High stakes thriller
Detective Kate Quinn and FBI Agent Matt Costa go undercover at a Florida resort to bait a serial killer targeting newlyweds in this 7th installment of the series. After the prime suspect is arrested, the investigation seems closed until Kara and Matt, who have stayed behind for a little romantic time together, are abducted by the killer's secret partner. Trapped in a lethal, twisted escape room scenario at an abandoned cannery, the pair must use every skill they possess to survive while their team races to find them before they succumb.
This has elements of a survival type thriller along with being a police procedural with lots of action that almost seemed almost too much at times with the main characters in the booby trapped cannery testing limits of cleverness and physical endurance. It got quite repetitive after awhile. The narrative shifts between points and view and time. The pacing made it easy to read and I finished in a single sitting.
This is the first book in the series that I have read so I am not familiar with the characters or the team. My introduction to the various members at this point means that I have no idea about their backstories or history together. I assume the relationship between Matt and Kara is sort of new and might affect the team dynamics down the road since they work together. Definitely the character development took a backseat to all the action and escape activities from the cannery to the farmhouse to the chase to capture scenes at the end. I'm not sure if it would be worth my time to go back to the beginning of this series, or if I should just more forward with future installments. It did keep me interested with the plot elements despite what felt like over the top physical tests along with the investigation aspects. I wouldn't have minded all of that endurance and game stuff being shortened.
I was able to listen to the audio book while also following along in the e-book ARC, both provided by the publishers. The narrator, Suzanne T. Fortin, did an OK job of reading but a full cast or even a dual narrator set up would have helped distinguish the characters who all basically sounded the exact same. It didn't provide the immersive experience I enjoy while listening as I read because of the single voice performance.
This is the 7th book in a series featuring these characters but I have only read this one. It seems that I should have started from the beginning and read in order.
Genre - police, FBI, serial killer, escape room theme, murder, games, team
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