Once Gone
Once Gone
Once Gone
Ratings11
Average rating3.5
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Once Gone
Once Gone
Ratings11
Average rating3.5
Women are turning up dead on the rural outskirts of Virginia, killed in grotesque ways, and when the FBI is called in they are stumped. A serial killer is out there, his frequency increasing, and they know there is only one agent good enough to crack this case: Special Agent Riley Paige.
Riley is on paid leave, recovering from her encounter with her last serial killer, and, fragile as she is, the FBI is reluctant to tap her brilliant mind. Yet Riley, needing to battle her own demons, comes onboard, and her hunt leads her through the disturbing subculture of doll collectors, into the homes of broken families and into the darkest canals of the killer's mind. As Riley peels back the layers, she realizes she is up against a killer more twisted than she could have imagined. In a frantic race against time, she finds herself pushed to her limit, her job on the line, her own family in danger, and her fragile psyche collapsing.
Yet once Riley Paige takes on a case, she will not quit. It obsesses her, leading her to the darkest corners of her own mind, blurring the lines between hunter and hunted. After a series of unexpected twists, her instincts lead her to a shocking climax that even Riley could not have imagined.
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14 primary books15 released booksRiley Paige is a 15-book series with 14 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Blake Pierce.
Once Solved
Once Lost
Once Buried
Once Bound
Once Trapped
Once Dormant
Once Shunned
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[b:Once Gone 28226790 Once Gone (Riley Paige Mystery, #1) Blake Pierce https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1450288969s/28226790.jpg 48254716]I quite enjoyed this book, but I'm not really tempted to keep reading the series. The notes at the end mention Blake Pierce is an avid reader of crime fiction. This doesn't surprise me, as it felt like she's thrown the plots from a number of established authors into a blender and churned out fan fiction instead of trying to create her own style. The characters have some depth to them, but the plot is let down by Paige's impossibly lucid insight when presented with little information, and her colleagues' lucid stupidity when faced with a wealth of it. An early example is her partner Bill admiring her brilliance for suggesting the FBI look for connections between the children of two mothers murdered by the same killer. I didn't dislike the book, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay anything for it. Scribd has book two as an audiobook I might give it a listen if I can't find something else to sink my teeth into.
