When two murders in Chicago seem like the work of a serial killer, Agent Morgan Stone, one of the best FBI profilers, takes the investigation from Fiona, a detective Morgan has had a crush on for far too long. When the profile reveals a peculiar type of killer, Morgan is all in following the killer trying to guess their next step. However, one crucial mistake threatens to take her out of the case and to let the killer scape.

This book was not what I was expecting, in a good way. The plot was well thought out and I absolutely loved being in the serial killer's mind, although of course it was very disturbing, but that shows how good the author was in writing that character. The book kept moving at a great pace and kept you engage. If I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and what would happen next.

My only complain was the "romantic"part of the book between Morgan and Fiona. I just thought it didn't add anything to the story and felt forced. No chemistry. Perhaps on the next book we will see more of them and maybe they will grow on me. But honestly, a book like this does not need any romance. The story was engaging and nail-biting by itself.

Can't wait for the second part.

This ARC was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I devoured this book. Literally, these are the types of books I long for. The fast pace, who done it type of read that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

It started smooth, sexy and sweet. And everything went down on chapter two. Most books built the characters for five, even seven chapters, Adrian J Smith was like: take this, learn it, visualize it, love it, and now let me crush this for you. The story was my book before going to bed, it brought nightmares. It was well written and bone chilling good. It was perfectly crafted, incredibly well developed and the story was not forced.

God this book... where do I even begin. Morgan is a FBI profiler who works the case of a female psychopath serial killer.

I wanna start by saying, though gruesome the crimes I loved the writing of the serial killer, Lollie’s point of view and that’s probably my biggest compliment of this book. The author did a good job at actually making Lollie a distinct character but I don’t know if the same could be said for the rest

Didn’t really connect with Morgan and almost felt like this book wasn’t enough until I noticed it’s meant to be part of an upcoming series. If not for the wondering of what’s so complicated with Fiona I probably wouldn’t be looking forward to book two.

Adrian J smith managed to put together a very interesting case of this serial killer unfortunately not as good a job as getting me hooked onto the other crime storyline which I’m assuming is gonna be the starting point of the next book. Maybe my feelings would change upon reading said book.

At times the book felt a little weak but again, this is the first book in a series it’s supposed to set everything up.

Main critique I have is the writing, it felt a bit dry at times and at moments felt as though characters were just names to an action. Most of the picture was painted through the dialogue which was cool but so much more could’ve been done with the setting be it more descriptive or personal to the characters. I felt as though Morgan definitely should’ve been a bit more effected by her situation with Lollie though that could’ve just been her avoiding her true feelings.. maybe there could be a ptsd arc coming out from this?

Dialogues were a bit too short too.

Overall not a bad book, I wanna note that my otherwise boring review of this book could be impacted by the fact that it’s a the first in a series and not much pieces together right now, for example the Fiona storyline.


Thank you NetGally and the publishers for the Arc provided for an honest review!