Last Seen Alive - Joanna Schaffhausen

Written by Joanna Schaffhausen
Read by Seth Numrich
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Ellery Hathaway Series, Book 5
Publisher: Vibrance Press
Release date: January 25, 2022
Duration: 10:19:56

Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer’s closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben’s horrific crimes. To free herself from Coben’s legacy, Ellery had to walk away from Reed, too. But Coben is not letting go so easily. He has an impossible proposition: Coben will finally give up the location of the remaining bodies, on one condition―Reed must bring him Ellery.

Now the families of the missing victims are crying out for justice that only Ellery can deliver. The media hungers for a sequel and Coben is their camera-ready star. He claims he is sorry and wants to make amends. But Ellery is the one living person who has seen the monster behind the mask and she doesn’t believe he can be redeemed. Not after everything he’s done. Not after what she’s been through. And certainly not after a fresh body turns up with Coben’s signature all over it.

BoolList… “… Coben reels Ellery and Reed back into his net with a promise to reveal the locations of previously unknown victims to celebrity crime reporter Kate Hunter, if she can snag Ellery’s participation in the television production. Coben has provided a list of names, but one of them doesn’t fit, as Ellery’s BPD partner investigated Maxine Frazier’s disappearance after Coben was apprehended. Is Coben hinting at a new copycat disciple? Whatever the game, Reed and Ellery’s loyalty to Coben’s victims demands that they play. This is an immensely satisfying resolution to the pair’s unresolved issues with Coben and each other. The novel’s complex plotting and explosive climax benefit from Schaffhausen’s television-production experience.“

Library Journal…VERDICT What starts as a basic police procedural becomes much more as the plot twists and turns, leaving readers uncertain about whom to root for right up to the end.