Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: August 2021
The Lovelorn Killer murdered seven women, ritually binding them and leaving them for dead before penning them gruesome love letters in the local papers. Then he disappeared, and after twenty years with no trace of him, many believe that he's gone for good.
Not Grace Harper. A grocery store manager by day, at night Grace uses her snooping skills as part of an amateur sleuth group. She believes the Lovelorn Killer is still living in the same neighborhoods that he hunted in, and if she can figure out how he selected his victims, she will have the key to his identity.
Detective Annalisa Vega lost someone she loved to the killer. Now she's at a murder scene with the worst kind of déjà vu: Grace Harper lies bound and dead on the floor, surrounded by clues to the biggest murder case that Chicago homicide never solved. Annalisa has the chance to make it right and to heal her family, but first, she has to figure out what Grace knew―how to see a killer who may be standing right in front of you. This means tracing his steps back to her childhood, peering into dark corners she hadn't acknowledged before, and learning that despite everything the killer took, she has still so much more to lose.
Gone for Good is the fist in a new series featuring Detective Annalisa Vega. When she is called to the scene of a murder, she realizes it is like a series of murders that she is personally tied to in her past. The murder victim was a part of a true crime group and was investigating those murders. It seems the killer is back and ready to start killing again.
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I did like the mystery. I did figure out who the killer was about halfway into the book. I didn't call the twist at the end though. I wasn't a fan of the ending. I guess it was realistic, but I still didn't love it. What I did really like about the book was the main character. Annalisa is a character I would definitely love to read more about. I liked her ethics and willingness to do the right thing. I also liked the banter she had with her ex-husband, who is also her partner. I would recommend this one. Even though I didn't love the ending, it was still an enjoyable read. I will probably read the next book to see what happens in the aftermath of this book.
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