New Release+Review: The Killer In Me by Olivia Kiernan

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Death is no stranger to Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan, but she isn’t the only one from her small, coastal suburb to be intimately acquainted with it. Years ago, teenager Seán Hennessey shocked the tight-knit community when he was convicted of the brutal murder of his parents and attempted slaying of his sister, though he always maintained his innocence. Now, Seán is finally being released from prison—but when his newfound freedom coincides with the discovery of two bodies, the alleged connection between the cases only serves to pull Frankie further from answers even as it draws her closer to her town’s hidden darkness. With a television documentary revisiting Seán’s sentence pushing the public’s sympathies into conflict on a weekly basis, a rabid media pressuring the police like never before, and a rising body count, Frankie will need all of her resources if she is not only to catch a killer, but put to rest what really happened all those years ago.

A dark, irresistible cocktail of secrets, murder, and family, Olivia Kiernan’s latest is an impossible-to-put-down triumph.

Review:

This was my first time reading this author and I really enjoyed the book. I have been in a bit of a book slump and this story knocked it right out. The story was slow going at first but that is to be expected with this genre. Once the story picked up and the puzzle pieces started getting put together, I couldn’t stop reading the book until it was over. The author did a good job of making me doubt pretty much everyone. I went back and forth on who the killer is and their motives right until the very end.

I have to say the last few chapters had me on the edge of my seat and my heart was racing. My only small complaint is that I would have liked to have a point of view from the killer at the end. I really wanted to peak inside their head and see what makes them tick. If you are a fan of thrillers, suspense books I highly recommend this story. I will be making it by business to read more of this author going forward.