Face Off by author Brenda Novak is the third Evelyn Talbot thriller. I had read the first book in the series, but not the second. If this is your first one, it works as a stand-alone book without any problems. Evelyn had been raped and tortured at the age of sixteen by a sadistic boyfriend, Jasper Moore. He was never captured for the murder of her best friends and for her horrible assault. She has lived her life becoming stronger and currently studies the psychopathy of deviant criminals. She has relocated to Alaska where she is the lead psychiatrist at Hanover House, a prison for some of the very worst serial killers.
The trouble starts when a woman on vacation with her brother and some friends goes missing from a cabin.
Amarok is the chief of police in the small town of Hilltop. Actually, he and Phil are the only men in their small police office. Amarok loves Evelyn and has helped her heal body and soul from the brutality she suffered as a teenager. He and Evelyn are trying to have a baby together, and they are hoping for a peaceful family life. This is a part I did not understand completely. Evelyn loves Amarok, they live together and are trying to have a baby, but later in the story, Evelyn seems less than committed to a life forever in Alaska because of problems with her mother and sister. Evelyn seemed too quick to leave the enormous responsibilities of Hanover House and her plans with Amorak without a well thought out plan because her sister was asking her to come back home to help with her parents. But other than that, the story is a non-stop thriller, with twists and a serial killer living and working among them. Evelyn is the obsession of Andy Smith who happens to be...Jasper Moore!
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
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