Book source ~ NetGalley
4 November 2014
Suspense | Thriller
400 Pages
My Rating ~ 5 bites
Ever since her brother
was wrongfully arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, Rachel Wainwright has
fought for those she feels gets shafted by Lady Justice. As a public defender
she gets a lot of those cases and she gets the occasional Innocence Project
client, too. She has taken on the 30-year-old case of Jeb Jones, a man put away
for murder. He has steadfastly declared his innocence and has been petitioning
for his DNA to be tested for over a decade and getting nowhere. Enter the
Innocence Project and Rachel. Does she think he’s innocent? It’s not up to her.
Her job is to get the DNA tested now that such a test is available. After that?
Well, one step at a time.
Detective Derek Morgan
inherited the case from his late father. The Jeb Jones case is the one that
made his dad’s career so he’s understandably pissed that the DNA test is
calling his dad’s integrity into question. But the law is the law, so he sent
it in. And the wait for results begins. In the meantime, he has cases to solve,
including the brutal bludgeoning murder of an aspiring singer. But that’s not
the only murder he’ll need to solve as bodies start dropping like flies and the
only connection he can find is Rachel Wainwright. Uh, oh…
This is one hell of a twisty
turny tale! It held my attention from the first chapter all the way to the end.
I even stayed up way past my bedtime trying to finish it. That’s a rare thing for me since I love my sleep. The characters are awesome, the world is great,
the killer is…whew, what a mess. The mystery is one that kept me guessing. I
had started to glean a few half-formed inklings at about the 60% mark, but not
nearly enough to state with any certainty who I thought was the murderer. Great
job! This is one of my favorite reads of 2019. I’m looking forward to
continuing with this series even though I’ve already read book 4 by accident.
Luckily, my memory sucks ass and I didn’t remember it until after I was
finished with this one. I hate reading books out of order. lol
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