Evelyn Talbot knows that a psychopath can look perfectly normal. She was only sixteen when her own boyfriend Jasper imprisoned and tortured her—and left her for dead. Now an eminent psychiatrist who specializes in the criminal mind, Evelyn is the force behind Hanover House, a maximum-security facility located in a small Alaskan town. Her job puts her at odds with Sergeant Amarok, who is convinced that Hanover is a threat to his community…even as his attraction to beautiful Evelyn threatens to tear his world apart.
BEGINS WITH AN ESCAPE FROM HER PAST
Then, just as the bitter Alaskan winter cuts both town and prison off from the outside world, the mutilated body of a local woman turns up. For Amarok, this is the final proof he needs: Hanover has to go. Evelyn, though, has reason to fear that the crime is a personal message to her—the first sign that the killer who haunts her dreams has found her again. . .and that the life she has so carefully rebuilt will never be the same…
This book was pretty good but honestly it dragged along in some spots and had a lot of technical jargon that weighed it down a bit. I did like the suspense and enjoyed trying to figure out who the killer was. I found myself second guessing myself over and over again.
As for the killers who are locked up in Hanover House they are some sick puppies who I would not want to work with so I find Evelyn an interesting character just for the work she does at HH not just the killer she has to deal with in this book and from her past. She is one of the strongest characters I have come across in a book in a long time and as a reader you have no choice but to respect her for her grit and determination to overcome her past and delve into the mind of serial killers.
I am giving Her Darkest Nightmare four out of five stars.
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