"A murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads a young defense lawyer and an NYPD homicide detective into parallel investigations with explosive and deadly results in this superb mystery."
My Thoughts:
I need to stop reading series books out of order. That being said I really enjoyed this book despite the fact that I yet again started at the end of a series. In this book Ellie Hatcher and her partner JJ Rogan are drawn into a cold case that is being re-investigated thanks to the recent murder of a therapist. Neither of them want to take the case on as they both know that they will also be investigating their own peers who originally worked the case. And it doesn't take long before they have more questions than answers....which is when the real fun begins!
This book was intense and easy to fall into. Even though I didn't know the character's histories from previous books, I found myself drawn down into their world almost instantaneously. Burke always seems to write these twisty, fast paced reads and this book was no exception. Every time that I thought that I knew what was going on something happened to make me question everything once again. I love that! Another thing that I really enjoyed about this book is that the author takes two storylines and brings them together. They are both related to the recent murder but one is about what happened during the original investigation and the other one is what is happening now. She easily intertwines it all together in a way that makes the suspense level go up a notch. I had a hard time putting this book down because of it! All of this should show you how much I enjoyed this book. That being said it had a bit of a weird ending. I wasn't sure how I felt about it to be honest. It wasn't bad....it just didn't feel quite right. I don't know that I can really explain it without giving away major spoilers so I will leave it at that.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book! I'm eager to start at the beginning of this series so that I can see how these characters have grown. Alafair Burke is becoming one of my go-to authors when it comes to thrillers thanks to her two stand alone books and now this one. I'm becoming a pretty big fan! I didn't have any issues reading this series out of order but I am betting that my reading experience would have been even better if I had read the earlier books. Easily recommended!
Bottom Line: A book that takes a closed murder case and turns it into so much more!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review purposes from the publisher. Thoughts are my own.
I really enjoyed the one book I read by this author last year and would like to read more by her. This one sounds good!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about wanting to read books in order. I used to be such a stickler about it and now I find myself jumping in anywhere. I'm sure that is in part due to review opportunities.
Wendy- I've read both of this author's stand alone novels as well as this one. I've enjoyed them all! It just means that I need to go back to the beginning of this series and read them all :) I seem to only read series books out of order when they are review copies....otherwise I am too particular to read out of order. LOL!
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