Many thanks to NetGalley, Grove Atlantic, and Recorded Books Media for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest thriller by Mindy Mejia, with the audiobook wonderfully narrated by Justis Bolding and Brian Hutchison. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
Kara Johnson is grieving the loss of her girlfriend, who sacrificed her life to save Kara's. Kara has a unique disability that allows her to feel so physical pain, and she's lived accordingly. The DEA offers Kara a choice to go to prison or to become an informant to find the last of the drug trafficking ring that killed her girlfriend. Max Summerlin is a cop who struggles with chronic pain after being shot twice. He becomes part of the DEA task force, which puts him in the job of working with Kara. The cop and the criminal have to find a way to work together.
While this is a follow-up to Mejia's, To Catch a Storm, which I thoroughly enjoyed, this is easily read as a stand alone, although I loved catching up with some great characters. It's an action-packed story and police procedural, even including once again the psychic visions of Jonah. Plus, it's set in the time of Covid and that plot element was very well done. It also included police protests and BLM as relevant themes for a book involving law enforcement. I hope this continues to be a series and we get more stories from this ensemble!
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