By Lisa Jackson
WHEN A KILLER HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal. Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe, it’s clear this murder isn’t random.
THERE’S EVERY REASON
For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister’s death brings grief mixed with guilt. She and Brindel weren’t close, and Pescoli barely knows her teenage niece, Ivy, a secretive girl who lands on her doorstep in Grizzly Falls, Montana. Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she’s soon mired deep in the investigation headed by her partner, Selena Alvarez. But as the list of suspects keeps growing, so does the body count . . .
TO BE AFRAID . . .
Maybe it’s exhaustion or hormones that have Pescoli on edge, feeling more vulnerable than ever before. Or maybe the chill running through her veins is justified. Because as the case takes a new, terrifying turn, Pescoli’s loved ones and her life are at the mercy of a killer who’ll go to any lengths to see her suffer . . .
Official Summary
I discovered Lisa Jackson late in 2017 while browsing through my local library looking for something to read. I have been hooked ever since. This thriller, published in 2019, keeps you on the edge of your seat. I have not read this series in order, and Willing to Die was my introduction to Regan Pescoli. I was not even halfway through this book when I started looking for the other books in the series.
Lisa Jackson opens her books with a prologue that draws you right into the story before you have even reached the first chapter. I love that! She has an easy writing style that makes you relate to her realistic characters.
Regan Pescoli is on maternity leave when she finds out about the death of her sister, Brindel. Brindel and her husband were murdered, each a single gunshot to the head. Regan was not close to her sister, and her death leaves Pescoli feeling guilty for not making more of an effort. When her niece, whom she barely knows, lands on her doorstep Pescoli finds herself feeling exhausted, hormonal and on edge. She is caught up in the investigation and while the bodies pile up Pescoli and her family are at the mercy of a killer who wants her to suffer.
Being new to the series, I found myself feeling a little left out at the begin of this book. However, that did not take anything away from this story. If anything, it just encouraged me to add the previous books on my TBR (Which is getting pretty long lately). Pescoli and her family present an interesting storyline and I look forward to spending more time with them in the future.
As a mother to two teenage daughters, I just love what Lisa Jackson did with Bianca, Pescoli’s daughter – she is such an interesting character – I just love her. I look forward to reading more about her.
Yes, I loved this, and if you enjoyed any of Lisa Jackson’s other books you will enjoy this book as well. I would probably say it would be better to read the series in order, but I haven’t and I still found this to be a very enjoyable read.
Author: Lisa Jackson – ISBN:9781473638495 – Publisher: Kensington Publishing – Pages: 380 – Source: Private Copy
Coming December 2020
The Morning After
His Victims…
A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she’s being buried alive, and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear…
Will Take His Secrets…
To journalist Nikki Gillette, this disturbing story is a ticket out of small-town Savannah and on to the big time. She’s already given the killer a nickname—The Grave Robber—and she’s spending every minute dogging tough cop Pierce Reed’s investigation, trailing him through Savannah’s deep thickets and crumbling cemeteries…even though she’s starting to wonder about the secrets he’s keeping…
To The Grave
Another body is found. And another. Each gruesome discovery unnerves Nikki a little more…there’s something familiar about it, something she should know. Now, as a serial killer pulls her ever deeper into his sick game, she has no idea how close she’s getting to the truth—or how deadly it will be…
Twice Kissed
When glamorous TV Star Marquise Walker vanishes from her lavish Denver estate without a trace, her identical twin, Maggie Macrae, leaves her home in the Northwest to search for her. With the police indifferent and cryptic suicide note setting up a dreadful possibility, she plunges into a seething world of scandal, intrigue, and illicit desire…and uncovers secret after shocking secret about the sister she thought she knew…
But of all the men who loved and hated Marquise Walker, it is her wickedly handsome ex-husband, Thane Walker, who puts Maggie at greatest risk. Once, she desired him with all the wild, uncontrollable hunger of youth; now, he is the man she dares not trust – a man who could be a murderer. But she underestimates Thane’s fierce determination…and his explosive sensuality. Soon he is drawing Maggie back into his dangerous, passionate embrace, where she is vulnerable again-and where one final, shattering truth could destroy her chance for happiness forever…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author bio from author’s website
Lisa Jackson is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of more than 85 novels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of the Colony Series, co-written with her sister, Nancy Bush. There are over 20 million copies of Lisa Jackson’s books in print in twenty languages.
Before she became a nationally bestselling author, Lisa Jackson was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
With over thirty bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity – and back – in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions. She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers—the personal, the professional and downright twisted. As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims, and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.
I am looking forward to The Morning After and Twice Kissed releasing next month – I will have to add those to my Christmas wish list. Lisa Jackson and Lisa Gardner have been the two authors I have dedicated most of my reading time to this year. Who is your favourite? Leave a comment below. As always thank you for your time and till next time, Happy Reading
