Thriller

A fast paced crime thriller. It is enjoyable to follow the story in the second book of this thrilling series. ( )

Angie Pallorino is one tough cop but after taking down a serial killer with "excessive force" in the previous book, she has been assigned to a desk job in social relations for 12 months. A mismatch from hell if ever there was one. But at least a 9-5 job gives her time to investigate a cold case involving an abandoned child that may shed light on her own history. Recently she's been getting flashbacks - a little girl in pink, a woman singing lullabies in a foreign language - and knows these are important in unravelling who she was before she was adopted. Angie's partner, Maddocks is still watching her back but is involved in cracking the sex slave ring uncovered in the last book, which has now become an international investigation.
Ms White has meticulously piled on the layers to this suspenseful thriller resulting in an explosive finale. Angie and Maddocks are great characters with a real understanding of each other. By the end of the book Angie is finally able to lay some ghosts to rest and understand her origins, with a resultant softening in her nature already evident. She may not have a job to go back to after defying her boss one too many times, so it will be interesting to see what's next for her in the third book of this series. ( )

Lullaby lyrics sung in a strange tongue haunt Angie. Hypnosis is shining a sliver of memory but her past abandonment in a hospital cradle at age four is a terror that keeps on giving. A police detective position is being ripped from Pallorino due to her over giving of bullets to suspect in prior The Drowned Girls. Rescue of six trafficked young girls who do not speak has Detective James Maddox and Kjel Holgersen scrambling for answers. White has an expert way of telling a story that even if it is two in the morning blurry eyes keep reading. Would have liked a bit more romance between Maddox and Pallorino and uncovering more about Kjel. "A copy of this book was presented by
Montlake Romance and author via NetGalley with no requirement for a review. Comments here are my honest opinion." ( )