Not great, 2.5 stars.

The heroine is a big-shot FBI profiler, with a failing marriage and emotional baggage from the killer who got away. The case involves a small town, man-whore sherrif with daddy issues; his sister, the unscrupulous newpaper reporter and inattentive single mom; big daddy who comes out of retirement to boss around his hapless offspring; the killer (lacking only a Law and Order style "bum-bum" sound every time he appears, so that we know he's the killer); and a supporting cast of #MeToo pervs. Complete with a hapless victim named Timmy - all we are missing is a dog to go get Timmy out of the well.

This first introduction to Maggie O'Dell was superb. I really enjoyed this book, and it got me into the series of O'Dell books. Currently working my way through #8.

This was a really intense, dark story of a serial killer praying on small children, in a small town.

When the convicted killer is found not to be the perpetrator, Nick Morelli- the local sheriff, must work with Maggie O'Dell- an FBI behavioural analyst, in solving the mystery before it claims another young life.

Really good. Edge of your seat at times. I definitely recommend. :)

Really enjoyed this book, glad I’ve got another of Alex’s books on my bookshelf.

Not very suspenseful, even if some reviews say otherwise.
Nice romance, but way too much, and no real sex scenes.
Ending saved it somehow, as I really liked the cliffhanger ending leading into the next book. Also not everything is solved with history repeating itself, not to spoil anything I will tell no more.
What disturbed my reading-flow most, was the POV changing a lot, with POV from 5 or more different persons. The Killer could have been more fleshed out.
But also, despite the solid 3 stars (with respect to the ending), not really recommended by me. Read at your own risk. May warrant reading the next few books to see wether the story and author grows better. Not really sure wether I will do that, although some are reasonably priced. Also, this book was way older than I thought, so they still use Modems and only few have cellphones (no smartphones). So, maybe I skip a few from the series and read one of the newer ones. Going through the list, I just realized, I already read one of the newer ones, but did not rate it nor reviewed it (it was before I wrote reviews for Goodreads).

DNF'd at page 298

How have I never read Alex Kava before? Can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.