Her Final Words

If you are a fan of the shows “The Killing” and the “The Sinner” then you'll enjoy this book. I was only able to give the book four stars simply based on the fact that the story drags and took me longer to read than I normally should, but was worth my time.

Lucy Thorne is an FBI agent sent to Knox Hollow in Idaho to solve the death of 12 year old Noah Dawson after teen Eliza travels to Seattle to confess to his murder. While looking into the case the local Sheriff Hicks informs Lucy that Eliza is from a religious sect in Knox Hollow who are protected by what are known as Shield Laws allowing for them to not provide adequate medical care to their parishioners. This plays a major role in unearthing the deep secrets this religious sect holds, and assisting Lucy in solving Noah's murder.

All in all it was a great story line but I felt it dragged way more than it needed to. I am all for developing settings and back stories but when they require me to reread what I just read due to the lack of appeal it's really hard to keep trudging along. I'm glad I didn't give up on this book but I cannot give it 5 stars knowing it slowed a lot.