Wrath – E. H. Reinhard

I was fortunate to receive this novel as an Advance Reader Copy, in exchange for an objective review.

The story starts with a young woman who is embroiled in an illicit affair, which has since been discovered by her husband of only a year, Chris. As Chris sits in his van and watches his wife depart the home of her lover, something inside Chris just snaps, and he begins a bloody rampage, avenging himself against all who have wronged him.

Lieutenant Nash Harrington catches the first murder. A man, stabbed to death in the doorway to his own home, for seemingly no reason, and no evidence left behind. Then a dead prostitute is found. And then a neighbor discovers Chris’ cheating wife is dead, and quickly becomes a victim himself.

With the body count mounting, and Chris now on the run, the Nash and his team must figure out the common factor in all the killings, and prevent the killer from finishing his agenda – killing all the women who he perceives as having wronged him – including Nash’s girlfriend Amy…

I very much enjoyed this book, and I can see Nash Harrington evolving into the likes of John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport, or Roger Stelljes’ Mac MacRyan easily. Great read, and I look forward to purchasing the next two books in the series to read ASAP!!

He followed his bride of a year .. to the house of her boyfriend. He waits until her car leaves and seeing red, pounds on the front door. When his wife's lover opens the door, he attacks with a knife. Multiple stab wounds ensure that the man is dead.

He enjoyed this so much he decides to do it again ... to his wife. And why stop there? All the women who have ever wronged him needs to die.

Lt. Nash Harrington and his team are baffled. There are several suspicious deaths ... all look like they've been murdered by the same person. There's the man who lives alone .... a married woman is found dead in her bathtub, a prostitute is stabbed to death in an alley. And the deaths don't stop there.

So what's the connection between the victims? Harrington is sure that once they figure out the why, they will know the who.

The reader knows from the first page who the killer is. Normally this would take away from the suspense ... but actually in this case, the suspense is only heightened. Watching a man explode from the inside is not a pretty sight.

This is a well written first novel in this series. I definitely see a shopping trip in my near future to gather up the next 2 books in this trilogy (BESET and VESTIGE). The characters are solid, starting with the Lieutenant right down to Lucky, the 4-legged beast that plays a huge part in the story.

Many thanks to the author / Kobo Writing Life / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This is a great book to start a series! The characters are good, the plot is good, the flow is good. I cannot wait to read book two and others by this author. And I love Lucky the dog!

When a man finds out his wife of a year has been cheating it sets in play a series of killings that are brutal. When it becomes evident that a potential victim is the girl friend of LT Harrington it's a race against the killer to get to her.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.