"...people almost always though they were good and had done the right thing -- people were the heroes of their own stories, never the villains, even if their deeds were judged as villainous by others."
This is the third action-packed and suspenseful police procedural/crime thriller in the Detective Jo Fournier, Oakhurst County SPDU, series. Set in Massachusetts, the books have interesting plots and well-drawn characters who come to life solving complicated cases. The book description doesn't really give a good idea for what this story is about, however, and it's not the typical "woman with amnesia" device.
A woman, bedraggled and wearing blood-stained clothing, stumbles out of the woods in Taltingham and enters an antique store. The owner calls an ambulance and she's taken to a nearby hospital where she's admitted as a Jane Doe. Although her injuries are minor, including a concussion, the woman claims she can't remember who she is or what happened. She has no explanation for how she comes to be wearing bloody clothes and it's definitely not her blood. She can't recall her name, so christens herself Zoe and Detective Jo Fournier and her partner, Detective Bob Arnett, question her with no success. Since she's not in need of further hospital care, and since she has no ID and has lost her memory, Zoe is transferred to a care facility until police can further investigate. Obviously something has happened -- to someone -- and they need to figure out whose blood covered Zoe and find that person if he or she is still alive. No one reports Zoe missing and no one comes forward to claim her. But then a man shows up at the care facility to see Zoe but vanishes before he can be questioned. Soon it's discovered that Zoe is gone. Was she kidnapped or did she escape? The chase is on, leads need to be followed, people interviewed, clues examined, evidence processed. Who is Zoe and what happened to her? NO SPOILERS.
An excellent and well-written mystery with everything a reader could want in this type of book. I really enjoy this series and have now read all three of the installments. The narrative is told in different points of view; the events that transpired and revelations kept me guessing. I like the detective characters as well as the rest of the Oakhurst police team, the setting, and the police procedural details. Very hard to put down. Can't wait for #4.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.
This is the third book in the series and I suggest you read them in order from beginning.
Genre - crime thriller/police procedural
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