A Deeper Grave was a real thrill ride from the beginning right to the end. Bobbie Gentry and Nick Shade are drawn into a battle of wits with criminals who want to kill them and are killing others as they go. It is up to the two of them to discover the identity of the mastermind pulling the strings and to save the innocent before others die. Bobbie and Nick are determined to do just that, no matter the cost. The action in the book is fast and it will leave you wanting to read more and more. You just won't be able to put the book down until you finish it. The next book comes out in August, and it will be hard to wait that long. What a great read this was! Loved it and the chemistry between Nick and Bobbie!

.5*

A DEEPER GRAVE, the second full-length book (third overall) in Debra Webb’s new Shades of Death thriller series starring Montgomery PD Detective Bobbie Gentry, is definitely not for the faint of heart. But for those of us who enjoy fictional jaunts into mankind’s most depraved psyches, it’s a tautly-paced, bone-chilling masterpiece. It may seem like strange praise, but Ms. Webb does deranged serial killers like few others in the genre: if you thought sleeping with the lights off after The Storyteller’s magnum opus in the previous novel (NO DARKER PLACE) was hard, wait until you start A DEEPER GRAVE! A seriously effed up villain whose identity you won’t quite believe despite all the clues PLUS the Hannibal Lecter-esque Dr. Randolph Weller (proud dismemberer of 43 victims to create ‘art’) setting in motion what will surely be the series’ big climax featuring heroine Bobbie Gentry and reluctant hero Nick Shade make for one pulse-pounding page-turner you won’t be able to look away from despite being seriously disturbed. Ms. Webb pulls no punches, killing off characters you would've expected to be sacrosanct. Each book in the series is largely a continuation of the last and therefore best read in order, but it’s great to see Bobbie getting her feet under her again in this one and learning to live again after the great tragedies that have befallen her, and good to get a little (very little) more colour on shadowy antihero Nick Shade, who should have a large starring role in the next novel (THE COLDEST FEAR). Looking forward to the next one already!

Always love what she writes and this is not exception!

Debra Webb is one of those authors who always delivers a suspenseful thriller. Her books are very addicting and hard to put down. A Deeper Grave has Detective Bobbie Gentry finding hope again, to have a life, if not a normal life. She is Nick Shades weakness and he returns to Montgomery and Bobbie when she is faced with copycat murderer who is trying to get his attention. The fact that she has gained Nicks attention intrigues Nicks serial killer father. In this series, I have a sense of a buildup of a powerful finale. A well plotted story, fantastic lead characters as well as a variety of secondary characters tie it all together. The first 2 books in this series are The Blackest Crimson (prequel) and No Darker Place (book 1). This is a series that should be read in order.

A DEEPER GRAVE is the next installment in Debra Webb’s Shades of Death series. Webb introduces Bobbie Gentry giving readers details of the trauma she is coping with relating to her the kidnapping, rape, and torture from a sadistic serial killer. Bobbie struggles with her efforts to put her nightmares and experiences behind her and move on with her life. Readers meet Nick Shade returning to help Bobbie capture a new killer on the loose in Montgomery, Alabama. Webb gives readers Nick’s backstory including details of his reputation of pursuing the capture of serial killers who continue alluding authorities. Nick avoids developing friends due to his father’s criminal history. Law enforcement either praise or disapprove of his efforts. Most disapprove of Nick’s connection to a serial killer history. Nick has made it clear he has no desire to develop a relationship with Bobbie, but occurring events seem to bring them together.

Bobbie investigates a series of copycat murders of a similar to the person responsible for attacking her. Bobbie receives a request to meet with Nick’s father at his prison. Webb places readers on Bobbie’s shoulder, so they experience Bobbie’s thoughts and feeling about meeting Nick’s serial killer father. She is stunned when he tells Nick’s life is in danger. The fast moving storyline focusing capturing the copycat killer becomes more important to Bobbie after learning the end goal of the killer is to eliminate Nick.

The author creates several support characters both good and bad and shares their history and the roles each character plays when they enter the storyline. Webb changes the story’s direction using several subplots adding twists and turns for the readers to follow. Readers close to Nick learn of his concerns of Bobbie’s safety. Bobbie’s investigation sees the brutality of the murders increasing similar to the MO of Nick’s father. Each new killing seems to draw Bobbie closer to the killer. Nick knows the killer is using Bobbie as bait to kill Nick. Bobbie refuses to remove herself from the investigation. THE DEEPER GRAVE has many surprises leading to the story’s conclusion. Nick and Bobbie are both in jeopardy. Webb builds the suspense and intrigue keeping her readers on the edge of their seats. Unfolding events keep Webb’s readers’ interest high. The author never lets up on the thrills increasing the intensity of the action towards an ending that takes everyone’s breath away. A DEEPER GRAVE is a must read.

5 Stars and if I could give it more I would!
Thank you Debra Webb and Netgalley for the chance to read an advanced copy of this amazing book!
Talk about breath taking....how about edge of your seat....spine tingling...there are really not enough words to describe this book or this series...it will truly blow you away!

Nick Shade and Detective Bobbie Gentry are reunited as Nick is lured back to Montgomery to help Bobbie stop a copycat killer that is painting death around the city in images that can only be found in the darkest of nightmares. But there is more going on here than meets the eye and Bobbie is determined to keep Nick from being the final target!

This book is so well written with suspense building as you turn each page and characters that come alive with each clock ticking minute!
This book makes me want to shout from the rooftops about how good it is. If you like a thriller then you really have to read this book....and this series! Mind blowing good!

A Deeper Grave is an outstanding book by the talented Debra Webb. This book, third in Shades of Death series, is tense, suspenseful, grabs you by the throat!!! Bobbie Gentry is a character you will fall
In love with. I am always anxiously waiting for Debra's next book and she never disappoints!!!

terrifying, captivating, thrilling, dark and suspenseful. What a ride reading this book. I can not wait to see where Ms. Webb takes us in this series. Is Bobbie Gentry going to get revenge for the murder of her husband and child ? Is she going to get past her rape and torture? What is Nick Shade going to do about his serial killer father and his feelings for Bobbie? These are questions I can't wait to find out. Ms. Webb has woven a mystery I can wait to unravel. I can't express in words how much I recommend this book . If you love a highly crafted thriller, this is it.

This book is horrifically scary and terrifyingly eerie! Det. Bobbie Gentry is now working quite a few murders, apparently committed by not one but, two or more, copycat serial killers. The more she and her crew work to clear possible suspects, the more of them pop up. Her newest friend and, at times, confidant, Nick Shade, shows up to help with the investigation, especially after he finds out that his father, a prolific serial killer, has asked for a jail visit with Bobbie to tell her that she and Nick will be the final victims. The farther I got into this book, the more confused I became as to who the real killer or killers actually were.
I read this book in one sitting because I simply could not stop!
Ms. Webb continues to blow my mind with this series.

Detective Bobbie Gentry is back on the job after losing her young son and husband to a serial killer. She was raped and tortured by the killer before she was rescued by Nick Shade. Nicks father is a notorious serial killer. Nick turned him in and his Father now resides in a prison.
Nick now makes it his mission to find serial killers and make sure they are captured, or as is sometimes the case take their own lives. He is afraid he might have inherited his Fathers taste for killing so he never personally harms the people he tracks. Now there are multiple killings that copy killers Nick already captured and he is afraid someone is committing the murders to target Bobbie.

There is a lot of detail in this plot. I had my suspicions about one of the characters but was still surprised at the end. The author does a good job of character development, you really feel like you know them. There is plenty of suspense in the book but not a lot of romance. This book is part of a series and I recommend reading them in order because there are cliff hangers at the end of the books. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book.

Excellent suspense series, how can two such damaged people have such a strong connection? One the child of a serial killer and the other an almost fatal victim of a serial killer. The south is well represented in this novel, but any fan of thrillers will enjoy the series. For fans of Lisa Gardiner, Karin Slaughter and Allison Brennan.

Deeply riveting, 'A Deeper Grave’ tightens the noose on Bobbie Gentry and Nick Shade, yet draws circles around the whole burgeoning mystery as an unseen or unknown puppeteer yanks the strings of all those involved…towards an endgame that remains unclear. It’s clear that this series isn’t a simple whodunnit sort, but Debra Webb certainly cycles through the murder mystery tropes, then scrambles them so that a copycat serial killer is only a loose string in a larger web that ensnares. Like in most crime drama series, you get the feeling that things are building up somehow, somewhere, yet it’s not all revealed yet, which is probably the perfect kind of cliffhanger ending that will only come with the dramatic finale. Very light on the romance and focused on the suspense, it’s an excellent read all around really and tightly plotted, except for the fact that I couldn’t get my head around how the characters never caught onto the very obvious clues about the copycat killer.

Bobbie Gentry is finding her feet once again, though loss is a constant reminder of how much she has yet to lose. I liked her strength, her self-awareness and how she doesn’t deny her need for Nick both physically and emotionally. That she doesn’t give up on him in the end, makes me beyond eager to read their closing chapter together.

However, I find that I’ve simply blinked and missed Nick—the other protagonist who remains so shadowy that I can’t get a grasp on his character—considering his importance in the book. Yet he remains a peripheral character given the very few scenes written in his POV and the glimpses we get of his Hannibal Lecter father don’t quite do justice to his tortured hero’s psyche. Multiple POVs instead, tell the story of the people in Montgomery PD’s broken unit and of Bobbie’s healing mental state and whether it is Webb’s intention for Nick to keep that intriguing distance from Bobbie and the reader, I’m hoping the third book—and what’s presumably his final reckoning—will strip him bare.

It’s a series I’d wholly recommend, though it probably isn’t for those who want the requisite amount of angst, emotional navel-gazing and deep introspection that come with the romance portion. Yet as much as I wish for the latter, I can’t wait for Nick’s and Bobbie’s paths to converge properly this time around and the anticipation for the next book is already making me anxious.

This book grabbed me from the start. It is part of a series and each book is well worth reading. I really liked the characters and the mystery. Can not wait till the next book in this series comes out

Full review to be published online in late May.

A DEEPER GRAVE begins as the first book ended; with Detective Bobbie Gentry dealing with the horrors of the recent past. She has spent months recovering from both the physical and mental damage that the Storyteller killer did to her. She had lost her will to live; but isn't going to die before exacting justice on the man who killed her family and ruined her life. She was aided on this quest by Nick Shade, who is the son of a famed serial-killer, and who had made it his life's calling to hunt down serial killers and bring them to justice.

During their time bringing the Storyteller down, Nick made Bobbie want to live again. On the flip side Bobbie also managed to prick a hole in Nick's hardened heart and made him start to care, something he cannot afford to do; not only because of his job, but also because if his father found out he had a weakness he would exploit it.

There is a killer is on the loose in Montgomery again and he is copying the previous killers Nick has brought down. At first it is believed that it’s Bobbie the killer is taunting; but as the story moves along its clear that is not the case and its Nick who is being played like a puppet. It is up to him, with Bobbie's help, to find the consortium of serial killers who are after him.

Debra Webb is doing a good job on bringing these diabolical serial killers to life in A DEEPER GRAVE, and in the “Shades of Death” series. This series is getting more creepily intriguing by the book.

So sick.. So creepy.. So depraved.. And so addicting. A killer orchestrating another killer along with manipulating the lives of others.

The first two books dealt with Detective Bobbie Gentry who spent months recovering from both the physical and mental damage that the Storyteller killer did to her. She had lost her will to live but wasnt going to die before exacting justice on the man who killed her family and ruined her life. She was aided on this quest by Nick Shade who was the son of a famed serial-killer and who had made it his life calling to hunt down serial-killers and bring them to justice. During their time bringing the Storyteller down Nick made Bobbie want to live again. On the flip side Bobbie also managed to prick a hole in Nick's hardened heart and made him start to care – something he cannot afford to do not only because of his job but also because if his father found out he had a weakness he would exploit it.

The main story in this one is a killer is on the loose in Mongomery again and he is mirroring previous killers Nick has brought down. At first its believed its Bobbie the killer is taunting but as the story moves along its clear that is not the case and its Nick who is being played like a puppet.

We get more information about Nick's father and his life as a serial-killer and I can certainly see one heck of a showdown coming in future books as his father is a very intelligent cunning killer. It was good to see Bobbie back in fighting form and by the end of this book she's made the decision she is also going to fight for Nick whether he wants her to or not. I hope its not a long wait till the next book.