4.5 Stars

Kaitlin Roe's cousin, Gina, was abducted 14 years ago ... Kaitlin was the only witness. She still feels guilt every day of her life .... the abductor told her to run ... and she did. At the time, police suspected she knew more than she was telling but she was scared to death .. and drunk. She doesn't remember much.

After all these years, she decides that she will put together a podcast and re-interviewing everyone who knew Gina at that time. Gina's abduction has never been solved and Kaitlin is hoping this will open a new line for the detectives to look into.

Detective John Adler is called to investigate the murder of a young woman .. a woman who Kaitlin has interviewed. And then someone else close to the investigation is killed.

Has Kaitlin's interviews attracted the interest of someone who doesn't want this case re-opened? It's up to Adler to catch the bad guy and protect the woman who has also captured his personal interest.

Book Blurb - As a bond between Kaitlin and Adler builds, the past closes in just as fast—and it’s darker than Kaitlin remembers. Soon, her wish will come true. She’s going to find out exactly what happened to Gina. Someone has been dying to tell her.

I have read several of this author's book and have never been disappointed. I have found all her books to be well-written with characters that don't disappear from memory overnight.

I really enjoyed how this one was written. The chapters are divided by all of Kaitlin's interviews ... each person's story is there for the reader to decide if they are telling the truth ... or do they know more than they're telling. Some chapters are Kaitlin's memories of the night that Gina disappeared. The suspense starts building from the very page and builds to an explosive ending.

Many thanks to the author / Montlake Romance / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of HER LAST WORD. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Kaitlyn Roe has come home after 14 years. Her cousin Gina was abducted in her presence and Kaitlyn has come back to do a podcast about the case. She is hoping to draw attention to the case with the goal of finding out what happened to Gina. Someone is obsessed with Gina, even after all these years and is determined to punish those he blames for what happened to her.

The chapters in this book go back and forth from the present to the time of Gina’s abduction. I sometimes find this annoying but it worked well in this book. There was plenty of suspense and a long list of suspects that kept me turning the pages. The story actually has two mysteries, but they are connected. I figured one out but the other caught me completely by surprise. It was quite a twist. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy of this book.

I really loved this book it was intriguing suspenseful and brilliant once I started I couldn't put it down it holds your attention I recommend the book and author

Her Last Word is a fast-paced, exciting and fantastic suspense book written by author Mary Burton. Her books are always great. Thanks to NetGalley and Montlake Romance for the advance copy

I couldn't put this book down. Late into the night as my eyes were starting to cross I had to read every last word worried something might happen to Kaitlin while I was sleeping.

Her Last Words is a gritty thriller that will stick with readers long after they close the book. The characters are raw, strong willing to write the wrongs of their past.

The story and the different characters are entwined in ways readers will be excited to see what happens next and who really is the killer.

Their is a moral to the story that everyone changes. Some for the better some for the worst but holding on to the past can destroy lives.

While I have read many stories written by Mary Burton each one is different, each characters is unique to their story and readers will not want to put the book down.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher Montlake Romance for the advance copy Mary Burton's Thriller Her Last Word

I have read all of Mary Burton's book and usually love them all. This one was not one of my favorite story lines by her. I like a story that starts and then flows till the end. This book was written in a style that I am not fond of with each chapter about a different person. That makes for a choppy book that keeps the reader shifting from different point of views