Stripped starts up a few months after "Immoral" left off. Stride is now in Las Vegas with the police department & Serena. A fish out of water compared to being in Minnesota, he is paired with a partner who no one else will partner with. Numerous murders and a chameleon killer that ties to an old Vegas 1960's murder with the players still playing & scheming. Stride learns that secrets, politics, scheming, murder,betrayal and sleight of hand is Vegas, baby! ( )

Cuando la pareja de detectives formada por Jonathan Stride y Serena Dial se enfrenta a su segundo caso, nada hace pensar que deberán adentrarse en el apasionante pero peligroso pasado de Las Vegas. Un conocido millonario es asesinado mientras está con una prostituta; un niño muere en un atropello intencionado... . Crímenes que podrían quedar sin resolver en una ciudad en que los ricos y los poderosos gozan de inmunidad ante la ley. Pero la determinación de los detectives es no dejar impune ningún delito. Todas las pistas convergen en la muerte de una stripper en los años sesenta: la época en que empezaron a gestarse los secretos y las redes de influencia que tantos años después están costando vidas...

Jonathan Stride, a veteran detective in the rural town of Duluth, Minnesota, is still mourning his late wife, Cindy's death when Rachel, a teenager, goes missing. Assisted by his quirky partner, Maggie, an investigation into a girl's disappearance convinces Stride she was murdered. There's a trial and another murder; then the book really gets interesting. I was glued to every page while Mr. Freeman brought plot twist after plot twist. I understand Immoral is Mr. Freeman's debut novel. I have read all of the Easton Frost books and loved them. This book is written in the same style. It's very suspenseful and is filled with many interesting characters. I'm glad I discovered this series! ( )

Debated on 2 or 3 reviews and chose 2. In a few days, I won't be able to recall any of this story...it is just forgettable. None of the characters are likable. The story felt like "Basic Instinct" interrogation scene every chapter. Everyone is hot and screwing each other..oh, and it doesn't bother them to talk about their sex life with strangers. Characters talk about their drug use going so far as to offer some to the cops. Transvestite partner is always the victim...except when taunting the girlfriend's partner. By the way, was Stride so dumb he couldn't tell his partner was a bit off? I would assume a low masculine voice would give it away along with several other things. What was the plot of this book again?

I did make it through the book so it's got that going for it. 1 star is reserved for "can't finish it" ( )

Pretty much what you would expect from a mystery set in Vegas. Old Vegas memories, lots of sex, corruption, mob connects. Serena gets involved with another woman. I could see where the twists were going pretty quickly. ( )