Review: Christie Craig's DON'T LOOK BACK.

This series has been my intro to Christie Craig and after really liking the second book I couldn’t wait to read cold case detective Connor Pierce’s story in Don’t Look Back.

A built, attractive police officer with commitment & guilt issues, Connor is basically asking to fall in love 🤣. Only he wouldn’t see it that way.

He’s been avoiding it since his wife divorced him, and after he killed a teen involved in a drug-dealing related shootout.

But he can’t help his attraction to Brie Ryan, an FBI agent who’s gone undercover trying to find out more about her sister’s murder.

Violent events bring them together on an investigation.

The chemistry between Connor & Brie is fun to watch & I love how Craig plays with their romantic pacing with Connor’s actions (though I do think Brie acts a bit immaturely in response.)

Brie had me cheering with her unwillingness to settle for scraps, with how she stands up for herself & her needs & wants.

The mysteries are intriguing & it was a distracting read post-election which I appreciated, but I also have a couple of issues with the book. I don’t quite understand how Brie got her FBI job—how she became exactly qualified her for the position—& there’s a moment with some sexist jokes that annoyed me.

Overall I enjoyed this one & will definitely read more by Christie Craig, but the second book is definitely my fave of the series.



[CWs: this book has quite a lot of violence & violent images. References to rape. Reference to miscarriage.]

3.5 ⭐️. Don't Look Back is out on 12/15. Thanks to Forever Pub & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.