Author: Anne Frasier
Published: July 27th 2021 by Thomas & Mercer
Format: Kindle, Paperback, 286 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Inland Empire #2
First Sentence:Four female hikers walked single file along the narrow, footworn Pacific Crest Train in Southern California, with Emerson the last in in line.
From the Publisher: What really happened in the forest? Hidden crimes and secrets of the past converge in a riveting thriller by Anne Frasier, the New York Times bestselling author of Find Me.
No strangers to evil, criminal profiler Reni Fisher and detective Daniel Ellis both still grapple with traumatizing pasts. It unites them. So has a crime they must solve before someone else dies.
At a campsite on California’s Pacific Crest Trail, a guide is murdered and three young hikers vanish without a trace. The only lead is a puzzle in itself: a video of the crime scene, looking eerily staged, uploaded to social media. The girl who posted it can’t be found. Is it a viral hoax gone unspeakably wrong, or is there something more sinister at play in the forest?
The case intensifies when one of the missing is found wandering down a dirt road, confused and afraid. As Reni and Daniel struggle to sort fact from fiction, a secret past collides with the present, threatening to sever their relationship. Are some truths too much to bear? Will this be the case that finally breaks them? (Goodreads)
My Opinion: This series, Inland Empire, is a can’t put down for me. Criminal profiler Reni Fisher and detective Daniel Ellis both have horrible past experiences, damaged in their own way, and determined to bring good back into the lives needing their help the most.
There is always a gory don’t eat lunch first part of the book, but once you get past it, you can take a breath and follow along as they piece the puzzle together, leaving just the right amount of border unfinished, so you don’t get to the end before the author intended.
There was one part of the storyline where I felt Anne Frasier lied, a part where I thought she was better than that. A part that still sticks with me and makes me question why she felt the need to deceive. There had to have been an easier way to rewrite this portion, and I wished she could have a do-over.
From the Publisher: What really happened in the forest? Hidden crimes and secrets of the past converge in a riveting thriller by Anne Frasier, the New York Times bestselling author of Find Me.
No strangers to evil, criminal profiler Reni Fisher and detective Daniel Ellis both still grapple with traumatizing pasts. It unites them. So has a crime they must solve before someone else dies.
At a campsite on California’s Pacific Crest Trail, a guide is murdered and three young hikers vanish without a trace. The only lead is a puzzle in itself: a video of the crime scene, looking eerily staged, uploaded to social media. The girl who posted it can’t be found. Is it a viral hoax gone unspeakably wrong, or is there something more sinister at play in the forest?
The case intensifies when one of the missing is found wandering down a dirt road, confused and afraid. As Reni and Daniel struggle to sort fact from fiction, a secret past collides with the present, threatening to sever their relationship. Are some truths too much to bear? Will this be the case that finally breaks them? (Goodreads)
My Opinion: This series, Inland Empire, is a can’t put down for me. Criminal profiler Reni Fisher and detective Daniel Ellis both have horrible past experiences, damaged in their own way, and determined to bring good back into the lives needing their help the most.
There is always a gory don’t eat lunch first part of the book, but once you get past it, you can take a breath and follow along as they piece the puzzle together, leaving just the right amount of border unfinished, so you don’t get to the end before the author intended.
There was one part of the storyline where I felt Anne Frasier lied, a part where I thought she was better than that. A part that still sticks with me and makes me question why she felt the need to deceive. There had to have been an easier way to rewrite this portion, and I wished she could have a do-over.
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