Summer Book #9

The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

This was one that popped up on one of my many Facebook pages of Kindle books. I paid for this one, but it was less than $2. As usual, with these cheap or free books, you never know what you're going to get. Just because the blurb they give you sounds good, doesn't mean the book will be good. I guess that is technically true with any book. :)

This book is told in the present, or close to it (2010), as well as in flashback. The main character is Regina-Reggie-and when she was thirteen, a serial killer, Neptune, was terrorizing her town. This serial killer would kidnap a woman, on the second day, he'd deliver their severed right hand to the police station steps, and on the fourth day, kill her and display her body in a public place.

In 1985, Reggie's mother was the fourth woman taken. Her hand was found, but her body never turned up. In 2010, he mother turns up. Alive. Reggie goes home to be with her mother, but it doesn't take long for Neptune to be back to his old tricks. Reggie's childhood friend is his new victim.

The book tells the story of Reggie's life at age 13 to lay the groundwork to help solve the case. Honestly, the identity of Neptune was a surprise to me. Not who I expected at all. Great book though.