A Wall Street Journal bestseller and Daphne du Maurier Award winner.
FBI Special Agent Ava McLane solves crimes; she doesn’t witness them. When she’s trapped in a mall without her weapon as a shooter picks off victims, she hides with a wounded teen and prays for her survival.
But that’s only the beginning… Oregon. The young shooters terrify the public, committing random murders before taking their own lives. The task force assembled to solve the case—which includes Ava’s boyfriend, detective Mason Callahan—remains stumped. And on top of this chaos, Ava’s troubled twin sister reappears, throwing Ava’s already-tumultuous life into a tailspin.
An old-fashioned cop with a strong sense of duty, Mason struggles to find the cause of the shootings as workaholic Ava spins ever closer to breaking down. But can one detective save the lives of countless innocents—and prevent the woman he loves from going over the edge?
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Book three of a series with characters Ava. Mason and Zander. This is a very present day situation, unfortunately, about shootings in places full of people.If you are triggered by books with shootings, I’d skip this one until later. It is a romantic book with Ava and Mason buying a home, trying to work as a team at home and keep their jobs at work. But Ava is an FBI agent that is on vacation due to an incident in book two, which I haven’t read. But hey, good news is this can be read as a standalone and I found it enjoyable as a romance, mystery, police procedural with plenty of suspense.
The main characters are likeable and the setting is realistic. Picture a mall in Oregon with people leaving a yoga studio or walking in the mall for exercise. Now picture and hear gun shots and people falling down or running and that is what happens to Ava. Leaving yoga and seeing a friend shot and trying to hide while the shooter walks around. Scary.
Worse yet, more shootings occur and it seems young men are copying and committing the shootings and then killing themselves. But clues abound between the all black outfits, to the video showing the so called killer to finding evidence in a bathroom ceiling. Then you meet the profiler and her reasoning for the shootings and soon it becomes apparent as whi but not why, the why is explained later.
The effects of surviving shootings becomes real as you see victims and survivors try and move on with their lives. Clues are discovered and few red herrings. 4.3 stars for a suspense filled read.
Spiraled in the Callahan & McLane Series by Kendra Elliott continues to impress me. Although this story dragged a little, it did have its twists and turns and enjoyed the continued romance between the two characters.
The love they share for one another is shown in the story…he more so with the over-protectiveness that he has for her emotionally as well as physically. Romance Suspense as a genre has really opened my eyes to another world of reading. Hope the next book in series proves to be enjoyable as the rest I have listened to thus far.
THIS REVIEW IS FOR BOTH THE AUDIOBOOK AND EBOOK VERSIONS
Another enjoyable story the narration was wonderfully done. Story well written, and Ava gets into trouble I am curious to see if she gets herself into another bind in the next book. I enjoyed the plot and recommend the book.
Spiraled is the third book to Kendra Elliot’s Callahan & McLane series. This book started immediately with a big bang. I was not prepared for how it began. Kendra Elliot, you had me in shock. How will you put Ava through something like that immediately after what happened in the second book? How will you put poor Mason through it too? These two characters deserve a real vacation away from their job duties for at least a year.
My Thoughts & a little bit of Storyline:
You already have an idea of how I feel about the book from the first paragraph of my review. This book left me shook. I was not prepared. From the beginning to the end of this book, I was on the edge of my bed when reading it. There were shootings left and right, and it felt like Ava is already the one in danger of the group. She was on vacation when the first mass shooting happened in this book. She can’t even enjoy a relaxing break from work after what happened in the previous book. I felt for her character. She has some severe PTSD from her kidnapping, and now she’s dealing with a mass shooting case. Hasn’t she gone through enough, Kendra?
Poor Mason and Ava have gone through enough together, but this one may have almost broken them. I love these two characters, so I was rooting for them to stick together. They need each other more than they know. Mason had a big part in this book on solving who was behind the mass shooting, but he also became very protective of Ava. I adored his character. He knew that Ava already had PTSD from her past cases, and he put his foot down with Ava.
Let’s also not forget about Ava’s twin sister. Jayne needs help, and Ava knows she can’t keep being there for her sister. Ava should be focusing on herself, and everyone knows she needs to take care of herself.
What did I think about the villain(s)? I have no words because this one may cause me nightmares. I can’t say it enough, but every villain gets worst in each book that Kendra writes. She ends up topping the next one.
Overall, this book gets five stars from me because I couldn’t put it down. I needed to find out who was behind it all. If you are a fan of Romantic Suspense or Mystery Genres, this book/series is for you.
Now, I need to read another book before reading Targeted, but I will be back in this series. I need more of Mason and Ava’s story together, especially after the ending of this book.
I have really enjoyed this series and binged these one after the other on audible. This one seemed to get bogged down on Ava’s trauma from the shooting as much as the shootings themselves. It takes a while to figure out the wheres and whys of this one for the task force and by then Ava is in the cross hairs but will they be in time to save her?
From the very first few pages it was captivating. I love a great suspense novel and this one kept me thinking and speculating on who was the culprit. Great plot lines and characters. It felt so pertinent and current. Great read!