Book Description:
The man lay on his front, his arms and legs bound and pulled up with a rope connecting the two. His head was arched back, so he faced the curtains, and there was masking tape over his mouth. Erika gingerly reached out and checked his pulse.
Yep. Dead all right.
When Detective Erika Foster finds politician Neville Lomas naked, hog-tied, and dead in his own bed, skittish higher-ups at the Met quickly rule the death from natural causes. Case closed . . . until two months later when a well-known casting director and a star footballer are found murdered and tied with the same knots. The Met can no longer ignore what's staring them in the face: there's a serial killer loose in London, and they're out to settle a score.
As Erika and her team investigate, things take a strange turn as CCTV footage turns up five female suspects . . . and they're all identical.
In the hunt to identify the women, Erika is outpaced at every turn by an elusive sex worker with dirt on enough powerful men to make the Met's top brass nervous – and desperate.
As time ticks away until the killer strikes again, it's up to Erika to untangle the web of evidence and answer the critical questions: What ties the victims together, who else is caught up in this scandal, and how far are the higher-ups willing to go to protect their own?
Gripping, tense and impossible to put down, Lethal Vengeance will have you on the edge of your seat, racing to the final dramatic page.
Can be read as a standalone.
My Thoughts:
It is so good to be back with Erika and the team. Even though she always has the most heinous of crimes to solve, it does make for a thrilling experience.
The killings in this case are particularly horrific and turned my blood cold. Erika though has to fight to be part of it with the victims being high profile and there is a lot of pressure from above. In some ways Erika can be a bit of a loose cannon and doesn't always follow the rules but there is no doubting she is good at what she does. It will have you questioning the powers of above and I wasn't sure if this was one case that they might not get the right result.
The web that the author weaves is deliciously dark where you aren't sure what to expect. Each chapter held a new surprise and I was glad that Erika has members of her team that she can trust as believe me, you won't know who is trustworthy in this story! I loved how the investigation centres around five women who are very similar and how the team start to unravel clues. It made it even more exciting.
Lethal Vengeance is every bit as good, if not more so, than the other books in this series. The tangled web of lies and secrets held my attention throughout. The sense of danger is there on every page turned with plenty of shocks and surprises right up until the very last page! Cleverly plotted, with the pacing never dropping for one moment, makes this a brilliantly exhilarating read that will have you racing through the pages. Loved it!
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