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See Her Die
by Melinda Leigh
This was a great mystery!
This book was thoroughly engaging right from the start. The story was fast-paced, which I liked a lot. The crime takes place in the first chapter itself when Alyssa sees someone shoot her friend and calls the cops. The catch over here is that there's no dead body at the supposed crime scene, no blood, no signs of struggle, nothing to indicate that a violent shooting has taken place in the area. The only lead cops have with them is the word of a somewhat unreliable witness. Things get even more interesting when a couple of college students go missing and dead bodies start turning up in quick succession. It's up to the sheriff, Bree Taggert, and her companion Matt, to find out if these deaths and disappearances are related and if there is a serial killer on loose. There is a sense of excitement and thrill throughout this book which would keep the readers on the edge of their seats. Each new chapter brings up some new detail about the case, which sets up a perfect pace for the story. The author has not slacked anywhere and has done a clever job of giving just the right amount of clues while misdirecting the readers at the same time. This just kept me guessing till the very end about who was the culprit and how are all these deaths related to each other.
Bree was a great protagonist. She is a good leader, who keeps a firm hand on her team. She is dedicated, competent, intelligent, and very intuitive. She is struggling to handle the added responsibilities of her job while trying to take care of her family at the same time. Some aspects of this case are bringing back the memories of certain traumatic events in Bree's past. This, combined with the work pressure and worry for her family is taking a toll on Bree. I liked that she is not shown to be always in control (though that's how she likes to be) and perfect. I liked seeing her deal with her fears, this made her more real and relatable to me.
This story had a great set of supporting characters. I liked Matt, Todd, Detective Stella Dane, even Rogers. My complaint is that these characters were not given enough 'storytime', with the exception of Matt. I would have liked to see more of them, but I realize that giving extra focus to the side characters would have just taken away the focus from the main story.
The main reveal was unexpected and the ending, while thrilling, was not rushed. I liked the fact that the author took the trouble to bring all the loose ends to a genuine logical conclusion. So many crime stories have the loose ends tied up in a rush at the end. This did not happen here. I loved that proper attention was given to each person involved in the end.
All in all, I loved this book and would recommend this to everyone. I would be very interested to read future books related to Bree and Matt, and other books in general as well, from this author.
Thank you Netgalley and publisher for providing me eARC. The above words reflect my honest opinion of the book.
This book was thoroughly engaging right from the start. The story was fast-paced, which I liked a lot. The crime takes place in the first chapter itself when Alyssa sees someone shoot her friend and calls the cops. The catch over here is that there's no dead body at the supposed crime scene, no blood, no signs of struggle, nothing to indicate that a violent shooting has taken place in the area. The only lead cops have with them is the word of a somewhat unreliable witness. Things get even more interesting when a couple of college students go missing and dead bodies start turning up in quick succession. It's up to the sheriff, Bree Taggert, and her companion Matt, to find out if these deaths and disappearances are related and if there is a serial killer on loose. There is a sense of excitement and thrill throughout this book which would keep the readers on the edge of their seats. Each new chapter brings up some new detail about the case, which sets up a perfect pace for the story. The author has not slacked anywhere and has done a clever job of giving just the right amount of clues while misdirecting the readers at the same time. This just kept me guessing till the very end about who was the culprit and how are all these deaths related to each other.
Bree was a great protagonist. She is a good leader, who keeps a firm hand on her team. She is dedicated, competent, intelligent, and very intuitive. She is struggling to handle the added responsibilities of her job while trying to take care of her family at the same time. Some aspects of this case are bringing back the memories of certain traumatic events in Bree's past. This, combined with the work pressure and worry for her family is taking a toll on Bree. I liked that she is not shown to be always in control (though that's how she likes to be) and perfect. I liked seeing her deal with her fears, this made her more real and relatable to me.
This story had a great set of supporting characters. I liked Matt, Todd, Detective Stella Dane, even Rogers. My complaint is that these characters were not given enough 'storytime', with the exception of Matt. I would have liked to see more of them, but I realize that giving extra focus to the side characters would have just taken away the focus from the main story.
The main reveal was unexpected and the ending, while thrilling, was not rushed. I liked the fact that the author took the trouble to bring all the loose ends to a genuine logical conclusion. So many crime stories have the loose ends tied up in a rush at the end. This did not happen here. I loved that proper attention was given to each person involved in the end.
All in all, I loved this book and would recommend this to everyone. I would be very interested to read future books related to Bree and Matt, and other books in general as well, from this author.
Thank you Netgalley and publisher for providing me eARC. The above words reflect my honest opinion of the book.