4 stars out of 5
Being a target is certainly not new to Megan; in fact, she's been running from one awful situation to another most of her life. So far, she's made it out alive, although most of the time because she's taken matters into her own hands. Now, though, she's on the side of the law - a person who's trying her best to take down people like the one she used to be.
Her very troubled and background formed the beginning of this series - this is the sixth - and she continues to "find herself" amid memories of a horrific and violent past (to that end, she is not a particularly lovable character, but she's making progress). She's got a solid place to live, a main squeeze she thinks she'll marry, a great job and - gasp! - a handful of real friends.
As she deals with the fallout from the particularly gruesome murder of a police detective followed closely by the murder of another in similar fashion, she's also dealing with memories of her own past. It doesn't help that she's getting messages from someone who seems to know all about her and everyone close to her - someone who readers get a glimpse of by way of chapters from his perspective. As her investigation progresses and the body count grows, more ties to Megan's past turn up - as does the heat on the messages from that unknown person known only as "Wallace."
Needless to say, it's not long before Megan begins to suspect that her murder investigation and may be connected somehow to her past life, and finding the killer has the potential to change the course of her life once again. The details, of course, I'll leave to other readers to discover. As for me, I'll just thank the publisher, via NetGalley, for allowing me to read another exciting installment by way of a pre-release copy.
Final Victim by Gregg Olsen (Bookouture, January 2025); 288 pp.
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