A serial killer bent on revenge . . . and striking too close to home.
Teagan O’Rourke has always loved murder mysteries. In her job as a court reporter, she has written official records for dozens of real-life murders. She’s slapped evidence stickers on crime scene photos. She’s listened to hours of chilling testimony. But she’s never known the smell of death. And she never thought she might be a victim.
Until now.
A young police officer is murdered just inches away from her, and then a man calling himself a serial killer starts leaving Teagan notes, signing each with the name of a different murderer from her favorite mystery novels.
Panicked, Teagan turns to her friend Max Kennedy. Max longs for more than friendship with Teagan, but he fears she’ll never trust someone with a past like his. He wonders how much of God’s “tough love” he can take before he gives up on love completely. And he wonders if he’ll be able to keep Teagan alive long enough to find out.
As Teagan, Max, and Teagan’s police officer father race to track down the elusive killer, they each know they could be the next victim. Desperate to save those she loves, Teagan battles fears that once haunted her in childhood. Nothing seems to stop this obsessed murderer. No matter what she does, he seems to be getting closer . . .
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Sexual Content - 0/5
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Violence - 2.5/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
Closer Than She Knows by Kelly Irvin was a good mystery with a disappointing main character.
The book is well written and an interesting serial killer story. The opening scene in the police car really caught my attention. The book would win the award for having the stupidest main character.
Personally I liked Teagan, the main character, for about 20 pages of the entire book and then she lost me again. She was stupid. Smart, strong women have a brain and know the difference in independence and being stupid. Teagan never figured that out.
A serial killer is targeting her and killing people around her. The author did some really good research about serial killers that she sprinkled throughout the book that was interesting.
There were several other characters in the book. Teagan’s dad, siblings, and a supposed friend of the family (he was downright rude but all in the name of caring about them *insert eye roll) and Max. The guy she has had a crush on for two years but won’t have a relationship with because she doesn’t want children. But it takes her two years to decide to tell him this.
Violence - several deaths, minor details, a serial killer past and present
I received this book from NetGalley. I was not required to write a positive review.
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