A maze of complexities in both the romance and the killer in this latest installment of the Mindhunters series.

When the third victim is found of a killer that injects poison into his victims and no connection between any of the victims can be found Mindhunter profiler Holt Patterson is assigned the case. Holt is a very complex guy himself. His wife died of cancer a year ago and left him as a single father to their son but Holt’s devotion to his job has him being an absentee father most of the time. Between the death of his mother and his father not being around much nine year old Theo has been acting out in school.

Sara Burns is the director at the The Hills Boys’ Academy school where Theo attends. She was also once best friends with Elizabeth who was Theo’s mother. She has a soft spot for Theo and is always looking out for him even though its uncomfortable for her to be around his father. She also doesnt realize that she has come under the radar of the killer but not for the reasons you think.

The complexities of this story come in between Holt and Sara and with the killer known as Toxin.

Sara and Holt have a history together from college. She really liked him back then but was to shy to ever act on it and then her best friend decided she wanted Holt for herself and they ended up pregnant and married which ended all three’s friendships. The feelings that left Sara and Holt with about each other was strained to say the least.

Now to Toxin. The author created a killer that in his mind was a superhero and all killings were justified. As the story progressed and you find out what made Toxin the way he was and in some ways you felt sorry for him but yet knew he’d gone clean off the deep end.

This is an ongoing series that I think should be read in order as there are some arcs that were started in the first book that are still ongoing. I continue to be a fan of this series and cant wait for the next book.
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Good book. Easy read! ( )