I love reading mystery books and this is fantastic! I cannot wait to go back and read books one and two. I enjoyed Ms. Grace on television and I enjoyed this book even more. 

The characters are fabulous. The team of Hailey and Finch along with Billings is great.  I love the analytical mind that is Hailey Dean. The story has so many twists and turns that I just wasn't sure who the bad guy was until the very end.  Just the way I love it! 

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third Nancy Grace book featuring Hailey Dean, once a very successful Special Prosecutor, now a psychologist who is frequently called on to testify in murder cases. Which is exactly what has happened.  

Todd Adams is accused of killing his 9-month-pregnant wife and their unborn child.  Their bodies are found in a body of water where coincidentally, he had been fishing.  Think Scott and Lacey Peterson of a few years back.

She meets her old partner, now crime investigator, Garland Finch at the Savannah airport. Hearing an All Points Bulletin on a murder that has just been reported, they decide to swing by to see if they can help.  What they find is a courthouse sheriff, severed in half by a garage door.  

Hailey does what she normally does ... starts investigating a case that isn't even hers.  Thankfully the local police are tolerant.  What they suspect is that this murder has something to do with the Adams case that begins the next day.

That's only the start of a killing spree ... courthouse regulars seem to be dropping like flies ..and Hailey may be next on the list.  But who wants these particular people dead?  And why?  

Although third in this series, it does well as a stand alone.  There is some basic info that has been in both her previous books (a lot of it resembles Nancy Grace's real life) but there are no spoilers, so read them in order .. or not.

I like the  characters .. they have significant substance.  Even though Hailey resembles the author in many different ways, the writing is done so well so as to forget the author and get lost in the story.  There's a very little romance this time around as Hailey has caught the eye of Detective Chase Billings.  But he's in Savannah and she's going back to New York City.

The author, being an attorney herself, brings realism to the courtroom scenes.  There are a few surprising twists and turns that keep the reader engaged.  

Many thanks to the author / BenBella Books / Netgalley for the advance copy of this crime thriller.  Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Hailey Dean is supposed to testify in a court case. The details of the case are taken almost exactly from the Scott Peterson case.  Hailey ends up involved in 2 other murders while she is visiting town. I found myself skimming this book. It just didn't hold my interest, maybe because it felt like I'd read it already, it followed the Peterson case so closely. I have liked her other books so better luck next time I guess.  Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.