The tag line, "How many secrets can one town bury?" is certainly descriptive of the plot and events taking place in Lakeland, Washington, in this first installment of a new crime thriller series.
Told in a narrative style that goes back and forth in time from 20 years ago to present day, the protagonist, Detective Mackenzie Price, has a history in this town. The main focus of this story is on the Lakeland Police Department investigating the disappearance of a local teenager, 18-year-old Abigail Correia. Almost at once, it becomes apparent that there is a link to another girl's disappearance just one year earlier. Obviously, something bad is going on in Lakeland and perhaps those responsible are too big to bring down. NO SPOILERS.
A couple of things put me off in this book. Mack is really in need of psychological help with her guilt, flashbacks, and crazy dreams. I did not like her character at all, but she is so typical of those in this genre - a hot mess. Surely there must be some female detectives out there who are really good at their jobs and mentally healthy as well? There are a LOT of characters in this book and hard to keep track of them all. I was hoping to find an ability to relate to at least one of them but the jury is still out. And, then there was the ending. OH COME ON! I will have to go ahead and read the second book just to see what the author does with all these dangling ends in Mack's personal life. As far as the case in this book, well I was not surprised, and the pace was fast so it was easy to read in a single sitting.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the first in a new series that should be read in order.
Genre - crime thriller
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