Format: Kindle, 427 pages
Release Date: August 1, 2020
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Source: Amazon Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Suspense / Thriller
A double homicide and a missing woman lead a
detective to unearth disturbing secrets in this gripping thriller from
USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb.
It’s the worst possible
time for Detective Kerri Devlin to be involved in an all-consuming
double-homicide case. She’s locked in a bitter struggle with her
ex-husband and teenage daughter, and her reckless new partner is
anything but trustworthy.
Still, she has a job to do: there’s a
killer at large, and a pregnant woman has gone missing. Once Devlin and
her partner get to work, they quickly unearth secrets involving
Birmingham’s most esteemed citizens. Each new layer of the investigation
brings Devlin closer to the killer and the missing woman, who starts
looking more like a suspect than a victim.
But just as answers
come into view, the case twists, expands, and slithers into Devlin’s
personal life. There’s a much more sinister game at work, one she
doesn’t even know she’s playing—and she must unravel the truth once and
for all to stop the killer before she loses everything.
Debra Webb's Trust No One is the first installment in the authors Devlin and Falco series. Devlin is Detective Kerri Devlin of the Birmingham, Alabama Police Departments Major Investigations Division. Falco is Detective Luke Falco who becomes Kerri's new partner after spending years undercover and nearly losing everything. This story takes place over the course of 10 days. On Day 1, Kerri and Falco are called to the scene of a double homicide.
The victims are Ben Abbott, and Jacqueline Rollins. Ben is something of a software guru which makes this murder even more ominous. The wife, Sela Abbott is not only missing, but she is pregnant. She is also a prime suspect in the murder of her husband and mother. It’s the worst possible time for Detective Devlin to be involved in an all-consuming double-homicide case. She’s
locked in a bitter struggle with her ex-husband who not only cheated on her, but now wants full custody of her teenage daughter.
To make things worse, she's saddled with training a new partner who she has no clue what his past was, or what his qualifications are that brought him to the Division. Still, with Sela missing, she has a job to do. There is a killer, or killers lose, and every day that Sela is missing means that there is less likely she will be found in time. Devlin and her partner get to work, they quickly unearth secrets involving Birmingham’s most esteemed citizens. Each new layer of the investigation brings Devlin closer to the killer and the missing woman, who starts looking more like a suspect than a victim.
The author uses Sela to tell part of her story which makes this story even more twisted. The more you discover from Devlin and Falco, Sela adds an even more sinister game at work which really centers on getting revenge for something that happened 15 years ago. And, if though it appears that Sela is trying to lead Devlin to the truth about everything, Devlin & Falco are facing obstacles because of who the suspects are in the case. You can't just walk up to men whose families founded the city and demand that they cooperate.
Readers should be prepared to be blown out of the water right from chapter one as Kerri is forced to make a choice which may or may not have lasting implications to keeping her job in the future. Everyone Devlin & Falco question is of the entitled class and seems to be holding back information. And as soon as they find a person of interest with something to tell them, that person ends up dead too. It feels like someone is ‘cleaning up’ but who and why? Devlin and Falco are an interesting partnership, one straight-laced and the other just emerging from years undercover, but their personalities play well off of each other, strengths to weaknesses. With new partners, it takes a while to get used to how the other does things and in this case, they tend to make a pretty solid team. Downside? The story gets a bit convoluted at times, and at times the story does drag on too long. In fact, I thought the story could have been wrapped up 50 pages sooner.
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