Book Review: After the Killings by Bradley Pay

4⭐
Genre ~ psychological fiction
Series ~ Spectrum Series #4
Others in the series #1-4
Setting ~ Italy, North Carolina
Publication date ~ December 11, 2023
Page Count ~ 299 (36 chapters + interviews)
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ multiple timelines

My review:

Tracey is our serial killer, and in this final book we finally get the conclusion of what becomes of him. Will he get caught or continue to live his glamorous life with this wife and baby daughter?

We hear from Penelope and Figg (Detectives), Jane (the interviewer) and Tracey, along with his family and friends in 2014 & 2015, which kept the story flowing at a great pace.

There was quite the doozie of a twist that I did not see coming, so high five to that. Seriously, I don’t think I would have ever guessed it. The final chapter was interestingly set in 2035 which gave us a nice glimpse of what all the characters are up to. Overall, this a great wrap up for a solid series.

Series notes:
Absolutely not a standalone, each book has to be read in order.

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Book blurb:

Family, Happiness… and Betrayal

Tracey Lauch, retired judge and philanthropist, is unaware that his past as a serial killer is catching up with him.

He has happily settled into his new life in Sicily with his wife, Charlotte. They have everything to look forward to, an active social life, a beautifully restored home – most of all, a much-anticipated baby daughter.

The future could not look better.

Meanwhile, Penelope Huber has worked the Parking Lot Strangler case since she discovered the first victim in a dark, downtown parking lot.

Sixteen years later, she is still chasing the elusive killer. She flouts protocol when she retires from the Raleigh Police Department and sets up a “war room” at home. But what will happen when this lapse of judgment is exposed?

The final twists and turns in the investigation and Charlotte’s fascination with the case uncover the catastrophic truth that devastates everyone…

In this dramatic conclusion to the SPECTRUM SERIES, the true impact of Tracey’s murders is revealed – and he is forced to face his day of reckoning.

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