would have been minimized by reading the first book. I thought it was cool that it was written by two doctors. Reading a little about them, it seems they incorporated a bit of fact into their story (Wanda Venters worked in pediatrics and has 2 labradoodles). I like crime, mystery, and psychology, so this was a must read for me. The topic of the book is very eye opening- PTSD, Veterans suicides, addiction, black market drugs, and get rich schemes. The book did a good job of balancing the mystery surrounding Josh’s death, with characters development and their personal lives. The book had me intrigued, and I found myself on google several times, trying to validate if what I was reading was real or based on the author’s imagination. It definitely kept me on the edge of my seat, wondering what was gonna happen next.

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