Friday, July 22, 2011

Just Jennifer

The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams (Bantam, September 2011)


When profiler Keye Street separated from the FBI she knew she still needed to do a similar type of work to feed her addictive personality that caused her problems on the job in the first place. As a private investigator, she serves people and brings in bond jumpers, a thrilling, but not so lucrative, and often dangerous, profession. She has a steady stream of clients, attorneys and bondsmen, who she can count on for work, but when a serial killer begins to taunt the Atlanta Police Department, Lieutenant Aaron Rauser, one of Keye’s biggest supporters, turns to her to assist in the investigation. As the bodies piles up, the department grows more frustrated, and when Keye’s history comes to light, the APD wants her off the case. Never one to leave things alone, Keye unofficially continues her investigation leading to a conclusion that no one will see coming. A debut novel, some of the characters are not as fully developed as they might be otherwise, but Keye is a great addition to the ranks of Southern women in law enforcement and has a past guaranteed to offer a complex future. This smart psychological thriller (with some graphic descriptions of crime scenes) is definitely worth a look at.

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