Series: Detective Madison Harper #5
Published by Bookouture on September 9, 2022
Format: eARC
Source: Net Galley
Pages: 344
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Also by this author: Who Cares If They Die, Where the Snow Bleeds, Won't You Save Me, Where the Snow Bleeds, The Girl Who Died, Who Cares If They Die, Shadow Falls, Cry for Help, Little Girl Taken, Gone to Her Grave, The Night She Vanished, Her Lonely Bones, Grave Mountain
“Mommy, wake-up,” he cries, pulling at her beautiful blonde hair. She’s silent, and her skin is deathly white. Tears roll down his cheeks as he realizes something is very wrong…
As snow falls on the small town of Lost Creek, Colorado, a three-year-old boy is found playing quietly in his car seat, his mother, cold as ice, slumped against the steering wheel in front. Tearing herself away from reconnecting with her special agent father who abandoned her for his career, Detective Madison Harper is haunted by the fear in the boy’s sky-blue eyes, and vows to find justice for this innocent child, left motherless just days before Christmas.
Madison works around the clock on her only clue: a perfect circle of clean glass found on the car’s rear window. But she’s stopped in her tracks the moment another mother is found dead outside a church during Midnight Mass, her young boy left sucking his thumb on the frozen ground beside her. It can’t be a coincidence.
The need to spare the children might hint to the suspect being a woman, but the deeper Madison digs, the closer she gets to a serial killer her own father spent a lifetime chasing. Has the killer followed her father here? Could Madison, single mother to a son herself, be next?
As a blizzard closes in, wreaking havoc on the investigation, Madison hits the same dead ends her father did all those years ago. But when her closest friend goes missing, Madison must dive into the mind of this twisted soul and risk it all to stop another heart-shattering tragedy. But will she make it in time?
An absolutely gripping read that will get your pulse pounding! Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.
Gosh, I have just finished this book, and wow! What an explosive ending, which has left me in tatters! I feel so much loss!!
This story is a sad and twisted story, once you find out the truth! It’s dark and cold, and completely heartbreaking too. I had no idea of who the “killer” might be until 2 pages before Madison found out and then I was kicking myself for not realising sooner! It was just horrific.
So many emotions and storylines to take in and I just don’t think I can process this. Nate has a semi-completion to his storyline which was completely bittersweet and I have a feeling, it’s not quite as resolved as we are led to believe. We have Madison and her Dad, building on their relationship, Owen getting a job, and generally growing up! Plus the murders of these women, with no apparent link……. Just be prepared, and maybe have a couple of tissues when you get near the end. This book will toy with you before leaving you unprepared for what is about to happen!
I have been a HUGE fan of Wendy’s for so many years now and each book is just getting better and better. I still want to see Dean again but as I have said, Nate is a decent replacement, for now. 😉 I love watching these characters grow and adapt to their new lives on the outside. What I do love about this series is that we don’t forget they are still in turmoil, still living with their demons due to both wrongful convictions. We see them at their lowest, and it’s realistic. Their lives do not just go back to being all pretty and smelling of flowers and that is what I enjoy about this series the realism! I am instantly swept up into any storyline Wendy writes, I mean I would read anything she writes. We are always hooked straight off the bat and the book doesn’t even let go when you read that final word. I can’t wait to see what is next for the duo, hopefully, some good news, but I know that there may be trouble ahead.
Fantastic series, fantastic author. Just read it!
Until next time xxx
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bertyboy123 says
Great review