Format: Mass Market, 368 pages
Release Date: July 25, 2023
Publisher: Zebra
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thrillers / Suspense
Set against the atmospheric snowy backdrop of rural Pacific Northwest, New York Times
bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s edgy, page-turning thriller will
have readers guessing until the very end as rising star FBI profiler
Laurel Snow navigates her career as a serial killer hunter with her
complicated family life. Now she’s in pursuit of a killer with a
chillingly bitter M.O. – one that hits far too close to home…
Men
are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches,
charities, and counseling centers—each with valentine candy hearts
shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community
ties—or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to
investigate. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the
father she’s never met, a former pastor, turns up among the dead.
Now,
besides solving her father’s murder, Laurel is on the hunt to discover
the truth of his past. Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled
half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that
they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism.
Assisting
Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers, a dangerous
loner whose reliance on gut instinct puts him at odds with Laurel’s
coolly analytic approach. But the choice may be moot when the killer
hones in on Huck’s own dark secrets—putting him and Laurel squarely in
the crosshairs.
You Can Die is the Third installment in author Rebecca Zanetti's Laurel Snow Thriller series. The Blacklist meets The Profiler in this edgy, gripping thriller that is set against the atmospheric snowy backdrop of rural Pacific Northwest. FBI profiler and Special Agent Laurel Snow navigates her career as a serial killer hunter with her complicated family life, especially her half sister Abigail, who may or may not be a sociopathic killer. Laurel has recently been given tentative approval to establish the FBI Pacific Northwest Violet Crimes Unit in Genesis Valley.
Laurel has already proved herself in two high profile cases. Now, Laurel and her team must deal with yet another possible serial killer who is leaving a trail of bodies behind. Men are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches, charities, and counseling centers—each with valentine candy hearts shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community ties—or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to investigate. Assisting Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers.
As the bodies pile up, and the list of possible suspects grows, including Laurel and her friend and Co-Worker Kate Vuitton, who was the ex-wife of the first man found murdered. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the
father she’s never met, a former pastor name Zeke Caine, turns up among the dead. Now,
besides solving her father’s murder, Laurel is on the hunt to discover
the truth of his past. Laurel would love to arrest Zeke for what he did to her own mother, but the case against him is decades old. Unless Laurel can find recent victims, Zeke is likely to walk away.
Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism. Abigail is by far the most dangerous person in this entire series. She hasn't been caught killing anyone, yet, but the signs and evidence are there that she has had her hands in pushing men with low self esteem to commit unthinkable crimes. Abigail is a brilliant, manipulative sociopath who likes to play mind games with Laurel to test her mettle.
It’s not one-hundred-percent clear whether Abigail intends to kill Laurel, but it is one-hundred-percent clear that Laurel intends to hold Abigail accountable for her crimes. This is a series that ratchets up the suspense. The series is ideal for fans of shows about gritty underworlds, rural crime, and criminal profiling. The series’ unique blend of these elements will be like catnip for these robust fandoms. The two sisters at the center of the series are like two halves of one whole - one light, and one dark - one in law enforcement, the other a sociopath. This fascinating family dynamic set against a suspenseful crime mystery is sure to entice readers.
Thoughts: I have to say that I am curious as to where the author goes from here. Honestly, I thought this was a trilogy but with the ending, and things that happen to Laurel and Huck, as well as the fact that Abigail is a cyst that needs to be excised, there must be a fourth installment!
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