What he thinks will be a relaxing time with his closest friend and lover turns into a race against time as he joins the investigation as a consultant just as an individual Nick has come across once before enters the picture-Julian Cross-and his involvement in Nick's case is personal.Nick, Kelly, Julian, and Detective Alan Hagan, Nick's partner, follow the clues and try to solve the puzzle that is JD, the witness/suspect with amnesia, and what's beginning to look like a treasure hunt gone astray. more er, making him a suspect? That's just one of the things Nick has to figure out.Kelly arrives in Boston to spend time with Nick since they still maintain separate residences in two different states. The question is: Is this guy an actual witness who had the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time or does his involvement go deep. There's a witness to the crime who just happens to get struck with amnesia after becoming injured. This is more than twice the length of the first book, 'Shock & Awe', and readers get to see Nick at work and Kelly doing whatever he can to help out, aside from all the hot and heavy stuff that happens between them.Nick is called to the scene of a shooting that involves the death of two people.

Review 1: 'Cross & Crown' is the second book in the 'Sidewinder' series by Abigail Roux and follows the ups and downs of Boston homicide detective Nicholas 'Nick' O'Flaherty (aka O or Irish) and former Force Recon medic Kelly 'Kels' Abbott (aka Doc).

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