This book was really good. I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys reading: learning about serial killers. It was a little long. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free copy in exchange for review.

Whoa! This book caught me by surprise! The cover didn't particularly entice me, but I am a sucker for a good mystery and two of my friends were buddy reading it, so I decided to read it with them. And it was really good!

Reni Fisher is the daughter of a serial killer known as the Inland Empire Killer. Many women have been lured to their death and we find out that Reni's sick father used her to "play a game" to lure women to him. I mean, what woman isn't a sucker for a child? Reni still remembers her dad and all the good times they had together, but Reni's mother Rosalind and she have a very strained relationship, which as you read you'll understand why.

Reni is an ex-FBI agent so when Daniel Ellis wants her help to investigate and hopefully find his mother who went missing years ago, they become a team. When Reni's dad whom she hasn't seen since he was arrested 30 or so years previously says he will give up the location of the women's bodies if she is a participant, she agrees; however, let's not forget that Benjamin Fisher is a master manipulator.

I don't want to say too much for fear of spoiling this really creepy mystery/thriller. I highly recommend it and I am so excited to see that this is only book #1 so when book #2 comes out I'll be ready! There isn't a huge cliffhanger at the end, but let's just say that there are still some answers I'd like to get and I'm hoping they'll be in book 2.

I'd like to thank NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my opinion of it. #FindMe #NetGalley

Great book! I have always been a fan of serial killer novels and this one was fantastic. It kept me engaged and I couldn’t put it down because I wanted to know what would happen. Can’t wait for future books!

Holy heck I liked this book so much. I've been in such a slump when it comes to mystery/thrillers lately and this book just makes me want to forget all of that and read a dozen more. It was way more enjoyable than I expected. Anne Fraser is a new to me author and now I'm just wondering how I've been sleeping on her all this time

In short, this book is about detective Daniel Ellis trying to find the burial sites used by a long time and infamous local serial killer. The killer is on death row and has finally agreed to reveal where he hid the bodies of his victims as long as Reni Fisher a FBI profiler agrees to be a part of the search. Reni is (of course) his daughter who he used as bait to lure his victims when she was just a child and who then dedicated her life to profiling murderers as a way to atone for her role in the crimes.

I don't know if "child of serial killer tries to make things right by parent's victims" is a trope exactly but it's definitely a premise I am highly intrigued by. I was pretty sure I knew where the story was going to go but I discovered pretty early on that I was mistaken. The novel took turns I absolutely was not expecting and overall it felt like a fresh take on this idea; I definitely don't think I've read anything else quite like it. I apologize for how vague this is but I don't want to risk any spoilers.

Stories about cold cases by their very nature tend to be a little slow. The stakes just aren't very high when everyone is already dead and that was definitely the case here. I can see how it might not be for everyone as it did take a little bit before the "action" really started but I still enjoyed the build up. I found the setting really interesting and liked getting to know more about the characters. Also the book is less than 300 pages so even if it takes a decent chunk of the book to really ramp up that's still, relatively, not actually that many pages. It was a slow build that progressively got more and more intense. By the time I got to the last 25% or so of the book I was so hooked that I could not put it down and was ignoring basically everything else (including my job) to finish it and find out what happened.

The one thing that didn't really work for me was Reni as an unreliable narrator. There's some question as to how involved she really was in her father's crimes and it's supposed to make her less trustworthy but it just wasn't really believable for me. Maybe it's the Hufflepuff in me, maybe it's the fact that she was only 6 or 7 when her dad was caught (not exactly criminal mastermind age) but I wholeheartedly trusted her the whole time. My other small complaint was that there was a fair bit of "smart people making dumb decisions" in this book. It didn't really impact my overall enjoyment of the book and I could understand why they did what they did but I still wanted to shake the characters a little bit as it was happening.

The book is resolved in a very satisfying way but there are still some small threads left hanging. I'm definitely curious to see where this series goes next and I think I will check out other books by this author in the meantime.

This was a wonderfully creepy book about a daughter of a serial killer. She's been in hiding since she broke apart as an FBI agent and starting having some PTSD symptoms. Remi has just retreated from it all to the dessert of California. But her father brings her back in to the world when he promises to bring some closure to families, if only he can have some time with his daughter.

It was great to read this from the perspective of the child of a serial killer. Her perspective and memories of him were constantly tainted and I found it fascinating as she sorted through trying to trust her memories or not. I also liked Daniel, the FBI agent that is tasked with working with the infamous serial killer and also his daughter. His own complicated story added another layer to the story and kept me wanting to flip the pages and not put it down. I was completed pulled in to the story, holding my breath for the last half as it all worked towards the conclusion!

I will absolutely keep an eye out for book 2. I will need to read it!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Find Me by Anne Frasier.

Daaaaaang, if you are into mysteries/thrillers/cop dramas, this is very good. First off, hat tip to the author for making the setting one of my favorite places on earth, the Inland Empire. Okay, I may not love the whole thing, but right off the bat she mentioned Redlands, a jewel of a town that has a huge chunk of my heart. Digression...

Reni is an FBI profiler who is taking a break to live off the grid and work on pottery in order to heal. She has been paying life long penance for the sins of her father, a convicted serial killer who reeked havoc on the San Bernardino county. But her little slice of stasis is troubled greatly when her services are required to get her father to disclose the locations of his victims. And thus begins the huge unraveling and rabbit hole dive into her family and it's deep rooted secrets.

I enjoyed every word of this story, and I'm thrilled that it's a series, I will anxiously pick up the sequel. The story was perfectly twisty, the characters were perfect for the kind of story that it was. All in all, a fabulous, desert gumshoe story.

First, thanks to Net Galley and Thomas Mercer Publishing for this book. I don’t generally read a lot of crime fiction but recently I’ve enjoyed several suspense thrillers and this one didn’t disappoint.
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The story is about a woman named Reni. She’s the child of a serial killer. In fact, her father used her as bait to lure his victims. The opening scene is Reni as a young child pretending to be lost and leading the victim to her father. Disturbing. The book jumps between the past and present. In the present her father, who is sitting on death row, finally agrees to give the locations of his many victims burial sites. One of his conditions is that his daughter accompany the search team. Reni is now in her late 30’s and once was a prestigious FBI profiler but has since left the profession. The detective in charge gets her cooperation and they begin the search. Of course, things immediately go awry and then layer upon layer of long-buried secrets are uncovered.
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This book is super intense and engaging. My advice is to definitely not read at night alone but out in the sunshine by a pool with screaming, splashing kids.

Since being featured on Amazon, this has thousands of ratings and hundreds of reviews, so I can't say anything that hasn't already been said. I'll just recommend this to mystery fans.

I really appreciate the review copy!!

I have not previously read any Anne Frasier books but after reading this I would pick up another novel by this author. I will definitely keep an eye out for Book two in this series.
FBI profiler Reni Fisher did not have a conventional upbringing, her father is convicted serial killer who used Reni as human bait to kill young women. Detective Daniel Ellis is contacted by Benjamin Fisher, the Inland Empire killer, who says he will reveal the burial location of his victims But not if his daughter comes to. Reni has struggled all her life with the fallout from her childhood and feels this is a way of getting closure. What follows is rollercoaster ride that would break most people. I can’t wait to read book two to continue Reno’s, and hopefully Daniel’s journey.
Thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
#FindMe #NetGalley

What a fantastic read this was, I couldn't put it down and finished it in one sitting! Suspenseful and thrilling, this book had a twist that I did not see coming. It is honestly difficult to find a book that isn't at least a bit predictable so the surprise ending was a definite treat! When I finished the book I immediately looked up the release date for the next in the series, that's how much I enjoyed it. This is the first book that I have read by Anne Frasier and I will definitely be purchasing more of her novels to read while waiting for the next one to be released next year.

I picked up this book primarily because of the location it’s set in, as I live in Southern California’s Inland Empire, and because who doesn’t like a good serial killer story? I actually listened to this one on audio and can recommend both the story and the narration. Here we have the story of the child of a serial killer who goes into law enforcement as an adult, which is not new territory. However, Frasier brings a real twist to this: Reni used to help her dad with his “game”, luring in the women he would then kill. When her father reaches out to San Bernardino detective Daniel Ellis and offers to show him where the bodies of his victims are buried, information he’s refused to give up in the 30 years since he was arrested, Daniel makes the drive to see him. Benjamin Fisher has one condition: he wants his daughter along when he shows Daniel where the graves are. This brings Daniel to Reni’s remote and isolated cabin, where she’s lived since a mental breakdown three years ago essentially ended her FBI career. Reni has not seen her father since the night he was arrested at their family home in Palm Springs, where here mother still lives, thirty years ago. But she’s carried a massive load of guilt all those years for the part she played in her father’s crimes and has gone so far as to spend considerable time and effort searching for the graves herself so she agrees. This meeting sets off a chain reaction of events that bring the past into the present and creates even more questions about Benjamin Fisher’s crimes than before. Reni and Daniel find themselves looking into new murders as well as the old ones. Before it’s all over, Reni’s life is on the line as someone doesn’t want the secrets from the past brought to light. Frasier includes some really good twists, some of which were totally unexpected. A very promising beginning to a new series. I look forward to the next.

First, a thank you to NetGalley for sharing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Is this the kind of story that's going to win the Pulitzer? Nope - absolutely not. Is Anne Fraiser on an author who's going to hit the mainstream and make to the of? That remains to be seen. However, I absolutely loved her Jude Fontaine series, so with this one came across my radar, I was eager to read it and snagged the ARC immediately. It didn't let me down. Once again, she's hit the nail on the head with a fun, fast, immediately engaging read that's not overly complicated nor too long. It's a straight mystery and if you enjoy books about criminal psychology and FBI profiling, I suggest that you give it a try. Perfect for fans of Meg Gardiner's Unsub series, Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series, and TV shows like Mindhunters. A very promising start to a new series and I can't wait to read the next one.

Received a copy of this book from the punisher via NetGalley.

This book was engaging. Since I’ve been in a true crime/murder mystery kick, this book’s plot caught my eye.

The book is centered on Reni, an ex FBI Profiler, who is also the daughter of serial killer. She is pulled back into her past when a Det Daniel Ellis needs her help to get information about her fathers victims. As the pair unravels the past, memories of the past come to light and family histories are uncovered.

Could not put this down. Perfect for any fan of true crime or police procedural shows.

Convicted serial killer Benjamin Wayne Fisher, also known as the Inland Empire Killer, has agreed to lead San Bernardino detective Daniel Ellis to the graves of his victims on one condition – his daughter, former FBI profiler Reni Fisher, must accompany them. Benjamin has offered on many occasions to do this and never has so at first it seems as if he is playing his normal games, but Daniel is willing to give him anything he wants if it means giving the many families closure. Closure for him as well as he believes his mother who disappeared when he was a boy was one of Benjamin’s victims. However, when the time comes, Benjamin follows through on his promise. This is not easy for Reni who has not spoken to her father since he was arrested thirty years ago either. She carries the guilt for her father’s crimes. All those years ago Reni, as a little girl, acted as bait to lure the many women he killed to their death. She feels it is her duty to bring some closure to the families as well. But, once they arrive in the desert where the bodies are buried, events unfold and what should have brought closure opens the doors to well-kept family secrets that have remained buried all these years.

This was not a fast-paced thriller. It was more of a slow burn peeling back the layers of the story from multiple points of view moving back and forth between the present and the past, setting the stage for what is to come. The setting of the story and the recounting of facts about the area and serial killers assist in engaging the reader in the story line. Though the twists for me for the most part were predictable, towards the end when the pace picks up you are not sure how it is going to end especially considering that this is book one of a series. However, the story for the most part does come to an end so it is not a case where there is a cliffhanger and you must read book two to know what happens as some authors have done. Due to this closure I am curious to know what plot book two will follow.

This book explores the minds of sociopaths and the impact on their family and the family of their victims. A well-written story and interesting plot but not an extremely exciting thriller overall.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

After a foray into some lighter reading, I'm back at home with a story about a psychopathic, serial killer, who used his young daughter as bait, to lure as many as twenty young women, to their death. Now, thirty years later, convicted serial killer Benjamin Fisher, is ready to disclose the location of the bodies, only if his estranged daughter, Reni, will meet with him and be part of the process. Reni had seemed to have put the past behind her and been a very successful FBI profiler, until she had a nervous breakdown, three year earlier, after hallucinating that her FBI partner was her dad. Now Reni makes her living as a potter, living an isolated life, at her desert cabin. 

San Bernardino detective Daniel Ellis has been obsessed with Benjamin Fisher and his victims, since he was eleven years old and he realized that his mom could be one of Ben's victims. With dogged determination, he learned everything he could about Ben and his victims and even became a detective, in order to continue his research with more resources at his disposal. He recruits Reni in this effort to get Ben to show where the bodies are buried. Both Daniel and Reni are damaged by what had happened to them in the past and by their obsession to find the victims of the killer. 

This is probably my favorite type of book to read and there is going to be a sequel, next year and I'll be there for it. We see the story mostly from the perspectives of Daniel and Reni and the manner of writing seems to keep us a bit at a distance from the characters. Both of these people have learned to hold back, Reni because she is suffering from PTSD and Daniel because he works with murders and bodies, all the time, but can never forget that he's looking for the body of his mother. The landscape is as much a character, in this story, as the humans because Reni grew up in the desert and that is where her father buried the bodies. When Reni falls apart, the desert is where she wants to live, knowing she feels guilty for how her father used her in his murderous games but also for how she misses the loving father she thought she knew. 

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this ARC.

5 Not As It Seems Stars
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Lately, I have been reading more Mystery/Thrillers. I use to read them almost exclusively back in the day, before my turn to romance. It seems by reading these books, it keeps my mind fresh for everything else.

Find Me by Anne Frasier came to me through a NetGalley promotion in my email. I am thrilled it did. This hooked me from the first page and never let go. The way it was crafted reminded me of how I felt when I started Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff, completely enthralled.

I think going in "blind" with only the blurb to guide you is the way to do this. It grabs you from the start, takes you through a maze of feelings and characters, and then builds from there.

If you liked Silence of the Lambs or any other serial killer tale, this will be your jam. I have done my own investigating, and it looks like another book with these characters may happen.
Please do, Ms. Frasier.

A moderately suspenseful novel that, unfortunately, promises more than it delivers. Ann Frazier offers these wonderfully intriguing characters with complex and fascinating backgrounds but simultaneously fails to expound upon the very thing that draws the reader to them. This combined with the choppy, clipped writing style makes it difficult to become fully engaged. Loved the premise but not the execution. 2 stars.

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC which was read and reviewed voluntarily by #wayward_readers

This one sucked me in, and I can't wait for the author to write the next book in this series.

Notorious serial killer Benjamin Wayne Fisher promises to tell young detective Daniel Ellis where he hid the bodies... As long as Benjamin's daughter, Reni Fisher, a former FBI profiler, comes along for the ride. Things don't go as planned, and Reni has to decide whether or not she can help Daniel and confront her own demons.

Even figuring out the whodunnit part within the first quarter of the book, I still found Reni's character compelling enough that I wanted to keep reading anyway. And while there was a cliffhanger -- after all this is book one of a series -- there was enough closure to not feel let down by the ending.

However, I do wish the author had done more with the unreliable narrator theme that she started the book with and then just dropped. I think expanding on that could have added a lot more to the background and the rest of the story.

Overall, though, a good start to a promising series.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the arc of this book. It has not influenced my opinion.

Anne Frasier wrote another amazing start to a new series. She is one of my top authors, I haven't read anything of hers I haven't liked!

"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."

Find me takes place in the deserts of California. Anne Frasier has an ability to transport you to whatever location she places her story in. The characters are also well developed. Anne Frasier has a way of writing characters that are flawed as well as likeable. This book isn't just a mystery, there are lots of twists and turns along the way. It was fast paced, I finished it pretty quickly. I am always so impressed with how the book is both detailed but enough going on I don't want to put it down. Seriously, Anne Frasier is one my favorite authors. I really enjoy her writing.

This is book 1 of a 3 book series, but the ending doesn't end in a huge cliffhanger.

A dark and disturbing psychological thriller from Anne Frasier that is a compulsive and riveting read that had me biting my nails. The lonely ex-FBI profiler Reni Fisher has one hell of a traumatic childhood, the memories of which have continued to haunt her through the years and refuse to stay buried. Her father, Benjamin, is the notorious convicted serial killer, Benjamin Fisher, a man she has been estranged from and refused to visit in prison. Benjamin Fisher at long last has finally agreed to lead San Bernardino Police Department Detective Daniel Ellis into the Mojave Desert to where he has buried all the bodies. However, as you might expect, it is not straightforward, he will only do this if Reni accompanies them. Reni is in search of peace and, hopefully, closure for the victims, the horrifying memories have plagued her, what happened to her mother who disappeared, and she has find it hard to live with the fact that her father used her to lure his female victims and then killing them. Reni and Daniel find themselves walking into a twisted nightmare full of surprises. A great and enthralling read, although I did find the ending a disappointment. Many thanks to Thomas and Mercer for an ARC.