Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for providing the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review; all opinions expressed in this review are my own.
“Trail of Deception,” the second book of the “On the Edge” series by Amanda McKinney, expands on the dark and slightly creepy atmosphere she had already built in the first book, “Buried Deception.” What I didn’t expect to see, however, was the story of Jo Bellerose, the slightly taciturn and brutally honest psychiatrist who works along with Mia in her clinic.
McKinney had already hinted at the inner turmoil of Jo in the previous book. In this book, we are given an insight into her varied facets and the life experiences that made her the person she is today. Search and rescue expert Beckett Stolle enters as the closest friend to the CEO of the tactical rescue company, Easton Crew, who had always been intrigued by the slightly aloof doctor.
When the serial killer terrorizing the East Coast kills a resident of their town, Easton uses that opportunity to get closer to Jo and know her. Amidst some dark and purely evil happenings, two lovely souls starved for unconditional love and affection learn to let someone new into their crazy lives and love them.
I enjoyed this book more than the first. This book features a lot more lighthearted moments between the couple. There are definitely some completely scary, crazy and dark moments in this book too but they are well offset by these sweet moments. Not only that, the platform for the reveal of the identity of the killer has been so very well set that, in spite of it being slightly easy to guess, we feel a small moment of shock during it.
This is yet another well-written psychological thriller by McKinney that you should read if you are heavily into dark and crazy psychological thrillers.
This book gets 5 out of 5 stars.
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