Saturday, July 7, 2012

Book Review: Sinnerman


Title - Sinnerman

Author - Cheryl Bradshaw
Genre - Mystery/Thriller
Stand Alone or Series - Book 2 in the Sloane Monroe Series
Publication - September 27th 2011
Format - Kindle 



Synopsis 
What if you'd been given a second chance to catch your sister's killer-would you take it? And if you did, would a lifetime behind bars be justice enough, or would you need to see him dead?

MEET SLOANE

Private Investigator Sloane Monroe has solved every case that's come across her desk with the exception of one-the brutal murder of sister Gabrielle.

Three years have passed without a trace of the killer until today, when a young woman's body is discovered on a patch of dirt in front of the local supermarket at daybreak. Now Sloane is faced with the most difficult challenge of her life-finding a man who's a master at concealing his identity before he captures his next victim and sends them to eternal rest.

MEET SAM

Park City, Utah was a peaceful place until Sinnerman came to town.

Enter the mind of Sam Reids, a serial killer who slashes his trademark letter S into the wrist of his female victims before he discards their body in the same place he found them.

Who is he, and why does he prey on innocent women?



Review 


This is the second book in the Sloane Monroe series, you can see my review of the first in the series (Black Diamond Death here). This one follow the first one a few months later, Nick and Sloane are living together but everything isn't like they wanted it to be. Nick is a little bit of a control freak, who doesn't want Sloane taking dangerous cases.

This book focus around the Sinnerman who was the killer that is responsible for Sloane's sisters murder as well as many other young women. However the cops never caught him and he went into hiding for several years. Suddenly he's back killing again, this time he's made it personal he's targeting Sloane. When Sinnerman was last on his killing spree Sloane had a hard time getting the cops to work with her it's much the same this time.

Thanks to her best friend Maddie who happens to be a medical examiner has also kept her in the loop but the local cops are trying to keep her out. In part because Sinnerman is infatuated with Sloane and part because she's a civilian. Thankfully in the last book Sloane made a friend when she saved Daniela from being abused by Parker in the first one. Her brother Giovanni gave Sloane a card with his number telling her if she needs his help to let call.

 When she runs into road blocks with the cops she reaches out to Giovanni. With the help of Giovanni's brother a FBI agent, and his connections she has a chance to find Sinnerman. She follows a paper trail that leads them to his father's house, however his father hasn't seem him in twenty years. As the book progress's Sinnerman has let his obsession for Sloane cause him to leave loose ends forcing him to clean up after himself.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat through most of it. I was thrilled that Sloane would have the chance to go after her sister's killer. She deserved the chance to bring her sister justice and I loved that part of the book. I also love the relationship between Sloane and Giovanni he's a much better partner for her. This book is well written just like the first, however I think this one was way better then the first one even though the first one is still really good. I liked that chemistry of the relationships in the book, as well as reading about Sloane getting close Sinnerman. I really enjoy reading the books in the series and look forward to reading number 3 next.

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