This second book in the series features Detective Sergeant Luka Jericho of the Cambria City Violent Crimes Unit and Dr. Leah Wright, formerly an ER physician, but now medical director of Good Samaritan Hospital's Crisis Intervention Center. They work together handling cases as necessary and, in this thriller, they are looking into a bad actor who identifies himself as Chaos.
Although the plot and the murders are complicated and involve a lot of characters, the premise is that someone is killing others in an attempt to get the attention of a former famous journalist, Risa Saliba. There is also a connection to Luka's past tragedy when his fiance supposedly committed suicide and drowned. In addition, the storyline about Leah's grief over her husband's death in book one continues.
Although not very suspenseful or thrilling, this is basically a detective novel. Unfortunately, I was able to guess the twists so there were no surprises here. I did find myself extremely annoyed by all the chapters devoted to the activities of Leah's 6-year-old daughter and all of that could have easily been left out of this book. I have no interest in reading a child's point of view in the novels I choose and definitely prefer action to long descriptions of internal angst. So, not sure I would continue with this series as I just can't get invested in either Jericho or Wright.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the second in a series that should be read, from the beginning, in order.
Genre - crime thriller
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