Tuesday 12 June 2018

Last Seen: A Dr Pepper Hunt Mystery by JL Doucette

This is a standalone novel and is about a disappearance and the lives connected to it. It falls under the cop/thriller genre and one of the main characters: Dr Pepper, will be featured in future books.

Kimi, a crime reporter, has gone missing and the fear is that she has been taken by the serial rapist. Her husband oscillates back and forth between showing emotion that she is gone and indifference to her possible demise. Dr Hunt, Kimi’s psychologist, has been treating Kimi who has been experiencing some dissociative disorder and is brought in as a consultant to the case which is being led by Sheriff Scruggs and Kimi’s cousin Detective Antelope. Throw in a creepy colleague, her brother Diego who is a convicted sex offender, and Cass, Antelope’s previous love interest and Kimi’s best friend. If this is the serial rapist, why has Kimi not been returned like everyone else who has been attacked? As time runs out and more clues are revealed, it seems as though not everyone has been as upfront as they should have been. People have secrets, but some are a doozy.


The primary characters are well described, and you feel for them as they go through their ups and downs and face demons that surface throughout the case. I really enjoyed this book. It’s a typical detective thriller where clues are fed to you throughout and even though just before the end you figure out who it is, it takes no oomph away from the ending.

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