What Are You Reading Wednesday

What Are You Reading Wednesday was created by Rhianna, Marissa, and Kendall. The idea is to create a space for book lovers to share, discuss, and recommend the books they are currently reading and loving. All you have to do is answer the questions about your current read and then head over to one of the host’s sites to link up your post!

Martin Reese is obsessed with murder.

For years, he has been illegally buying police files on serial killers and studying them in depth, using them as guides to find missing bodies. He doesn’t take any souvenirs, just photos that he stores in an old laptop, and then he turns in the results to the police anonymously. Martin sees his work as a public service, a righting of wrongs that cops have continuously failed to do.

Detective Sandra Whittal sees it differently. On a meteoric rise in police ranks due to her case-closing efficiency, Whittal is suspicious of the mysterious caller—the Finder, she names him—leading the police to the bodies. Even if the Finder isn’t the one leaving bodies behind, who’s to say that he won’t start soon?

On his latest dig, Martin searches for the first kill of Jason Shurn, the early 1990s murderer who may have been responsible for the disappearance of his sister-in-law, whom he never met. But when he arrives at the site, he finds a freshly killed body—a young and recently disappeared Seattle woman—lying among remains that were left there decades ago. Someone else knew where Jason Shurn buried his victims . . . and that someone isn’t happy that Martin has been going around digging up his work.

When a crooked cop with a tenuous tie to Martin vanishes, Whittal begins to zero in on the Finder. Hunted by a real killer and by Whittal, Martin realizes that in order to escape the killer’s trap, he may have to go deeper into the world of murder than he ever thought.

1. Why did you decide to pick up this book–cover or content?

Both. The cover did catch my eye, the way the words disappear behind the trees, but it was the content that made me decide to request it from NetGalley.

2. Who is your favorite character so far, and why?

I… don’t really have one yet. I don’t hate anyone, but I don’t really like anyone either…

3. Will you finish this one?

Yeah. I rarely DNF in the first place, but this one is an ARC which always makes me put extra obligation on myself.

4. This book reminds me of…

The TV Show Dexter (I know it was a book first, but I never read the books. I saw the show, though)

5. What type of read is this one? (Slow but interesting, cannot put it down…)

So far, it’s slow but interesting. While I think it’ll remain interesting throughout, I’m pretty sure it’ll get pretty intense by the end!

There you have it. My first What are you Reading Wednesday post! I kind of dig it. It’s a nice change from the WWW post that I’ve done a few times before. I think I can easily say I’ll be doing this one again soon!

Fun fact about this post: Danielle’s the one who got me onto this post, so if it’s terrible make sure to go tell her what a terrible mistake she’s made!

(just kidding, Danielle!)