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*Spoilers in updates

So we have a serial killer that looks to murder broadcast journalists by stabbing them in excess of 50 times, breaks all the mirrors in their homes, leaves their breasts and groins untouched, and positions their hands on their chests as if they are at prayer. 

I feel like serial killers in books always have such elaborate rituals.

She’d discovered each attack mirrored hers except for one thing: She survived.

Start off introduced to Kate who looks to be a caregiver to a Vietnam vet named Smokey. Hints that she was a victim of the Broadcast Butcher.

The pov then moves to a FBI agent named Hayden who is apart of the Apostles, a group of FBI agents who think outside the box or are a tad rogue. He's the one hunting the Butcher.

“We’re looking for a male between the ages of twenty and forty. Thin or small in stature. A social misfit who may live alone or with his parents or an older relative. High school education. Few if any physical relationships with women. Not gainfully employed or has a job with a good deal of flextime. Has some kind of disfigurement or handicap, possibly unseen, such as a stutter, or visible, such as acne scars or a limp. Home and person are meticulous, and he thrives on clear, written instruction. Carries around a small spiral notebook everywhere he goes. He’s methodic and craves order.

I will never not be fascinated with how profilers can come up with specific details about who the killer might be. Understanding the human psyche so well must be wild and make family dinners fun.

He tilted the glass, allowing a few precious drops of Shayna Thomas’s blood to land on his semi-erect penis. Those few drops furthered his arousal. Power. He slicked it over himself.

I like when we get a pov from the killer, even though this look was eek. I think it helps to drive the tense and creepy tone.

“You’re telling me the man who stabbed you is Jason Erickson, your brother?”

What??? Are we learning the killer's identity already?

Ok, so a pretty good start but I have questions, there's supposedly a man following Hayden sent by the killer because he knows Hayden will find Kate, but wouldn't an agent of Hayden's caliber be able to tell he was being trailed. 

When Jason is 'talking' he comments that his first kill was his mother at age 12 but then they find Kate's mother and the time of death is only about six months ago?

Some interesting side characters like Sargent Lottie and Kate's professional rival Robyn. 

Why do I get the feeling that Jason being the killer or who attacked Kate isn't the full story. 

Great start because I'm pretty locked in, as for the romance plot, fairly to the side but some moments of tense attraction between Kate and Hayden.