Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner for both the ALC and advanced copy of Shadowheart in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing
Published: June 18, 2024
Summary:
What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other?
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Gardiner comes a new high-octane thriller in the acclaimed UNSUB series.
FBI Special Agent Caitlin Hendrix faces a case from nightmares.
In a Tennessee prison, Efrem Judah Goode draws haunting portraits of women he claims he has killed. Around the country, desperate families of the missing seek answers in his eerie drawings. And on darkened back roads and New York City streets, a new killer poses duct-taped bodies at the sites of Goode’s murders.
Two serial killers are locked in a twisted rivalry. To stop the brutal slayings, FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix must unravel the connection between Goode and the Broken Heart Killer. Their warped competition destroys anyone in their path. Caught between a manipulative psychopath and a ruthless UNSUB, Caitlin has to dive into not one, but two dark and twisted minds. She will risk everything, plunging into the depths of their depraved clash to hunt down an unstoppable killer.
My thoughts:
This is the 4th book in the UNSUB series, one of my favorite series, and a book I’ve been waiting for since finishing book three a few years ago! I had read those three books just months apart and was so sad when I got to the end of that last one. But luckily we have this new one and the wait was totally worth it!!!
While this one gets off to a slower start, it definitely picks up and the twists and turns really kept me guessing. A serial killer and copy cat…yes, please! While this book will certainly work as a stand-alone, I highly recommend reading the series in its entirety. The case that FBI Special Agent Caitlin Hendrix is working on is a self-contained case but there is one thread that has been running since the first book and we definitely get some movement here.
Now hopefully we don’t have to wait too long for the next book…I need another one soon! But in the meantime, I will definitely be rereading these books to reacquaint myself with the storylines and because they are just so good!
Audio thoughts:
Hillary Huber did a brilliant job narrating this one…I didn’t want to put it down once I started it! She brought such an amazing level of intensity to this narration, infusing just the right amount of emotion, fear, tension and suspense into her voice as needed. It was brilliantly performed.
Books in this series:
- UNSUB
- Into the Black Nowhere
- The Dark Corners of the Night
- Shadowheart
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