Nick Hollin

There is a serial killer loose on the streets of London targeting and killing mothers. He is a twisted and sick killer leaving chat bubbles next to each of his victims on display. DI Katie Katie Rhodes is dropped right in the middle of the case. She knows the only person who can help her solve the case is profiler Nathan Rhodes. Katie believes the killings are linked to both her and Nathan and she will do everything she can to stop this killer even if it means breaking the vow she made to leave Nathan alone.

Katie has been on a downward spiral due to a case she worked on a year ago. She hasn’t ever really recovered from it and you can see this in her actions. She is drinking more and taking solace with different men. Nathan on the other hand is a brilliant criminal profiler that can easily get into the minds of killers, but something in the past has left him in a dark, dark place. Nathan is now living in seclusion for the better part of a year. His seclusion is about to be upturned when Katie breaks her vow to leave him alone. Together, they both need to learn to trust one another again, while revealing secrets of their past, as they hunt to catch and stop a killer.

DARK LIES is the first book in the Rhodes and Radley crime series and it starts off with a bang. Right off the bat we are in the mind of the serial killer as he kills and positions the body of a mother he had targeted. The reasoning behind his killings are played out throughout the story in twists and turns I never saw coming. What ties does this killer have to Katie and Nathan? The little tidbits of information thrown our way really left me flipping the pages just to find the answers.

DARK LIES is a gripping psychological thriller with nail biting scenes and twists where you least expect it. I could not put this book down at all and wound up reading the entire story in one night. The story is brilliantly told and I just loved how suspenseful and dark the story is. It is gruesome in parts and the author left little to the imagination. Nick Hollin hits you hard with the facts down to the last detail. What a great start to a series! I am hooked and can not wait for the next installment and case.
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