Rachel A. (ra7) reviewed on 2/24/2023 + 1026 more book reviews

This had such an interesting start; Olivia finds out at 24 she is adopted AND her parents are convicted serial killers (they ritually murdered 4 couples). After the reveal, I felt people in her life made it seem like she was at fault (yeah right). So Olivia decided to leave and let her mother (her father died a few years prior) come to terms with the serial killer news (she didn't know who the parents were at the time of adoption).
Olivia was pretty kick ass and came to realize certain things pretty quickly. After she helps an elderly man, he tells her to go to Cainesville which is a small town outside Chicago. Another thing happens and she finds herself going to seek out affordable housing. She meets interesting people and the beginning of friendships starts with people who like and accept her as she is. She also has abilities to read omens/signs and has rememberings of old lore.
Olivia also has questions when it comes to her parents. She meets Gabriel, Rose's (who lives next door and is a psychic) nephew, who is a lawyer and will do anything if it means making some cold, hard cash. He also represented her birth mother in her last appeal, so he is familiar with her case. They come to a tentative partnership and they begin to investigate.
There was some paranormal in here, but light. There was also the CIA mind control experiment element too. Olivia and Gabriel do solve 1 of the couple's murders and it wasn't her parents. Could they be innocent of the other 3 couples too? Don't know! The book does end with Olivia getting another job offer from Gabriel (and the-maybe-beginnings of a friendship). For the length of the book, more answers in regards to her parents guilt or innocence would have been nice.
I do have a suspicion for who /what Patrick (he is a writer who sits at the diner all day) is.

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