Her Final Prayer
(Detective Clara Jefferies #2)
by Kathryn Casey
When Detective Clara Jefferies is called to a family ranch just outside of Alber, Utah, she’s horrified to find two innocent young children murdered alongside their mothers. But she arrives at the scene quickly enough to rush their father, Jacob Johansson, to the hospital where he begins fighting for his life, and to save his two-month-old son Jeremy, left untouched in his crib.
As Clara begins to investigate, nothing she finds out makes sense. Though she uncovers photos of one of Jacob’s wives in his best friend’s trailer, her flower necklace underneath his bed, there are rumors that she was in love with a different man altogether. And as the close-knit community comes together to support Jacob, Clara’s own family shut her out of the investigation…
But Clara won’t give up. With the killer still at large, baby Jeremy is at risk, and every moment her family is helping Jacob they are also in danger. To earn her family’s trust, Clara finally has to face the past, but can she do it before it’s too late?
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
I thought of those I knew who used religion to control the lives of others and the unfairness of a world where so many have no power and no voice.
On the day my parents delivered me to him I was seventeen, and my husband was sixty-four. He could have been my grandfather.
My Review:
The first book in the series, The Fallen Girls, left a mark on my memory and I have been curious ever since to know more of Clara’s history. The storylines were tense and prickly, much like the main protagonist, as well as a bit gruesome and cast with adult characters I wanted to take a sharp switch to while hissing like a serpent. I know there are weird secular cults in every culture and that they are basically everywhere, but these extreme religious sects that are basically abusing children and women with the women’s consent are just horrific and inexcusable. The mystery wasn’t as unpredictable as the first installment but it was still twisted and disconcerting and kept me on edge.
I don’t like religion and cults/sects, but I am glad you enjoyed this one 🙂
I just read a book about a cult! Completely different genre, but dang, we were twinning!
Great minds, baby!
Great review, Sounds thrilling or should I say chilling!!
Lovely review DJ… The cults thing scare me as so often they are bad to women
I really like this series so far, also. The abuse it horrible but I have to keep on reading.