Strangers She Knows (Cape Charade #3) by Christina Dodd

Strangers She Knows

(Cape Charade #3)

by Christina Dodd

Kindle Edition

Published September 10th 2019 by Crooked Lane Books

Goodreads synopsis:

I have three deadly problems:

1. I've seriously offended a maniacal killer.

2. I just had a bullet removed from my brain.

3. My new daughter is growing up too fast--and she's in the line of fire.

Living on an obscure, technology-free island off California means safety from the murderer who hunts Kellen Adams and her new family.... Or does it? Family time becomes terror-time, and at last, alone, Kellen faces a killer playing a cruel game. Only one can survive, and Kellen knows who must win...and who must die.

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4 Stars

This is the third book in the Cape Charade series by Christina Dodd.

When I picked this up I didn’t realize it was part of a series so I was unfamiliar with the cast or any of the backstory. You definitely need to read book one first for this to make any kind of sense. This is not a standalone book.

There are a couple of character groupings I had to get my mind around before I figured out what was going on. One group was the family, the next was the killer and her storyline and the third was like a diary featuring a women who previously owned the house in which the family lived.

I was pretty confused until about a third of the way in. I was having my kindle read it to me via the text to speech device and these groupings I previously mentioned got all muddled in my brain before I had finally recognized everyone in the cast. This is not really a book to be listened to on audio, especially not in 2x speed like I normally listen.

The plot is pretty interesting. And I think this might come across better if it were a movie or tv show. There are a lot of dynamic moments that didn’t have the impact they could have because the visual sense is being left out as we read. If you are good at seeing the scene in your minds eye, this will be so much more suspenseful. I feel like my reading at 2x speed lessened the impact as well. This is book that needs to scare you and I just wasn’t giving it the opportunity to do that based on how I read.

Basic premise is that a lady and her family go to an island. A killer has followed them. Their daughter is a little too eager and a little too bored and ends up coming across the killer. There is a great twist at the end which I totally didn’t see coming and was happy to have explained the significance of the diary entries.

I have picked up the previous two books in this series just to catch up on the backstory. I suggest you do the same. This book will have so much more impact if you do.

Highly recommended for suspense and thriller fans.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.