5. Hide by Tracy Clark

#1 Det. Harriet (Harry) Foster

listened on Audible (through Kindle Unlimited)

2023
377 pgs.
Adult Mystery/Police Procedural
Finished 1/12/2023
Goodreads rating: 4.20
My rating: 3
Setting: Contemporary Chicago

My comments: Couldn't wait to read a 2023 published novel and this one looked good.  Didn't work for me, though.  The narrator did the protagonist voice okay, but all the other voices were just horrible.  The story was shown through different viewpoints, so you immediately knew what was going to happen, there weren't many secrets at all.  I did like the main protagonist, Harry.  This is the first in the series, wil I try the next?  Perhaps.

Goodreads synopsis:  From acclaimed author Tracy Clark comes a page-turning mystery featuring hard-boiled Chicago detective Harriet Foster, who’s on the hunt for a serial killer with a deadly affinity for redheads.

When a young red-haired woman is found brutally murdered in downtown Chicago, one detail stands out: the red lipstick encircling her wrists and ankles.

Detective Harriet Foster is on the case, even though she’s still grieving the sudden death of her partner. As a Black woman in a male-dominated department, Foster anticipates a rocky road ahead acclimating to a new team—and building trust with her new partner isn’t coming easily.

After another victim turns up with the same lipstick markings, Foster suspects she’s looking for a serial killer. Through a tip from a psychiatrist, Foster learns about Bodie Morgan: a troubled man with a twisted past and a penchant for pretty young redheads with the bluest eyes. As Foster wades into Morgan’s sinister history, the killer continues their gruesome assault on Chicago’s streets.

In her desperate race to catch the murderer before they strike again, Foster will have to confront the darkest of secrets—including her own.