Book description:
Working with the son of a serial killer? That's a first.
FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley tracks serial killers, using her skills as a psychiatrist and behavioral analyst to get dangerous people off the street and safely behind bars. But prison psychiatrist Sam Monroe knows that just because a killer is incarcerated doesn't mean they're not a threat. His own father, Peter, is a serial killer--in prison but certainly not out of Sam's life, as much as he wishes he was.
When bodies start showing up with startling similarities to Peter's MO, Sam and Grace are both called in to consult. They've met before, and though Grace thought they'd made a real connection, Sam ghosted her. They'll have to get past the awkwardness and mistrust to solve this case--especially because it's about to get personal.
My review:
I read and reviewed my first Lynette Eason book in April 2010, Too Close to Home, and was immediately hooked. I have reviewed every book she has written for Revell Publishing since, and she has not lost her touch, and is one of the best Christians suspense authors in my opinion.
This third book in the Extreme Measures Series is proof of that. I loved the other two books, but there was so much in this one that makes it more than just an entertaining read.
Serial killers are an intriguing and interesting topic. And I don't mean that in an admiring way. In the book, Sam is the son of a serial killer living under his wife's last name. There is discussion in the book whether serial killers are redeemable. Is there anything in them that can ever turn to God and cause them to change, or does their sociopath tendencies render them unable to ever come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ? I have wondered that before, and the book and conversations in the book have caused me to think on that more.
I also enjoyed the (of course fictional) perceptive of a young man finding out that his father is a serial killer, and the lifelong effect on him. It isn't something we often consider, the fact that the families of killers are also victims, usually blamed and looked down on by many.
Sam and Grace were great characters, and their similar jobs were fascinating in their own ways. I like it when their is family involved on both sides, and both Sam and Grace had their family drama and baggage. The plot was awesome and the killer's methods extreme, and one that had me ultra curious as to the why.
As with any of her books, there is a lot of suspense and drama that had me reading at top speed to find out what was going to happen next.
I am fine with romance in a book, and even enjoy it. Slight spoiler: As much as I do enjoy it, we all know the idea of a couple meeting and falling in love while running from killers is not realistic. In this book, Sam and Grace had already met and felt a mutual attraction, but Sam had backed off because of his serial killer father and the baggage that came with that. Their romance was very slow building, and ended with more of a "I think we have a future, let's see where this goes" instead of "I love you, will you marry me?" :)
Awesome read. Lynette Eason has shown she can still write a suspense novel that can make it a read in one sitting book for any reader.
I was provided a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions in this review are my own.
About the author:
Critical Threat is available from Revell Publishing, part of the Baker Publishing Group.
Thanks to Revell for the review copy.
Check out the other books in the series:
Book #1
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