die storyline war ganz gut, nicht super individuell, aber spannend.
die ganzen falschen aussagen & begriffe bezüglich der transgeschlechtlichen lisa reid waren für mich jedoch sehr unangebracht. ich würde das buch daher niemandem weiterempfehlen.

This series just keeps getting better and better.

The third book in the SMOKY BARRETT series is a step in the right direction after the second book, which I thought was really disappointing. In this book, Smoky continues to juggle personal struggles with professional ones. And, since her profession involves catching serial killers, things get dark pretty quickly. A few sections of this dragged, but I thought it was much improved, although maybe not quite as good as the first book in the series. Definitely not for the squeamish, but if you're interested in serial killers, this will be right up your alley, so to speak.

Someone has taken it upon themselves to deal out justice. A woman is murdered and the killer leaves behind a clue. It has to do with penitence and the victim paying for her sins. What sins could a nice, quiet woman who had no enemies be keeping? That’s what Smoky Barrett had her team are in charge of finding out. It seems this psychopathic killer actually wants Smoky to find him. He will do anything to get her attention, no matter how many people he has to kill. Smoky is ready to follow the path the killer has laid out for her and her team. Can Smoky deliver the final blow to this psychopath or will this killer make Smoky confess her sins before she meets her maker?

The more I get to know Smoky Barrett; the more I just fall in love with her determination to a job well done. I pity anyone who crosses Smoky’s bad side as she will make you wish you were dead. Smoky has matched wits with some of the sickest, ruthless psychopaths around. I have to say that The Darker Side is a long awaited release for me. Ever since I first discovered Mr. McFadyen a couple of years ago and read his first book Shadow Man, I was hooked! Mr. McFadyen makes you say “He can’t do that, can he.” The next thing you know he does and your left wondering what else will this author come up with next? I will tell you Mr. McFadyen will rip your heart out and leaves you breathless for more. You can bet whenever I see a Cody McFadyen book I will be buying it. Kudos to you Mr. McFadyen.

The third in the series and just as good as the first two. Kind of like Criminal Minds, but more disturbing with fascination characters.

Enjoyed this, quick pace to the story

4 STARS

"When FBI Agent Smoky Barrett and her team of investigators are called in by the Director himself to handle a case of murder committed on a flight from Texas to Virginia, the case begins with a shock, and the twists keep coming.It soon becomes apparent that Smoky is dealing with a serial killer who appears to have committed a truly horrific number of murders already, someone who can find people with secrets not just the secrets we all admit to ourselves, but the deepest, innermost secrets of all and is using them to target and destroy his victims.The case is on the edge of going public, and when that happens, with all the accelerated power of the internet behind it, public hysteria is not far behind.Just at the time when she is working so hard to bring up her adopted daughter Bonnie, Smoky is now under the most intense pressure of her career to get results. Yet the team has never been faced with such an apparently insoluble problem. Who will the next victim be? Everyone in the world has secrets. Even Smoky." (From Amazon)

This series gets better with each book. This is a dark suspense series.