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Book Review of The Best Victim

The Best Victim
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Lauren has just received the phone call that her younger sister has committed suicide.

Brent Durant shows up on her doorstep with a wild tale. He presents himself as an FBI Agent, but that's not entirely the truth. He has this fantastic tale of someone who literally talks young beautiful blond women into killing themselves.

And he wants Lauren's help. Actually he wants her hacking skills to track down this particular predator. All the blonde victims were involved in some sort of situation that sent them into a merry-go-round of depression prior to their suicides.

Lauren is a loner .... just being around people sets her nerves on edge. She's not 'socially acceptable' and trusts no one. Brent is obsessed with hunting the killer ... a killer that no one else believes exists.

The action and suspense is non-stop. Twists and turns send the reader in this direction and then that direction. Bullets fly and bodies drop.

If you're looking for an exceptional Romantic Suspense, you just can't go wrong with a Colleen Thompson story. Her heroes are tall, dark, and handsome ...some are tortured souls, like Brent. The heroines are beautiful, damaged in some way, but still stronger than they believe they are.

The romance plays a small, but important, part of this psychological suspense.