Crush - Karen Vail, Bk 2 Author:Alan Jacobson Fresh off the most challenging case of her career, The 7th Victim heroine and renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail finds herself ordered to take some time off after a controversial shooting incident. In no position to argue, she travels with her new beau, Detective Robby Hernandez, to the Napa Valley for a week of wine-tasting and sightseeing... more ».
But shortly after arriving, a victim is discovered at a high-end winery, in the deepest reaches of their exclusive wine cave. The murder has all the telltale signs of a serial killer, virtually unheard of in wine country. Vail offers her skills in evaluating the crime, but the local police, led by Detective Redmond Brix, are resistant to her involvement. Their thinking soon changes, however, when a second, brutally murdered victim is unearthed.
When Vail is named to the Napa County Major Crimes Task Force, she soon learns she got more than she bargained for.
As Vail and her task force colleague, Roxxann Dixon, peel back the investigative onion, clues lead them to a decades-long history of feuding wine families, secretive organizations, and underhanded deals that may hold answers to what they are seeking.« less
I really didn't like this book. The author got bogged down with a lot legal technical stuff and abbreviations and acronyms. Lots of action, Come on now. The author holds a doctorate degree in chiropractic medicine and he is writing a legal thriller. I wonder just how accurate the legalese is in this book. Also, I did not like the two main characters. That is not what you do on a vacation in the California wine country. Not to be believed.
I would have given this book five stars, except for the ending. Great story, great characters. This book is full of action as Karen Vail goes on vacation with her SO, Robby. At one of their wine tasing adventures a dead body is found. Karen's FBI profiling entity kicks in and she is entangled in the mystery.
The end leaves the reader hanging and wanting to read Jacobson's next Karen Vail mystery to find out what happened to a key player.