Item: The Last Move
Rating: 5.00
Author: berls

by Mary Burton

In this gripping stand-alone from bestselling author Mary Burton, an FBI agent must catch a copycat killer. The only difference this time: she’s the final victim.

Catching monsters helps FBI agent Kate Hayden keep her nightmares at bay. Now an urgent call brings her back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him.

Either Kate made a deadly error, or she’s got a copycat on her hands. Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, she quickly realizes this murder is more twisted than it first appeared. Then a second body is found, the mode of death identical to a different case that Kate thought she’d put behind her.

Now Kate and Detective Mazur aren’t just working a homicide; the investigative pair is facing a formidable enemy who knows Kate intimately. While Mazur is personally trying to protect Kate, the closer they are drawn to the killer, the clearer it becomes that in this terrifying game, there is only one rule: don’t believe everything you see…

I doubt I would have picked this one up if it weren't for coyer book club, but I'm glad I did.

I enjoyed the characters so much - from Detective Mazur and FBI agent Kate to the villains and even Mazur's daughter and Kate's family, hell Baudry's maid whose only in it a few pages! - they are well written and complex. You get the villains perspectives, which doesn't always work for me, but did here.

As far as the plot, you know who's responsible pretty early on. But connecting the dots takes a while and right up to the reveal I was stumped on a couple connections.

And the romance worked, without taking over the story. I would actually really like to see more of these characters... But I'm pretty sure this is a standalone. If that changes, I would pick up another.

The Last Move

by Mary Burton

Reviewed by Berls on Aug 26, 2020

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