#Review - Echo Road by Kendra Elliot , Melinda Leigh #Mystery #Thrillers

Series: Mercy Kilpatrick # 9
Format: Kindle, 332 pages
Release Date: July 2, 2024
Publisher: Montlake
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Mystery / Thrillers

When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.

During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road. Sheriff Bree Taggert responds to find two bodies stuffed inside the luggage. The press demands action. The community is on edge. Suddenly, Bree is at the center of a media firestorm.

In Oregon, a senator’s daughter goes missing. FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick agrees to keep the politically sensitive case on the down-low. When she finds a link between the disappearance and a double homicide three thousand miles away, Mercy takes the next plane out—and lands right in the middle of Bree’s double homicide investigation.

To save the missing girl, Bree and Mercy must work together to stop a killer who’s playing deadly games with the press and stirring up public rage. Hungry for notoriety, he dares Bree and Mercy to catch him before he kills again.

When two cross-country cases collide, Sheriff Bree Taggert and FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick, join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot. Two weeks ago, FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick, working out of Oregon, is called to investigate the disappearance of the 17-year-old daughter of a US Senator from Oregon. Mercy and her team discover that Paige seems to have left everything behind from her car, to her laptop, but a suitcase is definitely missing. 

During a vicious heat wave in Upstate New York, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road. Sheriff Bree Taggert responds to find two bodies stuffed inside the luggage. Once again, the victims are both female, and their are similarities from their nail color to their matching tattoos. Could Bree be dealing with yet another serial killer. The press and the county administrator demands action. The community is on edge. Bree is once again at the center of a media firestorm but without her investigator Matt who is off training K-9's.

When Mercy finds a link between the disappearance and a double homicide three thousand miles away, she takes the next plane out—and lands right in the middle of Bree’s double homicide investigation. Although the pair don't immediately hit it off because she's the FBI, and Bree doesn't like anyone stepping on her toes, they must work together to stop a killer who’s playing deadly games with the press and stirring up public rage. Hungry for notoriety, he dares Bree and Mercy to catch him before he kills again. He even uses the press to leak information in order to stir up a hornet's nest.

Obviously, this book alternates between Mercy and Bree, and has aspects of the story told from HIM, and his victim Paige as well. I actually liked this story very much. I haven't read Kendra's Mercy series, but might in the near future. I have been reading Melinda's series, but have missed quite a few that I would love to get caught up on. Especially the books that lead Bree to becoming county Sheriff, and meeting Matt and her best friend Dana. I have heard that the authors may very well combine their efforts in the near future which I am here for. When all is said and done, they are badass women who have dealt with their share of heart break and loss.  

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