Silent Killer by Beverly BartonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the 10th novel in Beverly Barton’s fantastic Griffin Powell Series.
Silent Killer is a really a thrilling read. The author has written an engrossing and gripping tale set in a small town in Alabama, where a serial killer is murdering church ministers.
Someone is killing church ministers “men of god” in the most horrifying way….torching them and leaving them to die a most painful death.
Cathy Cantrell, who witnessed her husband, Mark’s death and checked herself into a health facility after having a breakdown, is now back home and wanting to get her life together again. She’s also trying to get custody back of her son from her in-laws, who believe that she’s not well enough to have him back.
Jackson Perdue has returned home after many years. He had been listed as MIA during his stint in the Middle East, where he had been seriously injured during a mission.
Jack and Cathy have a history. They had been in love as teenagers and made promises to wait for each other. But when Cathy heard he was MIA, she had married Mark Cantrell, a church minister, with whom she had a son with.
They still have feeling for each other and
Jack has been asked by the local sheriff, Mark Berkitt, to work on some of the cold cases that have never been resolved.
When another minister is torched, they realize that there’s a serial killer in their town.
Some parts are written through the killer’s POV that gives you a look into their thoughts and the reason why. I must own up and say that after a while I skimmed some of those parts….all that religion and bible quotes got a bit much for me.
There are a load of sub-plots involved in the story that involved characters from previous books. It didn’t bother me too much but it made it a bit difficult at times to keep focused on the main plot.
I liked most of the characters and their development. One of my favorite characters in this series is Griffin Powell’s and we see a bit more about his past life and his connection to Sanders an Yvette Meng (another favorite of mine!)
The ending was done really well……after all the twists and turns and me thinking….oh I know who the villain is…..no, not really! Because I was totally surprised when we learn who the person was and the reason for their actions.
Another solid and well-written story by one of my favorite romance suspense authors.
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