Twisted

My tentative goal for October is to read only thrillers/murder mysteries/dark romances/paranormals/etc (unless my mental health kicks up a fight about it). Here's Hannah Jayne's "Twisted."

["When her father is accused of being a serial killer, Bex becomes the ultimate bait in this game of cat and mouse.

Bex is ready to start a new life in foster care. There, she won't be known as a serial killer's daughter. Though her father was never tried for the murders attributed to "The Wife Collector," he disappeared after questioning. And Bex struggles with the guilt that she provided the circumstantial evidence that convicted him in the public's perception—and drove him to abandon her.

But when a body turns up in her new hometown, all signs point to the Wife Collector. Bex's old life isn't ready to let her go. The police want to use Bex to lure in her father. But is she baiting a serial killer or endangering an innocent man?"]

The idea of nature versus nurture (are you born evil or do your surroundings/your parents make you evil). The idea of inherited evil (or inherited psychopathology). The idea of childhood trauma and how such little, innocent actions created a butterfly effect of criminal justice (and innocence being stolen by the criminal justice system). The idea of a fresh start (or lack thereof). All of that, plus so. much. more.

Serial killer fascinate pretty much everyone. That's why I wanted to read this book next. And, oh boy, I was far from disappointed. 

Annnnnnd, now I’m paranoid as fuck. So there’s that. Five murder mysteries/thrillers in a row is the magic number then; cool (said in the repetitive Jake Peralta kinda way—aka sooooo not cool over here).

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