Lisa Gordon

Imagine learning that your handsome, successful older brother whom you look up to is a serial killer of women and has been since the age of fourteen. What would you do?

For Gaby, it is the beginning of the end of life as she knows it. Her life of simple pursuit of a new marriage and her legal career hits brick wall and slides into the gutter as she begins a single minded pursuit to learn the extent of his predation. It proves to be a challenge for her mentally, physically and emotionally for Clinton, her brother, is clever, slippery, rich and commits his crimes, generally in other countries. He is a killer that knows no international boundaries. Gaby must fight through deeply rooted fear, physical injury, emotional loss and constant turmoil to bring Clinton down. Is she strong enough?

For me personally, this story started slowly and stayed slow for a period of time, but as the extent of Clinton’s depredations were revealed the story took on a life of its own and became a tale I was loath to put down. In the end, it becomes very emotionally intense and the reader will find the suspense builds exponentially as the story progresses. It is very entertaining with well developed characters. Gaby and Meagan are easy to like and for whom one can feel real empathy. The other women in the story invoke the reader’s sympathy as they become victims one by one. Clinton, and his father, are characters that readers will love to hate. The book is well written and edited.
Next of Sin is a book that should be appreciated by lovers of psycho thrillers, serial killer tales and mysteries of all kinds. 5-Stars Clabe Polk… (lisätietoja)

I was given a free copy of this book for an honest review. I heard about this book from Lovely Books.

This thriller was pretty good. Gabrielle and her sister Meagan find out someone they are close to is a serial killer. So they try to gather evidence to nail him. Since this book was in the UK, nobody had guns to protect themselves with. There are also British slang and stores that I have no idea what they are, but the story moves at a fast pace so I didn't bother Googling it.

Also, Gaby seems to believe in Astrology which does get a tad annoying, but the blurbs after the book ends is about two other books of hers, and astrology plays a major part in them.

Overall, a good read. The police are slow to do anything, and one is corrupt so the stall is more tension. I would recommend this.… (lisätietoja)

You witnessed a murder when you were hardly more than a toddler and you don't remember? I'll buy that. You're depressed and can't uncover the source of discontent until you indulged in a controlled substance and the memories flooded back? Okay. I'll bite. Your brother is a diabolical - and seemingly unstoppable - decades long serial killer, and you think you shouldn't tell anyone but your sister and then decide to take him on yourselves? Whooooaaaaa. Wait a minute.
This novel unraveled pretty quickly. Almost from the beginning the identity of the killer is known. Gaby had a lot of opinions based on nationalities or astrological signs that came across as annoying, but then, I think she was a flawed character. Perhaps it was to demonstrate how "stuck up" she was, and then her eventual change. I didn't like that Chantelle was a "dumb" blonde, well, I suppose that is incorrect. I didn't like that Chantelle specifically says she is nothing but a dumb glamour model so she would just follow Gaby's lead. I found Robbie's role as private detective in the story more interesting than Gaby's as the main character, even though it seemed too easy for him to gather all the information he needed. The dialogue was strange and sometimes distracting. Too many events and confrontations in the book were difficult for me to accept.
The story had its glowing moments and yes, the villain was extremely creepy, in fact, I think the villain was actually my favorite character in this book. He was smarter than everyone, and went for a very long time doing whatever he pleased without anyone being the wiser. If it wasn't for Gaby's slip under peer pressure to smoke a joint he may never have been found out. I felt he controlled the entire story.
I think the book got better towards the end, when the suspense built, other twists to the story unfolded that made Gaby's plight more difficult and forced you to wonder if Gaby would win and see justice or if she'd succumb to the same fate as those for whom she seeks revenge.
I was given a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.… (lisätietoja)