When a body is discovered in a field in Iowa, the police uncover fourteen additional corpses ranging from 20 years old to recent. The remains point to a serial killer with an MO the authorities have seen before–Ed Oliphant, a man who has been in prison for over 20 years . . . and is Special Agent Kaely Quinn’s father. After several failed interview attempts to discover if Ed has been training someone to be a copycat killer, the police turn to Kaely in St. Louis.
Kaely promised herself she would never step foot in her hometown or set eyes on her father again. She’s always refused to confront her past, but if she wants to prevent any more deaths, she must come face-to-face with the man she’s hated for years.
As more bodies are discovered, Kaely races against time and her own personal turmoil to uncover the killer. Will this most personal case yet cost Kaely her identity and perhaps even her life?
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Violence - 2/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Dead End by Nancy Mehl is book three in the Kaely Quinn Profiler series. It is a powerful read. I am new to her writing but one consider it one of the best romantic suspense novels and series.
This was a highly anticipated book for me. And Nancy did not disappoint. I hope she will continue this series with Kaely and Noah. Kaely’s skills are so amazing that feel we could have so many more books with her and Noah is such an amazing balance to her both personally and professionally.
In case you’re new to the series and if you are then you’re in for a treat because you can read all three right now and not have to wait like we did. So Kaely is the daughter of a serial killer. In this book it looks like there’s a copycat killer. But the copycat killer knows things that they shouldn’t about some of her father’s murders. We get to learn a little bit more about her dad. The relationship between her and Noah is so well done.
In addition Nancy at brings up several tough issues: Are all sins forgivable?. Can you forgive a serial killer? Do the sins of the parents get put down onto the children? Is his childhood trauma an excuse for adult sin and in this example, serial killing.
I’ve never really looked at the lives of children of serial killers. But it really makes you wonder what all they go through both as the children and then even as adults. I stayed up way too late finishing this book because I literally couldn’t go to sleep without knowing what happened. This is a must read! Highly recommend.
Sexual content - kiss!
Violence - serial killings both from the past and present, but no details
Language - none
Drinking - Noah has a few drinks
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