FBI special agent Mercy
Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A
prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land—and off the
grid—in rural Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her
family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the
cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them
in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal
suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event. But the crime scene
details are eerily familiar to an unsolved mystery from Mercy’s past.
Sent
by the FBI to assist local law enforcement, Mercy returns to Eagle’s
Nest to face the family who shunned her while maintaining the facade of a
law-abiding citizen. There, she meets police chief Truman Daly, whose
uncle was the cave man’s latest victim. He sees the survivalist side of
her that she desperately tries to hide, but if she lets him get close
enough to learn her secret, she might not survive the fallout…
Review: Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot that I was able to read and review.
I
really enjoyed this book that was the first book a new series by Kendra
Elliot. Mercy Kilpatrick returns to hometown for the first time in
fifteen years to investigate the deaths of a number of preppers in
Eagle's Nest. Mercy grew up as a survivalists but was kicked out of her
family at the age of eighteen and became an FBi agent and has not spoken
to her family since. Now that she is back home to try to find out who
is killing men who are living life that she knows so well and why this
is her chance to try to fix things with her family and reconnect.
While
looking into the deaths she notices something in the crimes that is
linked to crimes that took place eighteen years ago and also played a
role in Mercy's past. Are things not what they seem? Is there more to
the crime then Mercy and the FBI are looking for?
With the help of
the local Sheriff who Mercy is growing closer to everyday will she be
able to catch a killer who is after these preppers and also after her or
will he end getting away with murder again?
This was an excellent
start to the series and I can't wait to see where it goes. I loved the
how the chemistry between Mercy and Truman kept building up throughout
the book and I can't wait to see where the two of them end up going in
the series. I also liked how the story built and how you had no idea who
the killer was until the end.
Mercy is such a complex character
that you are not sure how to feel about her because you as a reader
really can't get to know her except a little by little and that part of
the book is also really cool. She has so many layers with her being a
prepper it was almost like she was hiding it from the reader to so there
is a wall there between her and the reader that is slowly coming down
as the book moves on and I like that part of her as well. I can't wait
for the next book!
I am giving A Merciful Death five out of five stars.
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