Nine Elms

A disgraced female detective fights for redemption and to catch a killer while keeping herself and her son safe.

Kate Marshall was an up and coming detective when she caught the Nine Elms Killer – a cannibal murderer who happened to be someone closer to her than she could have ever imagined. Soon after his arrest, she was vilified and her once-promising career ended in scandal. Now a university professor, she has moved on with her life. Then one day she receives a letter in the mail asking her to investigate a missing person’s case. A cold case where a young woman has gone missing and her parents have never received answers.

Moreover, there is a copycat killer out there. Recreating the murders as an homage to his idol – the Nine Elms Killer. With her research assistant, Tristan Harper, in tow, Kate utilizes the skills she learned as a detective to hunt a killer who has every intention of hunting her.

This was a solid start to a new series. There is room for character development, and I hope to see that continue as the series progresses. I enjoyed the working relationship between Kate and Tristan and hope it continues. We learn more about Kate in this book while given some information on Tristan and his past (but not much). I hope more will be divulged about him in the future. The characters in this book were interesting and he came up with some naughty bad boys. Kate has her own struggles in this book, and I hope that in future books these struggles become less and we see her shine as a private investigator. Although we don’t know too much about Tristan yet, he did get the opportunity to show off his investigator chops in this one as well.

He’s off to a solid start to this series and I see it getting better over time as his characters become even more fleshed out and we learn more about them.

Thank you to Thomas and Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.