Adam is well used to dealing with damaged people in his job as a forensic psychologist, but Kassie is a whole new kettle of fish.
She claims to have a terrible gift – by looking into your eyes, she can see when and how you will die.
Adam knows that Kassie must be insane, but with a serial killer on the loose in Chicago she seems to be the only person who knows where he’ll strike next.
Against Adam’s better judgement he begins to believe her but how deadly will this faith prove?
Arlidge’s Helen Grace series is one of my all-time favourites in this genre. So, when I saw that the author was writing a standalone, I was eager to request it via NetGalley.
For the first few chapters I was gripped! Those of you who have read this author’s work before will know, this isn’t a great deal of the book as he writes in short, snappy sections. I would say the mid 65% really didn’t compel me, and I found myself only reading on my lunch breaks, always finding something better to do in the evenings.
Although, I often find it difficult to get on board with these supernatural twists, Kassie was a well-developed character and it was easy to believe and empathise with her situation. I didn’t really think the same of Adam, his background wasn’t fleshed out very much and this led to me not caring much for his circumstance throughout. As for the police, I couldn’t get to grips with why the author decided to perceive them aggressive and incompetent. I almost wanted Kassie to just give up on trying to aide them in their search for the serial killer.
In the last 10% of the book I was eagerly waiting for the punch; the clever twisted link I have come to expect from Arlidge, but it seems there wasn’t to be one.
All in all, it was an ok read. I probably wouldn’t recommend this to Helen Grace fans as I think they would be disappointed.
** Thanks to Michael Joseph, via NetGalley, for this ARC **