Series: Detectives Kane and Alton #19
Published by Bookouture on June 13, 2023
Format: eARC, Audiobook
Source: Net Galley, Bought
Pages: 319
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Also by this author: Don't Tell A Soul , Bring Me Flowers , Follow Me Home, The Crying Season, Where Angels Fear , Whisper in the Night , Break the Silence, Her Broken Wings, Her Shallow Grave, Promises in the Dark, Be Mine Forever, Cross My Heart , Fallen Angel, Lose Your Breath, Don't Look Back , Pray for Mercy, Kiss Her Goodnight, Her Bleeding Heart , Chase Her Shadow , Now You See Me, Dark Angel, Where Hidden Souls Lie
As she scans the dark pine forest, the unmistakable sound of a twig snapping breaks the silent stillness. She isn’t alone. She begins to run but she hardly has time to scream before her world goes black…
On a secluded path near Black Rock Falls, three bodies lie bloodied and still—the arrows that killed them removed, and polished penny coins carefully placed on their frozen eyes. When Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane are called in, they are shocked to recognise the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer. But he’s been in prison for ten years.
Jenna is convinced that the attacker knew the trio and lured them into the forest. But who would want to harm three innocent teenagers? And how does a convicted murderer fit in? Jenna knows she must question James Earl Stafford—one of America’s most dangerous killers—if she’s to save more innocent young lives.
With Stafford refusing to give answers, Jenna is convinced that a copycat killer is stalking her small town. And her worst fears are realised when a local fisherman discovers another teenager’s lifeless body floating in the shallows of a local watering hole with the same penny coins covering her eyes.
As parents panic for their children’s lives, Jenna works around the clock to track down the murderer, but little does she know that one of her own team is now being watched. Can Jenna play the killer’s wicked game and prevent another life from being taken?
Gosh, this was a dark dark book and one that had my heart in the throat – too many times! A shocking beginning! A moment where I was tempted to message Ms. Hood to ask what the heck! A character I adore, I love, and a moment when I was so worried! Eeek! And that ending! Oh my, my heart can’t take much more!
This tale is dark! I can’t believe we went down that beginning! I knew that straight away we were going to be on a wild ride and it was relentless. Many links to different people and wow!
I have no idea what to tell you. I love Kane and Jenna, I love their story and when a name comes up from the past I knew we were going to be in for a ride and more. I need the next book, and I need it now! I am just in awe and also slightly nervous of Ms Hood’s mind, and the wicked webs she weaves. Because this tale is wicked.
This book has everything you need and more. The killer or killers, minds are twisted as hell and that reveal, I had to rewind the audiobook to hear it again. I had to double-check what I heard and by jingo wow!
It’s a book and a series you need to read and read now!
Until the next time xxx
Huge thanks to Noelle at Bookouture and the author for a copy of the book, in return for my honest and unbiased review
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