Synopsis: Her stomach lurches as she sits in the windowless room. He throws her phone to the ground, grinds it against the floor with the heel of his shoe and brings his face closer to hers. There was no turning back now, her life as she knew it was gone.
When Detective Kim Stone is called to a local business, what she sees leaves her speechless. The photo on the driving licence bears little resemblance to the man laid out before her, and she knows she’s up against the most twisted killer she has ever encountered.
But as she breaks the devastating news to the victim’s wife, Diane Phipps, Kim can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right about the woman’s reaction.
Twenty-four hours later, Diane and the rest of the victim’s family disappears into thin air.
Then a second body is found staked to the ground in a local nature reserve.
Desperate to crack the case open quickly, Kim and her team unravel a vital clue – a fiercely guarded secret that links both victims and could cost even more lives.
A secret that some police officers are also protecting.
Faced with deceit from those she should be able to trust, family members who won’t talk, and local reporter, Tracy Frost, opening a can of worms on the case of a woman murdered by her husband a year ago – Kim is in deep water like never before.
Kim must find the motive if she is to find the killer who is systematically targeting his victims. But can she unlock the shocking truth and stop him before he strikes again?
And if Kim doesn’t find them soon, another innocent soul will die.
Kat’s Rating: 5/5
Kat’s Review: So after reading the last two books back to back I was worried I may get tired of Kim and the team and this may affect my judgement. I have no idea what I was thinking because that was just a ridiculous notion. This book was absolutely brilliant. Very dark and twisted (especially some of the horrific scene descriptions in this book) but a book that was just as good as the last. The team are working a murder case which then becomes more than one victim and the way these victims die is nothing short of horrific. If you are squeamish then maybe do a hard pass on this book but personally I think the authenticity is absolutely spot on.
Yes we see the return of the usual crew but thankfully we also see Tracy Frost, a local reporter, return and I am so glad she did. This woman deserves a place in the series as much as Bryant, Stacy and Penn. The storyline woven with Frost also sees a turn in the relationship between Kim and Tracy which made for interesting reading. Somehow, Angela Marson’s has that knack that other author such as Peter James has to still make a series seem fresh even though we are now well into book 14 of this series. I seriously cannot recommend this series enough. If I had my way I could just read these books back to back in one hit from the beginning. Another absolute belter from Marson’s, but now I will give my brain a break and maybe read a more light hearted book next and then straight back to Kim and the team for book 15!
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