MY THOUGHTS ON "LAST TO DIE" BY KATE BRADY

"LAST TO DIE"

BY KATE BRADY

Published:  August 31st 2010 by Forever

Details:  Mass Market Paperback, 422 pages

Isbn:  0446541532 (ISBN13: 9780448541534

DESCRIPTION (from Goodreads)

A ruthless killer hides in plain sight, someone no one believes is capable of murder. Within a week, six women will be murdered, all punished for their dark pasts. Detective Dani Cole is determined to track down this serial killer whose victims include a young woman she pulled out of a life of crime. Her investigation leads her to a photography foundation and the renowned photographer Mitch Sheridan, a man she she fell in love with years ago but has tried to forget. Dani and Mitch are instantly attracted to each other again, though their troubled pasts keep them from getting too close. Together, through the course of the investigation, they unearth a dark chain of deception that leads to a killer who is closer than they think.

A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My writing career began in the closet, where--thankfully--my first several novels remain. As a full-time choral conductor and assistant professor of music education, I didn't consider going public with my fiction. It was strictly clandestine and only a hobby.

Then the needs of small children convinced me to switch to part-time teaching. For the first couple of years as a mostly stay-at-home-mom, it was all I could do to complete the metamorphosis from domestically-challenged career woman to culinary-queen and housework goddess. (Okay...Some transitions are never fully realized.) But later, when the kids got old enough to be in school for six hours a day, the characters in my head found time to come out again. Murderers, cops, victims, lovers. I started writing down everything they did and said, then finally decided to see if anyone but me wanted to read about them.

Now, I lead a double life. Some days are spent in the university classroom or at the rehearsal podium; others spent chasing villains on my laptop.

So what do I do when I'm not creating music teachers or psycho murderers? (Two unrelated populations, I assure you.) With a husband, two children, and way too many furry, feathery, and scaly things, there isn't a lot of time left. It's enough to keep up with the jobs, the house, the yard, and the family schedule, and hope no one on my laptop gets murdered when I'm not looking.

MY THOUGHTS

I enjoyed this book a great deal.  I started reading it and right away I was hooked.  I love the way that Kate Brady has put this story together with the characters and the way the story just comes to life and flows chapter after chapter.  Although this is the sequal to One Scream Away I felt I missed nothing by reading this one first.  I did feel that as good as Last To Die was that I can't believe I hadn't read One Scream Away yet.

For some reason to me in a lot of the books I have read I tend to see more of the male characters standing out  but I felt that Dani stood out more for me she is a very smart and strong character.  Both characters are great  Dani and Mitch are very nicely portrayed in this book and really makes you get a good feel for who they are inside and out.  They make a great pair.

When I got finished with this book and closed it up to put it away I had a sense of loss that made me want to open and start reading it again  I knew then that it is a book that is going to stick with me for awhile. So evan though I had a sense of loss when putting it down because you know it has come to an end  I also had the WOW! That was one great story and that is what I love at the end of a fantastic book.

This is a fast paced, great from beginning to end can't put the book down all around great read that you won't want to miss out on. It has very good details and keeps you thinking. This has been a wonderful romantic suspense with lots of twists and turns and has you just a bit on the scared side.

ENTER GIVEAWAY

I would like to thank the author Kate Brady for a wonderful read, Grand Central Publishing, Forever~Hachette Book Group and Anna Balasi for supplying me with this book to review.

I was provided this book from the author Kate Brady, Grand Central Publishing, Forever- Hachette Book Group & Anna Balasi through Book Blogs. This review is of my own honest opinion on the book that I have recieved from this company free of charge to do this review and that in no way influences the way I do my reviews. I am under no obligation to give a positive or negative review. All reviews are of my own thoughts and should not influence a non-purchase on any item soley based on my reviews as these are only my own opinions.