Fatal Strike, DiAnn Mills’s latest entry in the suspense and mystery field, ranks as one of her best. She nails the characters of her protagonists, Leah and Jon, and makes us like them from the very beginning. Both carry secrets from their past that keep them from getting close to people. Nevertheless, their pasts make them excellent at their jobs of FBI snipers.
Fatal Strike starts with a hostage situation where Leah and Jon do what they do best–kill at a distance. The criminals, holding children as shields, make their jobs a bit easier. Immediately after the hostage situation ends, tasked with investigating a string of murders in Galveston, they cement their partnership. Three very prominent people–a cop, a lawyer, and a judge–killed by an injection of rattler venom to the heart form the center of the plot. However, a complex string of characters: a priest, a very angry police chief, the judge’s widow, several possible perps, keep Leah and Jon and us guessing.
Mills does what Mills does best with her suspense and mystery tales–leads us astray until the end of the book with just enough false trails. We wonder if the obvious suspect and real murderer coexist. Mystery, murder, and mayhem–loved every minute of Fatal Strike, which I read in one afternoon. Keep ’em coming, DiAnn! Five Stars!
DiAnn Mills, a multi-awarded, prolific author who always keeps her readers guessing, lives in Texas. However, she co-directs the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in North Carolina. She loves her coffee, her friends, and her faith. Get to know her through her books. I’ve never once been disappointed.
Tyndale House gave me a digital ARC of Fatal Strike, but I was in no way obligated to write a review.