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Date read: June 22, 2018
Mercy Kilpatrick
1. A Merciful Death
2. A Merciful Truth - Paperback | Kindle
3. A Merciful Secret
4. A Merciful Silence
5. A Merciful Fate
6. A Merciful Promise
Kendra Elliot
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Raised by a family of survivalists, FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick can take on any challenge—even the hostile reception to her homecoming. But she’s not the only one causing chaos in the rural community of Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. At first believed to be teenage pranks, a series of fires takes a deadly turn with the murder of two sheriff’s deputies. Now, along with Police Chief Truman Daly, Mercy is on the hunt for an arsonist turned killer.Thoughts on A Merciful Truth: Mercy's moved closer to her hometown (and her new honey, Truman) and she's...struggling a bit. In part because the newest case she's been assigned hits close to home and in part because she's still dealing with the death of her brother. And, you know, raising her teenage niece.
Still shunned by her family and members of the community, Mercy must keep her ear close to the ground to pick up any leads. And it’s not long before she hears rumors of the area’s growing antigovernment militia movement. If the arsonist is among their ranks, Mercy is determined to smoke the culprit out. But when her investigation uncovers a shocking secret, will this hunt for a madman turn into her own trial by fire?
And suppressing all the messy emotions she's had to batter down since she was cast out of her family at eighteen.
Which makes trying to reconnect with them rough, by the way. Plus, the gender inequality with the prepper faction throws Mercy's sex PLUS her choice of career as another roadblock. There's a whole lot going on there.
But Mercy holds her own against most everyone, for the most part. Truman's wormed his way under her skin, but she has problems connecting with him on an emotional level after being abandoned by her family. She's an emotionally stunted mess, but she's REALLY good at her job.
Honestly, the dynamic duo of Mercy and Truman (although they aren't *technically* partners) makes a lot of connections they might not have made if they didn't share insights with one another. I kind of like that about them. Mercy's prickly and can be hard, but she and Truman are weirdly sweet together.
I have book 3 queued up. I'm ready to see what happens next.
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