Wendy Walker
shows how one moment can change everything:
Det. Elise Sutton is taking a few moments out of her busy life as a police officers to do something so mundane as buying her girls pink bath towels. What she did not expect was to be involved in a shooting, where she is forced to make a life and death decision, one that will forever change her. Elise is hailed as a hero, but she does not feel like one, she is told she made the right choice but did she really? When she connects with the man that she saved in the department store she hopes to get some closure, but what she gets instead is a stalker who is intent on playing a Cat and Mouse game with her threatening everyone she knows and loves
I am a huge fan of Walker and have enjoyed the majority of the books that she has released so I had high expectations for this book especially based on the premise and Walker ability with the psychological thriller aspect to her novels. However, I struggled with this book, i really had to force myself to sit down and read this book and it was not an enjoyment for me. This book starts out with a bang (literally) but really slowed down after that and I never really felt the suspense in the Cat and Mouse game that Walker was trying to present here, though I could tell that she was trying.
Elise is a frustrating character,
and I don’t care if she’s this amazing cop/teacher about forensics (though we
never actually get to see her do the forensics part) she puts so many people in
danger with her stupid decisions and lies that she tells. I cannot tell you how
many times I wanted to jump in the book a slap her to get her head on straight
when she was making her decisions.
The whole Kill Room aspect felt a
bit disjointed from the rest of the story and I wasn’t sure how Walker was
going to bring that aspect over within the story and it does get there and I
liked how she did it but it really wasn’t till the end. And in the end, I didn’t
mind how Walker brought the whole story together, but does the ending make up
for a slow plot and character I wanted to throw across the room. No I don’t
think so.
I’m still a huge fan of Walker
and I understand that I cannot love all her books, and I know I’ll pick up
another book by her but this one was not for me.
Cheers!!!!
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