Reviewed by Jen B.
TITLE: Needing
SERIES: Voices #1
AUTHOR: Sarah Masters
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound
LENGTH: 155 pages
BLURB: Getting calls from the dead in the middle of the night isn’t Oliver’s idea of fun…
Oliver gets calls from the dead, imploring him to help them find their killers. He’s heard them since he was a child and now assists the police in their investigations. He works closely with Detective Langham—and has steadily fallen more in love with him every day of the six months he’s known him. But does Langham feel the same? Is Langham even gay?
When Oliver answers the call of a dead woman, he finds himself standing in a remote field, gazing down at her corpse. Someone else is out there with him, though, watching, waiting to cause him harm. After he’s run off the road, Oliver has no choice but to aid Langham in finding her killer—no choice because more people are killed and more people call out to him…he’s unable to ignore their pleas.
As the body count grows and the investigation becomes more complex, Oliver realises that Langham is indeed very gay—and out to make Oliver his.
Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of excessive violence which some readers might find upsetting, including kidnap and imprisonment of children with enforced drug taking, mutilation of other victims, extraction of a foetus and implied child sexual abuse.
REVIEW:
This story starts out quite interesting. Oliver is contacted by the recently dead hoping he can help solve their mysterious deaths and catch the killers. Most of the police value his ability, most importantly Langham, who he is partnered with. Oliver and Langham have a great relationship. When the story begins, they are still only friends and colleagues. They have great chemistry and tease and smart talk each other relentlessly.
The main focus of this story, however, is the mystery surrounding the most recent dead bodies. More is uncovered in their investigation, leading to and surrounding the drugged children. Even though much of the abuse, etc. where the children are concerned, is implied or takes place off the page, so this is not nearly as dark as it first seemed it would be.
Again, the romance/relationship takes somewhat of a back seat to the mystery/investigation. For obvious reasons, once the guys realize they are headed in that direction, they are unable to act upon it until the investigation is finished. This takes about 70% of the story. During that time, there is a bit of sexual tension to get you through. I was a bit disappointed in this aspect, even though I really enjoyed the banter between them. Unfortunately, it really wouldn’t have worked out any other way.
With this being the first book of the series, I am hopeful that now that the setup has taken place, we will get to see more of their relationship in the following book.
Jen rates it – 
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