The Last Move
In this gripping stand-alone from bestselling author Mary Burton, an FBI agent must catch a copycat killer. The only difference this time: she's the final victim.
Catching monsters helps FBI agent Kate Hayden keep her nightmares at bay. Now an urgent call brings her back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him.
Either Kate made a deadly error, or she's got a copycat on her hands. Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, she quickly realizes this murder is more twisted than it first appeared. Then a second body is found, the mode of death identical to a different case that Kate thought she'd put behind her.
Now Kate and Detective Mazur aren't just working a homicide; the investigative pair is facing a formidable enemy who knows Kate intimately. While Mazur is personally trying to protect Kate, the closer they are drawn to the killer, the clearer it becomes that in this terrifying game, there is only one rule: don't believe everything you see...
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Community Reviews
Good story though flawed and a somewhat disappointing ending
This is my first book by this author. It was suggested based on other books I've read and it did sound interesting, so based on the description I read with the idea of suspense!
Great start with lots of action and suspense, so I was not disappointed on that initial aspect. Unfortunately, despite the great in the beginning, as well as most of the story, it fell flat for me from the sex scene onward.
First, the sex scene is completely unnecessary in a suspense or if you really feel the need to add that, then a quick suggestion at the intimacy to spur the idea of retribution, but in this suspense-type of story the intimate details are annoying and distracting, not to mention make the characters unprofessional. Yet, the entire time both characters were developed as professional in how they interact and handle themselves.
** the following may or may not contain spoilers depending on what one considers a spoiler. **
Additionally, there were flaws in the letters as part of the crime scenes...in one case it was noted that there was a contradiction in spelling the same word correct in one sentence, and in the next it was spelled incorrectly, yet the word mentioned (in the book I read) was spelled correctly in all sentences... This was supposed to be a clue about the "killer" and how this was part of the profiling that Kate was an expert in deciphering. Another note she profiled was supposed to have contractions when 'supposed killer' spoke in the negative and no contractions when the 'killer' spoke in the positive... However, this was not the case. "I am weak" is in fact negative, yet there was no use of contraction: "I'm".
Finally, the additional for reason giving this a four instead of five stars...ugh why is it in books killers just blab on and on, giving the "good guy" the opportunity to: 1. Know what was going on in said killer's head (yeah, cause all our questions are answered in real life) and 2. Let the killer be captured/killed when the "white knight" comes to rescue just in time. The story was really pretty good up to that sex scene, then it just fell apart for me and became too predictable. Sad. Though I will try another book by this author.
This is my first book by this author. It was suggested based on other books I've read and it did sound interesting, so based on the description I read with the idea of suspense!
Great start with lots of action and suspense, so I was not disappointed on that initial aspect. Unfortunately, despite the great in the beginning, as well as most of the story, it fell flat for me from the sex scene onward.
First, the sex scene is completely unnecessary in a suspense or if you really feel the need to add that, then a quick suggestion at the intimacy to spur the idea of retribution, but in this suspense-type of story the intimate details are annoying and distracting, not to mention make the characters unprofessional. Yet, the entire time both characters were developed as professional in how they interact and handle themselves.
** the following may or may not contain spoilers depending on what one considers a spoiler. **
Additionally, there were flaws in the letters as part of the crime scenes...in one case it was noted that there was a contradiction in spelling the same word correct in one sentence, and in the next it was spelled incorrectly, yet the word mentioned (in the book I read) was spelled correctly in all sentences... This was supposed to be a clue about the "killer" and how this was part of the profiling that Kate was an expert in deciphering. Another note she profiled was supposed to have contractions when 'supposed killer' spoke in the negative and no contractions when the 'killer' spoke in the positive... However, this was not the case. "I am weak" is in fact negative, yet there was no use of contraction: "I'm".
Finally, the additional for reason giving this a four instead of five stars...ugh why is it in books killers just blab on and on, giving the "good guy" the opportunity to: 1. Know what was going on in said killer's head (yeah, cause all our questions are answered in real life) and 2. Let the killer be captured/killed when the "white knight" comes to rescue just in time. The story was really pretty good up to that sex scene, then it just fell apart for me and became too predictable. Sad. Though I will try another book by this author.
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