Whew...always a whirlwind of action for Savich and Sherlock and the extended characters. Coulter has written SO many books....I think I'm finally up to date on this particular series!! ( )

Sherlock and Savich's five year old son is almost kidnapped by escaped convict Victor Nesser. He's hell bent on revenge for the deaths of his love, Lissy Smiley and her mother Jennifer. While searching for the body of his lawyer, Chief Christie realizes that their lake has been used as serial killer's dumping ground. The quaint little town has been turned upside down.

Catherine Coulter has produced another heart pounding, spellbinding thriller. It's very engrossing from the very beginning with so many nail biter moments that you'll be in awe.

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Loved it! Love reading about Sherlock and Savich. I like the new characters of Sala and Ty. Hope to see kore of them. I have to say, I didn’t really see the twist at the end. Great job! ( )

I love the FBI agent husband/wife team of Savich and Sherlock, who team up together to catch the bad guys and solve awesome mysteries. I got hooked on Catherine Coulter last year through a NetGalley release which had a super twisty ending and have been working my way through her backlist, and was excited to see a new book coming out!

In PARADOX, Savich and Sherlock are awakened in the night by a threat. As they try to figure out who could be a danger to their son, a different mystery pops up in rural Maryland (there’s always multiple angles going on in this series, which makes things extra exciting.) Without spoilers, I really enjoyed all the discoveries and twists and turns in this one.

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, attempted kidnapping

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader. ( )

Synopsis: 'Startled in the middle of the night by an unusual noise, Lacey Sherlock and her husband, Dillon Savich, armed themselves before charging to their son’s bedroom. To their horror, the couple, both FBI agents, entered little Sean’s room just in time to find a mysterious man standing over their child. A knife in one hand and a gun in the other, the intruder remained calm before suddenly fleeing while Sherlock fired her weapon in the man’s direction as he leaped through the bedroom window and disappeared into the night.
Two days later, Police Chief Ty Christie witnessed a murder, the first in her long career as a police officer. It happened as she was taking in the autumn morning on the back deck of her cottage, which overlooks Lake Massey in Willicott, Maryland. Through the dense fog, Ty saw a man kill the other passenger in their small rowboat, before tossing the body overboard and throwing up a ceremonial fist bump to celebrate his victory.
As Chief Christie rallies her troops to find the killer, the evidence leads them to a mansion rich with history, all of which is bad.
Surrounded by oak trees and water, the Gatewood mansion has all the makings of a beautiful, secluded piece of real estate located in a tourist-heavy location. . . and yet it’s sat vacant for fifteen years. Originally owned by a couple who had one child, the husband was found dead in the home prior to the 1980s. Many believed the wife killed him, but she was never charged and lived in the home until she died, at which point a reverend from Boston purchased the place. Reverend McCluen and his family were eventually murdered, their bodies dumped in the lake.
The last couple to occupy the mansion was the Piersons, who, tragically, all suffered the same fate as the Gatewood occupants before them. The husband and wife, along with their children, were all found brutally murdered on the dock by the water. The only family member absent was their daughter, Albie, who currently remains missing.
Believed to be haunted, Gatewood has been reduced to a supernatural spectacle where teenagers go to act brave and dare one another to enter the home. That is, until Ty and her deputies, along with Agent Savich, storm the house in search of the rowboat killer. Instead, they find a prisoner who turns out the be an old colleague of Savich’s, who then helps connect the dots that eventually lead to a crazed psychopath who recently escaped from a mental institution. But when investigators find the remains of more than a dozen bodies at the bottom of Lake Massey, they quickly realize that the crazy patient is also a serial killer working his way through a hit list, and it’s up to Agents Sherlock and Savich to stop him before he claims all his victims.'
Review: Dang! I now need to go back to the beginning and read this whole series in order. This was an extremely interesting story with lots of compelling details that make me want to know the characters better. ( )