One Last Step by Sarah Sutton (A Tara Mills Mystery #1)

Synopsis:

ONE LAST STEP (A Tara Mills Mystery—Book One) is the debut novel in a new FBI mystery series by debut author Sarah Sutton.

Two hikers go missing along the Appalachian Trail, leaving only a bloodstained forest behind them, and when another hiker collapses on someone’s porch in New Hampshire, murdered by crossbow, the local police realize they have a serial killer on their hands––and need to call in the FBI.

FBI Agent Tara Mills is young, brilliant and new to the force. With a promising career in front of her, she faces the ultimate test when she is assigned the case. It soon proves to be more challenging than she ever could have imagined––an impossible riddle that leaves even her seasoned partner stumped.

Meanwhile, something about the case stirs a darkness within her––a tortured past that even her long-term boyfriend doesn’t fully understand. As nightmares consume her, she only hopes that her past will not come back to ruin her once again.

As more hikers go missing, and with her job on the line, Tara finds herself on a race against time as she combs through the forest’s trails. Peeling back each layer, she soon realizes that she is up against a true diabolical mastermind. And just when she thinks she has it all figured out, her instincts lead her to the most shocking truth of all.

Review:

Fabulous start to a new series. FBI agent Tara Mills is assigned her first case with a veteran agent Warren. Hikers are disappearing on the Appalachian Trail and it’s up to them to catch the killer before more people die. The only clues left behind are a broken compass, carving of a sunset and the blood of the victims.

Tara and Warren soon realise this killer is too clever to be caught by making mistakes, he is too clever and too calculated. Tara also has to work this out whilst fighting her own demons from the past, also realising that to do that she will have to face what happened to her and finally find out the full truth.

This is a fab, fast-pacing thriller with everything you need to keep turning the pages – serial killer, wrong turns, nightmares and plenty of suspects.

Thank you to the author and TBConFB.

Rating: 5/5

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