The Forgotten Girls

In Owen Laukkanen's The Forgotten Girls, the sixth installment in the Stevens and Windermere thriller series, this novel will give you goosebumps and feel cold all over by the end of the novel. It all started when someone found a photo of a dead girl's body in their phone's Cloud System. And that had sent FBI Agents Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere on a hunt of a brutal and ruthless serial killer. When they received the call about another dead body of a girl found in the cold of winter, they've found a startling connection of who the two previous dead bodies were connected: the North Line train system heading to the west coast. And from there, both Stevens and Windermere head to Missoula, Montana, and look for clues there. While Mila Scott, a friend of the victim's decided to track down the ghost rider, she wanted nothing, but to seek vengeance for her friend's murder. With the help of the local law enforcement in Montana, they learn more about the connection and how one recent victim survived the attack, but also the cold elements as well. When they get caught up to Mila, they learn more about the killer's identity and background and were on the move to make tracks as well. As he had thought they were onto him, he headed north to Canada. In the end, it lead to a deadly home invasion and a chilling standoff to take him down and send him packing behinds bars in the end.

This was a gripping and bone-chilling thriller from start to finish. With fast-paced non-stop action, this novel will keep you hooked and keep on reading to find out what happens next. I liked how diverse the cast was, when you had Carla and Kirk, both African-American and Caucasian working together as partners side by side. We also get to know more about Stevens's family and Carla's significant other outside of work. I liked the concept of having those victims being Native Americans other than being transients by hopping trains. I liked the vast locations from Minnesota to Montana and to Canada as well. The descriptions were vivid and very eye-catching as well to place you at those settings and crime scenes in the cold of winter. This would send chills through your spine with drama, suspense, and plenty of mystery through and through.

Will you be ready to chase a cold-blooded serial killer in the Forgotten Girls today?