Review by Pam Rybinski
Die-hard fans of Nora Roberts most likely read this book in 2010 when it was published. However, its appeal is wide-spread, at least for those of the female persuasion, possibly for curious males. Roberts manages to combine a terrifying Bundy-type serial killer, and a good-looking but exasperating newcomer-artist, who desperately needs help with his puppy (aptly named Jaws), with the local rescue dog-training school and its owner/trainer (a victim who escaped the previously-mentioned “Red Scarf Killer’s” hands). Dog training and rescue search-work create the interesting wall-paper of the storyline.
Friendly and fascinating Fiona Bristow makes her living training dogs: to sit, to stay, to find missing people. The nerve-wracking suspense of the plot line comes from the “Red Scarf Killer,” who somehow continues his twisted program: to plot, to torture, and to make women go missing. As you’ll suspect, he’s after Fiona again.