3.5⭐⭐⭐



- the book honestly got me hooked from the first pages, until i wasnt .
it gotten to the point that it has to be combine with two scenes that i couldnt understand and nearly dnf.
Apparently , i tried to finish it and it was worth it the end .




+ thankyou netgalley for the opportunity .

❤️shaye.reads

A lady of the night, found dead in a public park. Her final movemnts carefullly traced and tracked. A killer known, but proof, not there.


We follow Cord and Force. Two police investigators, as they piece together the movements of a killer of whom they are certain that they know the identity of.


The number of dead slwoly starts to rise, as clues start to comer together. The witnesses, vanish in plain sight into body bags as they are permenantly removed from being able to identitify the killer.


The only persomn to give a positive ID, the madam from an exclusive brothel. Dead. A reporter on the more make believe side of tihngs who has a passing interest in proceedings dead.


What starts out as a mystery, turns into a modern day Romeo & Juliette played out along the lines of the massacre of the Russian royal family in the early part of the 20th Century.



Pieced together in a patchwork of findings, the smallest detail of which are all found in earlier parts, a police cover up of the highest degree.



Slow to start, but gradually builds in pace, until you reach the brick wall of an ending.



Status: Complete



Rating 4.7/5.0

This is a hard one for me as i found the premise for this book eally interesting and thought it sounded like it eould be a good read, and it was a decent storyline, however the writing was a bit hit and miss for me so that took some of the enjoyment away

I am unsure how I feel about this one to be honest lol. I loved the premises but it's all a bit over the place to be honest and I did struggle to stay interested in it. The last few chapters, I did just skim read to get to the point and basically so my kindle marks it as read. I really wanted to like it but it wasn't my type of book unfortunately.

Weeeeeeelllll I'm not even sure how I feel about this one?! I went back and forth so many times while reading this book , I kept thinking oh this one is not for me then a good heart pounding moment came and I'm like yes!! But then came the ending! Ugh not my cup of tea! I did not like that ending at all!! This book did have its good moments! Its worth reading! But its definitely not my favorite! The ending brought my stars down lol thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

I can not express enough about the plot. The plot is so interesting that you will find yourself gasping everytime you find something new. Thank you so much netgalley providing an arc!
I really like the worldbuilding, and how the author can create a world that has the capability of making us vicariously live through it. I feel like the introduction was a bit too slow-paced for me. The characters are fairly interesting.
Henceforth, it was quite a good read.

BooksGoSocial Thank you for this ebook!

The Villain by Oris Hunt is a good mystery thriller read!
I liked the concept of this book!
But I hate to say it fell flat to me!
The story is there.... But honestly it just wasn't my cup of tea!
I'm sure this book will find those who appeal to this story.
Sad it wasn't me!

Thank you so much for the chance to read it! 😘