The Puzzle Maker

Date of Publication: 2021

Format: E book purchased myself on Kindle

Star Rating:  4/5 I liked a lot and would recommend.

About book: Agent Abby Kane heads to Yuba City, where six months out of the year, thick fog engulfs the town allowing a killer to operate freely in nature's camouflage. As Abby’s investigation progresses, she discovers something puzzling, perhaps even impossible. The killer might be blind.How can a blind man kill so easily and get away with it? It’s not an easy question to answer. To complicate matters, the killer has a unique calling card. He meticulously removes the skin from the backs of his victims—no easy feat for someone with perfect vision—unbelievable for someone with a visual impairment.Abby has six months before the fog lifts, and the killer heads back underground. Can she stop his murderous spree before fog season ends, or will the blind psycho leave behind a string of bodies right under her nose?

My thoughts: I am a true lover of crime; police procedure thrillers and this book did not disappoint. This book is number 13 of 15 in a series – Abby Kane FBI thriller series and the first one I have read. I didn’t think that you needed to read each of them in turn as the plot was easy to follow. The book felt different to me than your normal run of the mill FBI thriller book. It swaps between the FBI and the killer’s perspective, so you know upfront ‘whodunnit’. But the book kept me enthralled all of the way through, the characters were believable although there was one element that was a little confusing during the middle and I wondered what it had to do with anything else, but it kept you guessing and there was a real twist.

A great book for lovers of crime thrillers.