Review: A Not-so-brave but Utterly Compelling New World
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
This second book in Leslie Kelly's Veronica Sloan series takes up where DON'T LOOK AWAY ended, though fast-forwarding a few months.. This is a near-future "alternate history" book that paints a bleak yet possible scenario for the US and the world a few years from now. In DON'T LOOK AWAY, the reader learns Washington has been partially destroyed in a terrorist attack and is slowly coming back to life. Ronnie Sloan, the main character, is a homicide detective with DCPD. She's also part of a top-secret experiment. FBI Agent Jeremy Sykes is a fellow participant, and a whole lot more. The two are brought back together in the hunt for a serial killer who is also part of the experiment group. That narrows the suspects down to 4998, since Ronnie and Sykes know they didn't do it. This dark, gritty suspense is full of twists, shadows, and betrayal. Nothing is black and white. If you enjoy JD Robb's IN DEATH series, give Kelly's Veronica Sloan a try. I doubt you'll be disappointed. I just have one question...When is the next one coming?