Reinvigorated to pick up this series, was not disappointed :-)

Just shy of 4 stars for me, which makes it one of the best of the year (read) so far for me. Kind of weird character developments among the leading protagonists in the series but clearly through book #5 in this series, the author is not just going thru the motions. Strong storyline with some unforeseen twists and as always...Nobody paints a better picture visually than Freeman.

this was my favorite jonathan stride book so far. such a spectrum of emotions as a reader. can’t wait to read the next one! good thing it’s already in my current batch of library books :)

It’s obvious this book was written by a white man. The story and plot are interesting and I enjoy all of the characters from being introduced to them in the previous book, but once again the women’s dialogue and the way they’re described is flat, stereotypical, and sound ridiculous. Has he met an actual woman? This author hates women because they are written to be annoying completely stupid, and ruin their entire lives because of men and wanting babies. The women are portrayed as unhinged and downright crazy and irrational. I’m listening to the audiobook and the narration is just okay. They really should be a woman narrating for the women in this book. For some odd reason he gives Serena a weird and terrible southern accent but Sabrina is from Nevada, so WTF? Maggie, is apparently Chinese American and good lord her description is wild AF. He really used the words “bottle cap nose” WTAF???
Micki, The only other non-white person is Mexican and they keep calling her and “illegal” as opposed to calling her an “undocumented immigrant”. Also, why does she have to be undocumented? Another stereotype. The narrators voice, for Mickey is absolutely offensive. Whoever is in charge of all of this has got to do better with this mess. Brian Freeman needs to consult women especially women of color before he writes about them ever again. The book is also very very white and okay that’s fine…

This book was full of suspense and mystery, it had it all but the kitchen sink. It a two for one deal. It had two stories that tied together in the end, and boy did it tie. In most books the climb to the end is the worst then there’s the big jump that ties everything together. This book had me on the edge of my seat. It would jump back and worth between the stories but it left you on a cliff hanging.
On a cold night a baby is taken. All fingers point to the father. Given his past he looked guilty as hell. When women come forward saying that they had an affair (with the father of the missing child.) claiming that while in the through of passion he would whisper he never wanted the child or wish she had never been born. He looks guilty right? So where is the mother of the child well she was away her alibi is good so who took Callie the baby?
Story number two there is a farmland killer on the lose who has killed a few women when a female cop (Kasey) stumbles upon his next victim while lost in a fog, that has rolled in. That night the killer sees something he likes about Kasey so he must have her. There for making her his next game.
So who took baby Callie? And what does the farmland killer have to do with the disappearance of baby Callie? A book full of lies, betrayal and affairs will keep you turning pages. A book you for sure will not put down! Two stories that tie together smoothly.

There's a serial killer in the town, and his latest killing is witnessed by a cop, a cop who has plans to change her life away from police work and away from the cold of Minnesota. Meanwhile, there's an 11-month-old missing baby, chief suspect is the father, an unemotional surgeon who has never shown any real feelings for the child, and who was apparently alone with the child that night.

This is part of an ongoing series and I've only read one other in the series but a lot of the story is similar and the characters lacked depth. The story sped through and there were moments where the twists really caught me but overall it wasn't stellar

I didn't realize this was the 5th book in a series. Although the character development was probably much more substantial in earlier books, I don't think the fact that it was so far into a series had much of an effect on my reading (or listening in my case) experience. I thought the story was fantastic! I wasn't able to predict every twist which was a happy surprise. I also enjoyed that the characters were flawed but not so much that I hated them. They were normal flaws which was refreshing.

Kept me guessing until the end.