FOREST OF SECRETS (Alexis Forrest FBI Mystery Thriller 3) by Kate Gable
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 31 , 2024
Forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest’s search for the serial killer responsible for her sister’s murder has hit a wall. All the evidence she has found has led her to the identities of numerous victims, yet the killer is still unknown.But he knows who she is, and he is watching her from the shadows. He is hiding in plain sight near Broken Hill, the snowy New England town that Alexis used to call home.
Meanwhile, a young suburban mother goes missing while out on a morning run. When Alexis starts to dig deeper, she finds out that the woman’s perfect marriage and family are not what they seem. Secrets and resentments are swirling around the couple. Did someone take her or was it the husband after all?While Alexis is busy with her new case, the serial killer continues to watch. He is close. Close enough to strike.Can Alexis find the woman before she’s killed? Can she figure out who is stalking her before he makes his move?
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REVIEW: FOREST OF SECRETS is the third instalment in Kate Gable’s contemporary, adult ALEXIS FORREST FBI MYSTERY THRILLER series focusing on thirty year old, forensic psychologist and rookie FBI agent Alexis Forrest.
SOME BACKGROUND: Twenty years earlier, Alexis’ older sister Maddie was abducted and murdered, destroying the Forest family in the process. With her return to Broken Hill to investigate a series of similar abductions, Alexis will reconnect with family, and the man who once held her heart.
Told from several first person perspectives including Alexis and the killer FOREST OF SECRETS focuses on our story line heroine as she continues to search for a serial killer. FBI Forensic psychologist Alexis Forrest is hoping to find her sister’s killer but twenty years has passed, and a killer is luring Alexis with all the right clues and history from the past . The discovery of a number of victims pushes Alexis beyond her abilities alone, and the threats are once again becoming personal and dark.
Ripped from actual and real headlines, the search for a missing woman, a young mother of two preschool toddlers begins to take an ominous turn when any and all potential witnesses weave a tale of secrets and lies, lies that turn the focus on the victim, herself. A distraught husband, infidelity, and a need for fame and attention, reveals a woman whose fragile ego and scream for help is nothing less than unbelievable and mad.
Once again, Kate Gable pulls the reader into a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and madness, power, control and obsession. FOREST OF SECRETS is a suspense filled, fast paced, character driven story that is intriguing, dramatic and gripping; the characters are desperate and determined; the romance between Alexis and her high school sweetheart Mitch is struggling is the face of Alexis’ preoccupation with past, and her need to, most often, go it …alone.
Reading Order and Previous reviews
Forest of Silence
Forest of Shadows
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Reviewed by Sandy
