Book Review: No Where Left

About the Book

When bodies appear in the desert, the work of a new serial killer, and connected to an isolated commune, FBI special agent Harley Cole finds herself in the race of her life to enter his mind, decode his unusual signature, and stop him before it’s too late. But Harley is tortured by her own demons, and as secrets from her hometown and her missing sister’s past bubble-up, Harley must keep it together long enough to catch a killer—while also chasing a killer from her past.

Purchase Links:

Amazon/Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Nowhere-Left-Harley-Suspense-Thriller/dp/B0BH9BWQN6/

Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/nowhere-left-a-harley-cole-fbi-suspense-thriller-book-2-by-kate-bold

My Review

I listened to the audiobook, Nowhere Left, Book 2 in the Harley Cole Mystery series, by Kate Bold, and narrated by Reagan. In my review of Book 1: Nowhere Safe, I commented that I felt the female protagonist lead story might be better with a female narrator, and I stand by that. However, after listening to book two, I realize that Reagan’s deep male voice fits better to the crime fiction genre than a female voice would, and I do see why the author would make this choice. As with Book 1, Reagan does an excellent job in his narration and I now feel that it adds to the overall tone of the story quite well.

As for the story itself, Book 2 is a good solid crime thriller like Book 1, a very well written story which kept me engaged. I do think Harley needs to resolve her feelings from the past, which were left unresolved in book 1, because I’d like to see more character growth in this series. Her unresolved feelings around her father surfaced in the first book, as she returns home, and resurface here after his death, but in the end, I don’t feel that they have been fully resolved. I feel like in subsequent books, a different inner struggle might avoid these books all feeling like the same-ol-same-ol, because the crime investigations are all very similar. And I hope that by the end of the series, she will have discovered her sister’s fate so she can move on. That may necessitate a career change, so Bold better wait until the last book for that one.

Young women are being found dead in the desert, victims of a serial killer and everything points to a communal group who stay to themselves and avoid any contact with government or law. Harley Cole has unresolved feelings about returning to her home town, but no time to think about them, when she’s asked to jump in with both feet before she can even unpack. Focusing on the investigation, a single clue is bothering her, although she can’t put her finger on why. But the clock is ticking and Harley needs to put the clues together and reveal the killer before another young woman dies.

A classic crime thriller, I give No Where Left four quills.

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