Wildflower Graves – Book Review

Sorry guys I was delayed! There was an issue with the internet but I am back and so here’s my review!

The darkness closed around her. She tried to clear her vision, but there was no light, no noise, nothing. Only the emptiness, the echoing sound of being alone. Fear pulsed through her. The man had come out of nowhere. Who was he? Blinking away tears of frustration, in the pitch black she felt the floor and walls surrounding her. Cold. Steel. Bars.

Detective Ellie Reeves heads into the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains when she wants to get lost––to forget the whispers chasing her and the past that keeps her up at night. She’s sick of having to prove herself to her small town.

But hiking in the endless miles of woods isn’t the escape she was hoping for. One night, as dusk falls, a gust of wind blows some petals on to Ellie’s path. Following the trail, she finds a golden-haired young woman dead on a bed of daffodils, with a note: Monday’s child is fair of face.

When Ellie emerges from the forest, there is a message on her phone. Someone has sent her a picture of her colleague, Officer Shondra Eastwood, with the words: Can you find her, Detective Reeves? Ellie is racked with guilt––while she was busy hiding from life a killer was on the loose, and he has taken her beloved friend.

The wilderness, and its shadows, are the perfect hunting ground for a criminal––but what does the sinister nursery rhyme mean? It soon becomes clear when another dead woman, Tuesday’s Child, is found.

Ellie is up against a serial killer who will claim a victim for every day of the week, and in the next twenty-four hours there will be another body. As this ruthless murderer closes in on her, can she save more innocent women––and Shondra––from his clutches? Or will he get to Ellie first?

An utterly gripping and completely breathless crime thriller for fans of Lisa Regan, Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh. You’ll have trouble falling asleep after this heart-pounding page-turner!

No. of pages:- 439 pages

Date published:- will be published on 3rd December 2020

Genre:- Thriller

Thank You Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC! This book review is based on my complete honest opinion.

This is the continuation of the Detective Ellie Reeves’ series. The first book, The Silent Dolls, was really good that it had me reading up till night–it was really good. So when this second book came along, I was excited too and couldn’t wait to read it. And I must say, I was not disappointed.

A man is murdering women brutally each day, based on the infamous nursery rhyme. And he is specifically targeting Ellie as he tells them where the women’s bodies are. Ellie must find out the “Weekday Killer” and then the search for the killer became more urgent when the killer kidnaps Deputy Shondra Eastwood and Ellie realized that time is running out before he kills Shondra.

I was so hooked into the story! It was intriguing, gripping as if I was riding in a roller coaster ride with Ellie Reeves. It had me at the edge of the seat and I read it in one go! A truly fast paced psychological thriller, that will keep you awake at night, scary and gruesome too some parts, and doing guessing games as to who would be the so called killer. I really enjoyed this book and I felt this book is better than the first book. Of course, while Ellie is investigating the serial killer case, she has to deal with how the town is coping with the fact that her parents had been almost helping Hiram, the killer in the first book and how she is dealing with her relationship with her adopted parents.

Overall, I had to say–I was not disappointed. It had me guessing at the end, which I really like, quiet a page turner with tons of twists and turns you will not expect and had you keep awake at all night wanting more–completely worth five stars in my opinion!

USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. But she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a teacher instead. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job.

With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy, and YA novels, but she especially likes writing dark romantic suspense and crime fiction set in small southern towns.

For more on. Rita and her titles, visit her at http://www.ritaherron.com. You can also find her on Facebook/ritaherron.com and Twitter @ritaherron.