Convicted serial killer Benjamin Fisher has finally offered to lead San Bernardino detective Daniel Ellis to the isolated graves of his victims. One catch: he'll only do it if FBI profiler Reni Fisher, his estranged daughter, accompanies them. As hard as it is to exhume her traumatic childhood, Reni can't say no. She still feels complicit in her father's crimes.
Perfect to play a lost little girl, Reni was the bait to lure unsuspecting women to their deaths. It's time for closure. For her. For the families. And for Daniel. He shares Reni's obsession with the past. Ever since he was a boy, he's been convinced that his mother was one of Fisher's victims.
Thirty years of bad memories are flooding back. A master manipulator has gained their trust. For Reni and Daniel, this isn't the end of a nightmare. It's only the beginning.
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[It was dark by the time Cathy Baker took off along the Southern California trail just outside the town of Redlands]***
(Thomas & Mercer, 1 July 2020, 400 pages, ebook, bought from @AmazonKindle #AmazonFirstReads)
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I finished this off as soon as I woke this morning because I had to find out how it ended and I've pre-ordered the sequel. I read a lot of thriller's and this is among the best and has one of the most original concepts I've ever come across. I don't think I've read a book where the main character is the daughter of a serial killer who was used as bait to lure his victims. There's a sentence to give you the chills. Reni is tough but has been damaged by her father's actions and blames herself for much of it. The media tore her family apart when it happened and Reni was seen as complacent in his crimes. In fact, one character muses the women would not have died if not for her. Is he right? Reni and her mother are still haunted. I thought I knew where the story was going then the author yanked the rug out from under my feet. WTF? I'm still reeling from shock. This is an incredible book and I can't wait to see where the story goes next.
