Before He Takes (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 4)
Written by Blake Pierce
Narrated by Elaine Wise
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of Once Gone, comes book #4 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.
In Before He Takes (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 4), newly minted FBI agent Mackenzie White is ordered to take on a new and disturbing case. Women are going missing in rural Iowa, and a pattern is emerging. It is feared a serial killer is on a rampage, his pace increasing. Given her Midwestern roots, Mackenzie is chosen as the perfect fit.
But Mackenzie is reluctant to return to the Midwest, this time to a starkly rural setting that reminds her too much of her upbringing, of her own ghosts in her closet. She also seeks her own father’s murderer, with darkness haunting her at every turn of her trip. Plunged deep into the world of farms, of silos, of slaughterhouses, of long stretches on empty highways, Mackenzie feels as if she’s falling back into the depths of her psyche, and into the nightmares she always feared to face.
In the deadly game of cat-and-mouse, she finally realizes the psychosis of the killer she is up against, and comes to realize that the land of her upbringing is holding even darker and more twisted horrors than she could imagine.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Before He Takes is book #4 in a riveting series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you listening late into the night.
Blake Pierce
Blake Pierce is author of the #1 bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which include the mystery suspense thrillers ONCE GONE (book #1), ONCE TAKEN (book #2) and ONCE CRAVED (#3). An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.
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Reviews for Before He Takes (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 4)
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Starting to feel formulaic. The injury/danger ante for the denouements keeps ratcheting up and I don't see how that's sustainable. I hope in future books she's found that we don't need a desperate fight scene at the end to be satisfied.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5All her books have the same ending. The heroine of the story faces off with the bad guy ALONE because she can't wait for backup.