read on my Kindle AND listened on Audible
2015, Crooked Lane Books
352 pgs.
Adult Mystery
Finished 11/23/16
Goodreads rating: 4.03 - 186 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: Contemporary Atlanta, GA
First line/s: "Luck: hard to plan for it, hard to predict when it might show up."
My comments: A new, female homicide detective gets handed a case that looks like a copycat - a copycat because the deranged killer of what look like the same type of serial murders is locked away in a psychiatric hospital. As more similar murders appear, she teams up with a brilliant - though reluctant - ex-FBI agent who is now a college professor. Of course rapport between them grows as we slowly learn his story, which is deeply imbedded in the original serial killer's story. Oh, these dark, twisted minds! This was a satisfying mystery, though quite easy to figure out early on if you've read a lot of murder mysteries. I look forward to reading more in the series.
Goodreads synopsis: After years of paying her dues on the force, Beth Sturgis has earned her place as a detective for the Robbery-Homicide division of the Atlanta PD. Now, she's heading up a major manhunt for a potential serial killer who’s working his way inward from the outskirts of the city. The copycat elements in the first crime scene lead Sturgis to retired FBI agent Jack Kale, who was responsible for apprehending and nearly killing the murderer known as the Scarecrow, the same Scarecrow who appears to be this new killer's terrible inspiration.
A reclusive single father and university professor, Kale is trying to keep the demons at bay through therapy and avoidance. That is, until Sturgis shows up asking for his help. Against his better judgment, Kale is drawn into the most dangerous cat and mouse game of his life. Robert Daniels's Once Shadows Fall, is a gripping thriller in the bestselling tradition of Silence of the Lambs and is sure to become a crime fiction classic.
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