Crimson Lake Road : desert plains #2 / Victor Methos.

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Title:

Author:

Methos, Victor

ISBN:

9781542020947

Publication Information:

Seattle, WA : Thomas & Mercer, 2021.

Physical Description:

367 pages

Series:

Desert Plains #2

Abstract:

Retiring prosecutor Jessica Yardley can't turn down one last investigation. This time, it's a set of murders inspired by a series of grisly paintings called The Night Things. She's the only one who can catch the killer, who's left a trail of bodies in a rural community outside of Las Vegas. But the more Jessica finds out, the less clear her case becomes. Out of options, she's forced to consult her serial killer ex-husband -- to gain additional insight into the crimes and the killer's motivations. By the time Jessica realizes that pursuing this case is a deadly mistake, it's too late to turn back. Can she catch the killer, or will she be the final addition to a killer's masterpiece?

Subject Term:

Yardley, Jessica (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Women lawyers -- Fiction.

Serial murder investigation -- Fiction.

Public prosecutors -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Divorced people -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Nevada -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

Bestselling author Victor Methos's acclaimed series continues as prosecutor Jessica Yardley races to catch an art-obsessed serial killer before she becomes his next masterpiece.

But the more Jessica finds out, the less clear her case becomes. Out of options, she's forced to consult her serial killer ex-husband--to gain additional insight into the crimes and the killer's motivations.

By the time Jessica realizes that pursuing this case is a deadly mistake, it's too late to turn back. Can she catch the killer, or will she be the final addition to a killer's masterpiece?

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Edgar-finalist Methos's nail-biting sequel to 2020's A Killer's Wife, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Yardley, in Clark County, Nev., agrees to review a case file for the FBI. The case involves two women who were abducted, beaten, and posed to resemble two of the four subjects in The Night Things, a series of paintings by Sarpong, a 1960s Kenyan painter. Both victims were found in vacant cabins on Crimson Lake Road, an isolated area outside Las Vegas. One victim, Kathy Pharr, died after being administered a lethal dose of a toxin. The other, Angela River, survived because her dose was too weak. Knowing that two more victims may exist, Jessica immerses herself in finding the killer. Then Kathy's 14-year-old daughter disappears, leaving behind her phone and traces of blood. The odd friendship that develops between Angela and Jessica lends personal interest, as does Jessica's relationships with her own genius daughter and her former husband, a serial killer on death row. Readers will be curious to see where Methos takes Jessica next. Agent: Ann Leslie Tuttle, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Feb.)

Kirkus Review

The last case between a federal prosecutor and the retirement she craves will take her to some truly harrowing places. Four weeks after Kathy Pharr was sexually assaulted and beaten to death, police called to another house on Crimson Lake Road made a gruesome discovery with a surprise ending: Though, like Kathy, she's draped in the trappings of one of 1960s Kenyan painter Sarpong's four indelible pictures of death, yoga teacher Angela River isn't quite dead herself. Even so, Cason Baldwin, of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, homicide detective Lucas Garrett of the Las Vegas Sheriff's Office, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Yardley of the Special Victims Unit all treat Angela as a second victim of the monster that freelance reporter Jude Chance has dubbed the Crimson Lake Executioner. Since Kathy's 14-year-old daughter, Harmony, went missing shortly after her mother was killed, the obvious suspect is Kathy's husband, Tucker, who's already served time for kidnapping Sue Ellen Jones 18 years ago. But Yardley's growing friendship with Angela soon diverts her attention from Tucker Pharr to Angela's live-in lover, ER physician Michael Zachary, and the evidence the police find in Zachary's garage is as damning as the tone of Angela's voice when she tells Yardley she never wants to see her again. Confronted in court by the unexpectedly resourceful Dylan Aster, who talks Zachary into accepting his representation and then sets himself resolutely against the presiding judge, Yardley's forced to consult the expert on painting and serial murder she'd sworn never to see again: her ex-husband, Eddie Cal, who's been imprisoned ever since sending 12 victims to their graves in A Killer's Wife (2020). Dark, darker, and then some. But readers who can take it are in for quite a ride. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.