SPLINTER IN THE BLOOD by Ashley Dyer/Book Review

Hello everyone! Hope all my bibliophile buddies have an intresting read going on! If not, i have a recomendation today that you will surely love!

First I want to say Thank You so much to the lovely people over at WILLIAM MORROW PUBLISHERS for the free copy of this fantastic book. I know I have a farely small blog compared to some, so I appreciate the faith that was put in to me! :)

Here is the synopsis:

A propulsive debut suspense novel, filled with secrets, nerve-jangling tension, perplexing mystery, and cold-blooded murder, in which a police officer on the hunt for a macabre serial killer is brutally attacked, and only his partner knows the truth about what happened—and who did it. After months of hunting a cold-blooded murderer that the press has dubbed the Thorn Killer, Detective Greg Carver is shot in his own home. His trusted partner, Ruth Lake, is alone with him. Yet instead of calling for help, she’s rearranged the crime scene and wiped the room clean of prints. But Carver isn’t dead. Awakening in the hospital, Carver has no memory of being shot, but is certain that his assailant is the Thorn Killer. Though there’s no evidence to support his claim, Carver insists the attack is retaliation, an attempt to scare the detective off the psychopath’s scent, because he’s getting too close. Trapped in a hospital bed and still very weak, Carver’s obsession grows. He’s desperate to get back to work and finally nail the bastard, before more innocent blood is spilled. One person knows the truth and she’s not telling. She’s also now leading the Thorn Killer investigation while Carver recuperates. It doesn’t matter that Carver and the rest of the force are counting on her, and that more victims’ lives at stake. Ruth is keeping a deadly secret, and she’ll cross every line—sacrificing her colleagues, her career, and maybe even her own life—to keep it from surfacing. Utterly engrossing and filled with masterfully crafted surprises, Splinter in the Blood is a propulsive roller-coaster ride, filled with deception, nerve-jangling tension, perplexing mystery, and cold-blooded murder.

So if this did not convince you, then you need to dive in! First off, the opening pages are really important to me. I, as a reader, am not the type to let a book grow on me. I have to love it from the get-go. This was one of those! You cannot help but love Detective Carver and how pitiful he seems from his current situation, and the amount of loyalty Ruth Lake has is amazing.

The ending totally blew me away as well, I thought well.. maybe it is this person.. I thought I had it all figured out. Boy was I wrong!!! I am a seasoned crime fiction reader, believe me when I tell you I