Book Blurb:
Missing women. Desperate husbands. Buried secrets.
Detective Alexandra Marshall is a fighter. Abducted, tortured and left for dead thirteen years ago, she battles every day to put murderers behind bars, haunted by the memory of the girls who didn’t survive.
Then a woman is found murdered in an abandoned barn, her baby girl left screaming in a nearby car, and another woman goes missing the next day. Determined, Alex meets with their terrified husbands. They seem like family men, until she picks apart the business they buying up land, destroying lives, pushing people out of town. Could these innocent wives be paying for their husbands’ sins?
All other leads proving fruitless, Alex digs deeper in the town archives, uncovering a long-buried secret that sets her investigation on a terrifying new path. But then a message from the killer stops her in her tracks. He knows who abducted her all those years ago. He’ll share the truth, if she lets him finish what he started…
Tropes:
*Netgalley ALC *Crime fiction *Mystery *Thriller *Small Town drama *investigation
*trigger warnings check *💀
Thoughts:
Alex (state police detective) is coming off of her last case is on her way home when she gets word that she needs to turn back around and head towards a small town where the unthinkable has happened... a mother in their town has been taken and found 💀 in an abandoned barn with her child in her car near the scene... who did this?
A message is left pointing Alex towards the next victim, she quickly attempts to take charge of the scene of the crime and is determined to find the person(s) responsible... only she meets road blocks at every turn the woman's husband is a wealthy real estate developer along with his 3 friends and they are used to being in charge and not taking no for an answer... in fact they feel they know best and can protect their own families...
When the next wife is taken and left in a similar way as the first... not only is this becoming more dire to find the culprit but there is also a message for another wife... Alex does what she can to help these families but it's hard to help someone when they are actively working against you, when 2 of her team who were called in to help on the case are threatened and one physically assaulted and his belongings stolen she is not sure who she can trust.
The local police department is not much help when it comes to solving this case... as they really have no experience and it shows, The head of Police Lacey needs Alex to hold her hand through everything which became frustrating for her as she was trying to piece together and conduct an investigation... Alex was at least hoping that the head of police could get her own officers in line... but during her investigation she finds that a lot of the police force is on the payroll of the wealthy husbands.
Alex was fierce and determined but I also found she made poor decisions at times due to lack of sleep and a head injury, when the townspeople and the officers in town decide to lead the charge with their own form of justice and things get out of control will it be too late to call in additional support?
The crimes are well planned out to the point where they were set up possibly weeks to months in advance and time is winding down will they find the culprit in time?
The longer Alex is on the case the more she realizes that these powerful men have a long history of being bullies, getting what they want and getting away with things they shouldn't they have a lengthy list of people who might want to bring harm to them or their families... where to start when the list of suspects keeps getting longer and the time is ticking down.
I enjoyed this one over all and felt that the narrator did a good job with the story, this does have trigger warnings so check yours before reading/listening. I did figure out who the suspect was earlier on in the book but it was interesting to find out the why and with these types of books you never know if it's going to twist again so there were points in time where it could have been anyone with all the people out to get these ruthless land developers.
I did find myself getting irritated with Alex for going places by herself, not waiting for back up and getting herself in situations that could have been avoided, and Lacey... get it together girl she was so timid and afraid to speak up for herself and tell the officers under her what to do.
If you enjoy a crime mystery/thriller with lies, cover ups, hidden secrets/buried truths and a detective who won't quit check this one out.
Have you read this one? What did you think?
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