Brief Summary Courtesy of Goodreads:
THE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER
Evelyn Talbot knows that a psychopath
can look perfectly normal. She was only sixteen when her own boyfriend Jasper
imprisoned and tortured her—and left her for dead. Now an eminent psychiatrist
who specializes in the criminal mind, Evelyn is the force behind Hanover House,
a maximum-security facility located in a small Alaskan town. Her job puts her
at odds with Sergeant Amarok, who is convinced that Hanover is a threat to his
community…even as his attraction to beautiful Evelyn threatens to tear his
world apart.
BEGINS WITH AN ESCAPE FROM HER PAST
Then,
just as the bitter Alaskan winter cuts both town and prison off from the
outside world, the mutilated body of a local woman turns up. For Amarok, this
is the final proof he needs: Hanover has to go. Evelyn, though, has reason to
fear that the crime is a personal message to her—the first sign that the killer
who haunts her dreams has found her again. . .and that the life she has so
carefully rebuilt will never be the same…
My Review:
I received
an ARC of this book from the author and the publisher in exchange for an honest
and unbiased review. This is the third mystery/thriller/suspense book of
Brenda's that I have read so I knew the style of writing that she used. Brenda
did a great job of right away setting the scene of the book and grabbing your
attention right away in the first couple chapters of the book. To not ruin it
for readers it was definitely a surprising intro but definitely fit. In
addition to setting the scene of the book she also was able to give you well
developed characters that had pasts that were slowly uncovered through out the
book.
To be truly honest with my readers of
this blog I did not finish this book. Before you think, was it the writing? No
it honestly wasn't. Brenda is a phenomenal and talented author I just found
that it was too much for me on the scary side. I am more of the mystery/romance
and not as much about the thriller side of it. And once again being honest I
did what no reader should do which is read the end of the story before reading
the whole story... Oh well.. I had to know what happened and I was not
disappointed. I am not sure that I will be reading from this particular series
again if given the opportunity but I will still definitely be reading Brenda
Novak's other books.
I recommend this book to readers that
like the Rizzoli and Isle books and Patricia Cornwell. If you do not like scary
books like me then this really isn't your kind of book but check out her others
books at her website: http://brendanovak.com
