The Sholes Key by Clarissa Draper

 

The cover pulled me in, the characters kept me reading, and the plot had me guessing until the end. 

Two types of murder investigations were going on at once...one was an investigation of serial killings of single mothers and then a married author, and the other investigation was one dealing with a terrorist ring blowing up sites.  The murders of young, single mothers who loved to read seemed to be the main theme.  

Lots of twists and turns that will keep you guessing as to who the killer really is.  But.....why was Sophia being targeted by the serial killer when she wasn't even a mother, and how did the killer know where she lived now and where she lived as a child. Could it be that the killer only wanted her attention or was he relying and testing her cryptogram skills to solve things?

The book was somewhat confusing as to what was going on and a little difficult to follow at times, but the characters were well developed and appealing...a few had depth and mystery themselves. 

I enjoyed trying to solve the "key" the killer left as a clue and the "key" they needed to find the killer because it was connected to the QWERTY Keyboard....very clever on the author's part.  All in all it was a good storyline, but since it was confusing and somewhat disconnected, I am going to rate the book a 4/5. 


This book was given to me free of charge by the publisher in return for an honest review.