Thanks so much to NetGalley, Minotaur Books, and Joanna Schaffhausen for the opportunity to read and review her debut novel - it's a good one. Well, if a book about a creepy serial killer can be good!
Ellie is the sole survivor of a serial killer's rampage when she was just 14 years old. She was saved by an FBI agent who saw something no one else did. Ellie bears the scars, both physically and mentally, of the torture she endured at the hands of his killer.
Ten years later finds Ellie working as a police officer in a small town. She's changed her name and has strict rules about who she lets into her life. Which is really no one expect her rescue dog, Speed Bump (arguably the star of this book!). However, there has been a string of missing people in her small town - one every year for the last 3 years, always in the beginning of July, which happens to coincide with Ellie's birthday. Ellie is convinced these incidents are related, though no one else believes her. She finally calls upon Reed, the FBI agent who rescued her who is dealing with his own demons, to help her investigate.
While I may have seen the ending coming, it in no way took away from my enjoyment of this book. A great read!
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