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Elaina McCord’s dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first case—investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina’s hunch—met with disbelief by local police—is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike.
True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He’s the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case that’s turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close he’s getting. Now it’s not just her career that’s in jeopardy—it’s her life. . . .
Publication date: June 2020
Mature content: yes
Review: From the suspense point of view, I loved Unspeakable. It's a page turner, right from the start - a bit gross in places, but still a page turner. From the romantic perspective, though, I'm not sure it's Laura Griffin's best.
Maybe if I hadn't read some of her previous books I would have enjoyed this one more. But the image I had of Troy Stockton from the other books didn't match what I saw of him in this one. At first I almost felt like someone should warn Elaina not to let herself get involved with him. In my opinion he looked like a suspect from the get-go and he should have been treated as one, instead of having Elaina confide in him details of the investigation.
I also didn't care all that much for the sudden change in points of view - not in between the main characters, but within secondary characters, some of which don't show up more than once or twice throughout the book. It was a bit confusing, to be honest.
I did love the setting of Unspeakable. I had never read anything about Lito Island or the surrounding area and it was a welcome change of scenery.
If you love romantic suspense, Unspeakable is still a great book. It's not mandatory that you read the previous one in the series because the crimes are not interconnected in any way, but it may help to have some background on those secondary characters that sometimes show up unannounced.
Happy readings!
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