Summary
Rachel Benjamin and her friends are back in this sequel to The Pact. Rachel and her boyfriend, Peter, both have business in Boston, so they can enjoy some quality time together in their bi-coastal relationship. It’s also Rachel’s annual reunion with her college friends. She’s looking forward to a lot of social time on her business trip!
But the odds are stacked against her as a friend and client asks for Rachel’s help right before someone tries to kill her. Is it the serial killer who’s been attacking prostitutes in Boston for months? Or the stalker sending creepy love notes? Or is it connected to the hostile takeover aimed at her friend’s business? Rachel will have her hands full as she tries to get to the bottom of things!
Review
The mystery in this one was outstanding! There were at least four things going on that Rachel was trying to figure out which meant I had a lot of puzzling out to do. And I only managed to figure out about 1.5 of them!
My only complaint was that there were moments early on when Rachel bothered me. I felt like her response to her boyfriend’s business obligations was shrill and not very understanding for someone in a high pressure job herself. It was off-putting. As the story evolved, I warmed up to her again. I started to think that maybe that behavior was part of the author trying to make her human and relate-able. That would also explain her penchant for deciding someone is a killer on something of a whim and then going all in on her (flawed) accusation.
I felt like this was a better mystery and better story than the first book. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens in book three, The Key.
Actually, there are four! The last one is The Hunt.
I liked the books myself. I just wished there would be more than the three.