451 pages

3 stars

Detective Jose Ramirez works alone. He likes it that way. Suddenly, in the midst of a serial killer case, he gets assigned “newbie.” His name is Officer Daniel Chatham.

Following a rough start, Jose realizes that Daniel is made of the right stuff. They begin to become friends. Daniel comes up with some good ideas about the serial killer they are hunting. The murderer has killed six young women now. He leaves them with a wicked butcher knife protruding from their stomachs.

Seattle Times crime reporter Erin Summers, who was working closely with Jose on the serial cases, is attacked when her car breaks down. She is left for dead.

When Jose and Daniel are also attacked, Jose is badly hurt. What is going on? Is it the killer trying to warn them away? Is it someone else?

Jose and Daniel, and as she recovers, Erin come up with several suspects. They begin to believe that the perpetrator may be a police officer. Basically, they are at a complete loss.

Jose is getting very frustrated and explodes in several directions. His complete lack of professionalism is disturbing. My opinion of him plummeted. The more I read, the more I began to dislike the book. But I needed to find out who the murderer was!

There are surprises and a few twists in this book. It has parts that are well written, but the plot line gets lost in a few places. It’s almost as if Ms. Carter had so much to say, that she didn’t finish one thought before she dashed off to another. This is not a bad book, but it needs more polishing. I also felt that there were some issues that weren’t resolved.

The identity of the murderer was a surprise. I thought that person was a little too good.

I want to thank NetGalley and Raven South Publishing for forwarding to me a copy of this book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.

Good book! This book had suspense, intrigue, A great who done it and lots of murder! The storyline was pretty interesting it definitely kept me on the edge of my seat! I will definitely recommend reading this book! Its well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!