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Lori M, Reviewer
Their Wicked Games is another wonderful addition to the Detective Kane and Alton series by D.K. Hood. Book 19 in the series can be read by people new to the series as well as those that have been reading all along. The book opens with Kane and Alton trying to get away for a bit by using a friend's secluded cabin. After their first day and night enjoying the woods, they get a call about 3 people that have been murdered on a hiking trail. The 3 had been killed with arrows from a crossbow on a very narrow part of the trail.
When Kane and Alton arrive to examine the bodies and crime scene they are told that each victim has a penny under each eyelid that was added postmortem. There is a serial killer in prison that did this same thing with each of his victims. Could he be involved somehow or is this a copycat? The details of the pennies left under the eyelids was never made public, so how could it be a copycat?
Kane and Alton begin by focusing on elite crossbow archers in the area. There are 2 ranges which have competitive teams as it looks like there were 3 killers. The types of arrows used for the kill are bolts. The archer retrieves the arrows after they're used and did in this case as well. There are a couple of teams that the detectives focus in on. The one of most interest has 2 men and a woman. They decide to pay them a visit and find out where they were during the hours of the murder.
At the prison, the serial killer is getting phone calls from someone that wants to talk about "hunting". He's allowed to talk on the phone as long as he doesn't talk about his killings, victims, and anything violent. Hunting is an acceptable topic of conversation. After he talks to the person this time, he's very excited at the description of the hunter's kills. Jimmy Two Cents gives the hunter a new target to focus on and to call back when he's performed the kill. Not long after that, the woman in the crossbow group is found dead from a vicious stabbing in a dangerous waterfall area on the mountain. Why was she here with no crossbow? Why were her clothes found neatly folded? Who would so viciously stab her?
As Kane and Alton continue to investigate with their team, Jimmy Two Cents is still giving out targets to the caller. As bodies continue to mount, one of the targets hits close to home. Will Kane and Alton be able to survive this investigation? Will their team be intact at the end? Is there more than one killer? Is there more than one caller? You'll be tearing through the pages as you read this one and you'll have great difficulty picking out the killer/killers. I thoroughly enjoyed Their Wicked Games and give it my highest recommendation. I rate it 5 stars. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of Their Wicked Games in exchange for a fair review. #TheirWickedGames
When Kane and Alton arrive to examine the bodies and crime scene they are told that each victim has a penny under each eyelid that was added postmortem. There is a serial killer in prison that did this same thing with each of his victims. Could he be involved somehow or is this a copycat? The details of the pennies left under the eyelids was never made public, so how could it be a copycat?
Kane and Alton begin by focusing on elite crossbow archers in the area. There are 2 ranges which have competitive teams as it looks like there were 3 killers. The types of arrows used for the kill are bolts. The archer retrieves the arrows after they're used and did in this case as well. There are a couple of teams that the detectives focus in on. The one of most interest has 2 men and a woman. They decide to pay them a visit and find out where they were during the hours of the murder.
At the prison, the serial killer is getting phone calls from someone that wants to talk about "hunting". He's allowed to talk on the phone as long as he doesn't talk about his killings, victims, and anything violent. Hunting is an acceptable topic of conversation. After he talks to the person this time, he's very excited at the description of the hunter's kills. Jimmy Two Cents gives the hunter a new target to focus on and to call back when he's performed the kill. Not long after that, the woman in the crossbow group is found dead from a vicious stabbing in a dangerous waterfall area on the mountain. Why was she here with no crossbow? Why were her clothes found neatly folded? Who would so viciously stab her?
As Kane and Alton continue to investigate with their team, Jimmy Two Cents is still giving out targets to the caller. As bodies continue to mount, one of the targets hits close to home. Will Kane and Alton be able to survive this investigation? Will their team be intact at the end? Is there more than one killer? Is there more than one caller? You'll be tearing through the pages as you read this one and you'll have great difficulty picking out the killer/killers. I thoroughly enjoyed Their Wicked Games and give it my highest recommendation. I rate it 5 stars. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of Their Wicked Games in exchange for a fair review. #TheirWickedGames
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