Overall Take:
This is a well written debut, and I would snag a copy now because this author is going to go far.
Star Rating:
4.5 Stars
Genre:
Psychological Thriller
Synopsis:
Anna is the daughter of a serial killer, who’s childhood memories were sealed away via hypnosis. She’s now a detective lieutenant and has come a long way to overcome her father’s shadow.
When Anna kills a man in the line of duty, her suppressed memories return. To her horror, a serial killer emerges who is copying her father, and who knows her real identity which threatens everything she has built since.
Can Anna find the killer before she loses herself to the darkness?
Thoughts:
This book! Oh, this book was so much fun!
Anna was a very well rounded, and complex character. We delved deep into the trauma that made her the way she was, and I appreciated it. I loved getting to know her from childhood to the detective lieutenant that she became. She really overcame a lot being the daughter of a serial killer and dealing with the fall out of that. I enjoyed it when her memories were coming back to her and getting to see flashes into her childhood.
While the twist at the end wasn’t entirely unpredictable, the why was what I was waiting for, and I was not disappointed with it. I also enjoyed the smaller reveals, and a few of them I didn’t see coming. I do wish that we would have gotten a little more backstory into why the big twist was the way it was, but for the sake of being a long book it did work.
This book was wonderfully well written and dives deep into what it takes to deal with trauma. There are some darker elements, as you can imagine being the daughter of a serial killer, but I would say there are also horror elements as well when the god of the forest was discussed.
I also particularly enjoyed the ethical limits explored with the memory erasing.
I can’t believe that this is a debut novel. It knocked my socks off and was a delicate balance of a thriller. If you are a darker themed thriller fan, then you’ll want to check this one out. I can’t wait to see what this author comes up with next.
Publication Date:
May 14, 2024
Author:
Nicola Solvinic
Page Length:
384 pages
Publisher:
Berkley Publishing
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