A suspense-filled mystery which answers an ominous question:
Who will be found worthy to live; who is the next victim?
After the deadly investigation into the Smithsonian murders, Dinah Harris is now facing a daily battle to keep her sobriety while struggling to form a new career from the ashes of her former job as an FBI agent. From the shadows will emerge a cunning and terrifying killer, who carefully and methodically will decide whose life has value to society and whose does not.
Using her profiling and security skills as a private consultant based in Washington, DC, Dinah uncovers a connection to the shadowy world of neo-eugenics, and those who publicly denounce the killings but privately support a much different view.
Against this backdrop, Dinah must come to terms with her own past, as those associated with the deepening mystery face their own personal demons, and struggle with the concept of God’s inexhaustible grace and forgiveness. Old secrets are revealed, tragedies unearthed, and the devastating legacy of science without compassion is finally brought to light.
Julie Cave divides her time between being a wife, a mother, and an author in Brisbane, Australia with her family. Her newest book is the compelling sequel to Deadly Disclosures and The Shadowed Mind.
Visit Julie’s website at www.juliecave.com
My Impressions:
The Shadowed Mind is the second installment in the Dinah Harris Mystery series by Julie Cave, and it is better than the first! (See my review of Deadly Disclosures HERE.) The first book in the series involved the evolution/creation science debate. This time around eugenics is the motivation for murder. What results is a chilling story that is just a little too believable.
A serial killer is on the loose in Washington DC. He is targeting those he deems unworthy of life — the homeless, the addicted, the disabled. Dinah Harris, now an ex-FBI agent, is called in to consult with the DC police in profiling the killer. She pairs up with the imposing and closed mouthed veteran detective, Samson Cage. She is also sober for the first time in a long time, but still feels the strong pull of her addiction. Together Dinah and Cage work to stop a killer who has given up morality in favor of the greater good of society.
Julie Cave has written a complex mystery that combines police work with the background of eugenics. I learned a lot about the policy that flourished in America in the early 20th century, only to fall out of favor due to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. It is hard to read what passed as science and social progress, but was just plain bigotry and ignorance. Cave does a good job of presenting the other side — the value of all human life in God’s eyes.
So far Cave’s series just gets better and better. Dinah continues to grow as a character, and Cave hasn’t forgotten about that extreme villain, Senator Winters. I am sure he will be playing a major role in the next book, Pieces of Light. I can’t wait to get to it!
Recommended.
(I received The Shadowed Mind from the author in return for an honest review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.)
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