A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega #2) by Isabella Maldonado
An FBI agent tracks a brilliant serial killer in New York—right back to her own cold-blooded past in a riveting thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Cipher.
FBI Special Agent Daniela “Dani” Vega was seventeen when her mother murdered her father. Ten years after Dani’s own damning eyewitness testimony sealed her mother’s fate, she’s starting to have doubts. What if she got it all wrong?
A veteran NYPD homicide detective agrees to reopen the closed case on one condition—Dani must help him find a serial killer who’s been operating throughout New York City for the past decade. If anyone can decipher his patterns, and his riddles, it’s a trained codebreaker like Dani. The killer knows this too. And his next riddle—and victim—is meant just for her.
For Dani, stopping a killer—and learning what really happened to her father—becomes more personal and more dangerous with each new twist. As secrets of the past are unearthed, the truth could forever change Dani’s life…and the lives of everyone she loves.
Published 26 March 2024 | Publisher: Thomas & Mercer | RRP: AUD$28.80
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My Blurb (3 / 5 stars)
The second book in this series featuring army ranger turned FBI agent, Daniela Vega, and this time, she also gets to dig deeper into her murky past. The novel opens with her visiting her mother and receiving a somewhat cryptic message that prompted her to review that incident in her past. But, before she can review those files, she has to do a favour for a NYPD detective. Then begins their hunt for a killer across NY boroughs.
Crime novels are my jam so this was an easily enjoyable read for me. I also have enjoyed all of Maldonado’s novels especially the Nina Guerrera’s series. As much as I love just how kick-ass Vega is, I love Nina more! This novel isn’t so much about whodunit as the reveal was about halfway of the book but more about the suspense on the chase. It was a pretty good chase and near unputdownable in the last half. There were just some things about the ‘solving’ that didn’t gel for me but overall, a pretty good read.
My thanks to Thomas & Mercer for ecopy of book via NetGalley in exchange of my honest thoughts
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