The Shark (Forgotten Files, #1)

by Mary Burton

A state trooper’s teenage runaway past comes back to haunt her in the first of USA Today bestselling author Mary Burton’s heart-stopping Forgotten Files Trilogy. Now in mass market paperback!

At the grisly murder scene of a teen prostitute, Virginia state trooper Riley Tatum’s past roars back to haunt her. When she was a teenage runaway, she was kidnapped, drugged, and left unconscious on the streets. She has no memories of what happened, only strange recurring dreams of two men playing cards.

Former FBI agent Clay Bowman, Riley’s old flame, is Shield Security’s newest member. He’s plagued by the unsolved case of a serial killer nicknamed the Shark who murdered girls as part of a sadistic poker game. Only one girl survived. With the Shark now bent on settling that score, Clay has a chilling suspicion: Riley is the girl who escaped the Shark’s deadly amusement—and she is his next prey.

As the Shark gets ready to play his hand, can Riley and Clay stop him―or will this killer finally claim the one who got away?

• ISBN10: 1420155997
• ISBN13: 9781420155990
• Publish Date: 27 June 2023 (first published 24 May 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Zebra Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 356
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9781420155990

Reviews

Not bad. Decent storyline. Enough twists to keep me guessing, although fairly obvious towards the end. Romance sucked. All instalove with no development. I liked Riley, she seemed sensible but fierce. Very caring towards the young girls that got caught up on the streets. 3 stars.

I likely won't pick up the rest of Burton's books though. I'm not a fan of ex lover stories. They just irritate me.