When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson’s tense thriller. Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, the Summer House is now the grisly scene of a nighttime mass murder. Eyewitnesses point to four Army Rangers — known as the Night Ninjas — … known as the Night Ninjas — recently returned from Afghanistan.
To ensure that justice is done, the Army sends Major Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former NYPD cop, to investigate. But the major and his elite team arrive in sweltering Georgia with no idea their grim jobs will be made exponentially more challenging by local law enforcement, who resists the Army’s intrusion and stonewall them at every turn.
As Cook and his squad struggle to uncover the truth behind the condemning evidence, the pieces just won’t fit — and forces are rallying to make certain damning secrets die alongside the victims in the murder house. With his own people in the cross-hairs, Cook takes a desperate gamble to find answers — even if it means returning to a hell of his own worst nightmares . . .
This story was not James Patterson’s usual murder and mayhem which I thought it would be based on the cover. It was so much better! An Army CID team is brought in to investigate the murder of 7 people by an Army Rangers team. It’s a race against time and bodies stacking up. Such a twisty story!
I figured out most of this mystery early in the book, but the why caught me by surprise. I did feel like parts of the book were rushed and some things left out. I guess that’s what happens when you put out 5-6 books a year with co-authors. Huge James Patterson fan though.