A review by reddhead16
The Hanging Dolls by Ruhi Choudhary

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Zoe Storm is an amazing woman! Even with dark mysteries in her past surrounding the death of her mother, she still goes out and helps those that need protecting. And this time it is the horrible crime of a child's death, with possibly more to follow. I love that despite how strong Zoe is, she is not perfect. She has her own devils to deal with (especially when going undercover to catch a very bad man) and sometimes that leads to vigilante justice. She is balanced by Aiden Wesley, a psychiatrist with a great brain to tease out the clues the killer left behind with each new dead girl. Now this case with Lily and the others is very twisty and it leads to an edge of the seat experience in the race to catch the killer before they strike again. So many suspects and red herrings plus other crimes muddying the waters and secrets galore. For such a small town, it holds quite a lot! And if that isn't enough, Zoe finds more hints about her mother and why she may have died. 

This is a good first book of a new series and I am looking forward to see what crimes Special Agent Zoe Storm is called to solve and whether she can find out the truth about her mother and the dark past she was running from! I got the chance to listen to this as an audiobook and the narrator, Stephanie Cannon, did a great job in bringing the characters and story to life! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to listen to follow Zoe as she lets nothing get in the way of answers and finding the killer!