Book Review: The Atonement Murders

About the Book

Four murders. One shocking motive.

When detectives find the same message—THIS IS YOUR ATONEMENT—at the staged scenes of four seemingly unrelated homicides, FBI Special Agent Victoria Heslin must uncover the connection between them to identify the killer.
The crimes are scattered across the East Coast. The victims are in their late twenties: an All-Star NBA player, an investment banker, a dental hygienist, and a bartender.

Who is punishing them? What have they done? And who might be next?

Victoria delves into the victims’ pasts, traveling from Boston to Charlotte to the North Carolina mountains, unraveling the dark mystery that links the crimes. As the killer’s motive becomes clear, Victoria is in a race to the finish that she must not lose.

Purchase Link:

Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Murders-Agent-Victoria-Heslin/dp/B0C1T9VXRG/

Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/the-atonement-murders-by-jenifer-ruff

My Review

I listened to the audiobook of The Atonement Muders, book 7 of the Agent Victoria Heslin Thiller series, by Jennifer Ruff and narrated by Kate Hanford. Although I have read several of The Agent Victoria Heslin Thrillers by this author, this was the first one I’ve consumed in audio. I felt Kate Hanford was a good choice of narrator. The narration was smooth, the inflections perfect, and her portrayal of the main character fit neatly with the idea of her which I had formed in my mind from the previous books which I’d read.

In The Atonement Murders, agent Heslin is on the trail of a serial killer, and it’s up to her to discover what the victims have in common and get at least one step ahead of them in order to prevent there being another victim. Four victims; two men, one a famous athelet, and two women, sisters. Victoria Heslin tracks down all leads until she discovers the connection to a summer twelve years earlier, when all four were at the same location with two other youth, but to discover who the killer is, she must uncover what happened that fateful night. The clock is ticking when the last two potential victims both fall off the radar, and she must figure out which one is the killer and prevent another murder.

In The Atonement Murders, Jenifer Ruff does not disappoint. I give it five quills.

Other Books in This Series

You can read my reviews of the other books in this series. All are highly recommended.

The Numbers Killer: https://wp.me/pVw40-3We

Pretty Little Girls & When They Find Us: https://wp.me/pVw40-7FF

The Ones They Buried: https://wp.me/pVw40-86z

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