Mariëtte Whitcomb – Deception

SYNOPSIS

We should’ve stayed in Vietnam.
Five men have vanished from their homes, and not a single piece of evidence has been left behind. The police are stumped – until the most recent victim is found, alive, and he asks to speak to me…
Ari is back.

At Captain Taylor’s request, I join the investigation but this time I need to stay within the boring restraints of the law. Finley Williams, former vigilante turned consultant criminal profiler. How times have changed.

How I have changed.

As the case unfolds, and the victims’ bodies are discovered, it becomes clear that this serial killer is unlike any I’ve ever encountered before. The murders will continue until I put a stop to them.

Tom remains relentless in his pursuit to prove that Aidan is the Marcel Sniper, even going so far as to have him dragged to the police station when somebody takes a shot at Ari. As the months go by and two men are killed by a sniper, I realise the people closest to me are out to destroy the life Aidan and I have created. Either that or Aidan is breaking his promise to never kill again.

If only victim number five hadn’t survived…

REVIEW

The second book in the Finley series of which ‘Orca’ is the first. Immediately I will say if you fancy ‘Deception’ read ‘Orca’ first.
Marriëtte Whitcomb has done it again! I read ‘Orca’ and knew I needed to read more about Finley. This story is just as excellent as ‘Orca’. The cover to ‘Deception’ is just as striking as the first and it just screams “Read me” again.

I did wonder if this book would be able to match my expectations that I had after ‘Orca’ but I shouldn’t have worried… I loved returning to Finley’s world. I have to say that Marriëtte’s character development has continued as it began and I was away in that world as soon as I began this book. I was back with the friends I felt I had made previously.

I cannot put into words how much I enjoy this series of books and the character of Finley. She is a strong, feisty and very fierce woman who will do what she needs to get things done…and prefers her own ways to sticking within the law.

A story that is as vivid and different as before, with the promise of a third book as soon as I had ended my journey, here I was raring to go.

Massive thanks go to Emma at Damp Pebbles Blog Tours and Marriëtte Whitcomb for allowing me to join in Finley’s journey for all the series and gifting me the copy of the book.