
But for Gloria, it’s about facing a set of truths she so desperately wants to avoid.

But Seever is locked away in prison? Right?įor Hoskins, Loren and Sammie, it presents the opportunity to ‘rise from the ashes’ in their respective careers, to have a crack at solving the crime that only they have the unique insight into. And Gloria is living the life of anonymity, shut off from the outside world.īut then the killings begin again, with the crimes bearing all the hallmarks of Seever’s notorious deeds. Sammie is working in a retail make-up department. His ex-partner, the temperamental Loren, is constantly alienating one new partner after another. And Gloria, Seever’s wife, who claimed to have no knowledge of her husband’s crime, found herself facing the prospect of moving on from it all, but with no idea how. Sammie Petersen’s exclusive first-on-the-scene reporting had made her a name to be reckoned with in the media world.

31 bodies were dug up from a crawl-space of a residential house, and the perpetrator, Jacky Seever, was brought to justice. Seven years prior, detectives Ralph Loren and Paul Hoskins had solved the highest-profile serial killer case in Denver. This riveting debut by author JoAnn Chaney is a nail-biting crime thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.

As a fan of crime thrillers, I was really looking forward to this, and I'm glad to say, I wasn't disappointed. Many thanks, Mumsnet, for a copy of this book.
