I really enjoyed this book. I was a little disappointed by the last couple of FBI books by Mariah Stewart, the mystery/thriller aspect of them was just missing for me. This book has brought it back. It was great.Gabriel Beck is the police chief of the small bay town of St. Dennis Maryland. When he gets a call from a neighboring towns police chief needing help. What they find is stunning to say the least. The body of a missing girl has been found on her family's front porch. Wrapped in plastic. These small towns have never seen anything like this before. And it becomes evident that this killer is no amateur. With two other young women missing in the general area, the police fear where and how they will turn up. When the second body turns up in the back of Beck's personal car, he knows he's in over his head. He takes it upon himself to call in the FBI for help.The FBI sends the only agent within close driving range of the small town. Mia Shields. One of the "Shields Clan". Her whole family has been involved with the FBI. Her father, uncle, her three brothers and her three cousins. Throughout the FBI series' we have met most of the Shields. We've been told the story of the death of one cousin by one of Mia's own brothers who had gone rogue. He not only killed his own cousin but also one of his own brothers wives, before he himself was killed. Mia is still trying to come to terns with how a member of her own family could have gone so bad. She feels responsible, she should have known something was wrong.Together, Beck and Mia along with a brief appearance from our favorite FBI profiler Anne Marie McCall, piece together a picture of who they are looking for. Annie believes this killer is local, probably living right there in town and watching their every move. This book has a great storyline, suspense and lots of twists and turns. As in all her books I love her characters. She is so good at developing great characters. What has been in every other book, the romance, was almost non existent in this book. But the story doesn't suffer because of it. She does point you in a direction that the characters may be going in the future, but nothing is spelled out for you.
Gabriel Beck, Chief of Police of small town St. Dennis on the Maryland shore, calls for help from the FBI when the plastic-wrap cocooned bodies of missing young women start turning up in his town. Agent Mia Shields arrives and the hunt is on. Mia and a FBI profiler strongly believe that the killer is local and someone everyone knows. Mia openly challenges the killer during a press conference. The problem is that the man described by an expert FBI profiler fits many of the men who live in the town. Who could it be? I figured out the killer quickly, but wasn’t sure until the end. Liked the characters. There is probably romance in the future for Beck and Mia.
What do You think about Last Words (2007)?
Mirip2 dgn tipe novel Beverly Barton, polisi daerah yg meminta bantuan FBI utk mengusut kasus pembunuhan yg disertai dgn penculikan, rape, penyiksaan yg krnungkinan pelakunya adalah org yg familier. Sy suka dgn kerjasama, karakter antara Amy & Beck, mengalir ga monoton atau datar walaupun di akhir cerita mereka baru akan berhubungan jadi tdk ada kiss2 atau apapun. Tp balik lg sy selalu membandingkam dgn Eve Dallas (JD Robb) dari insting, kemampuan menghadapi para penjahat, rasa hati2 & itu beda jauh misalnya dgn Amy yg dengan mudahnya terpedaya oleh si pembunuh dgn masuk ke lokasi penyekapan seorang diri tanpa meminta bantuan polisi lain.
—Ayu Wirdha
This book was the first one of Mariah Stewart's that I guessed the bad guy before the very end. And it was DARK, this entire series is one of her darker ones (that I have read anyway). But, with that said, I really do like her writing style and I enjoy her books. I'm slowly getting through her entire library, I think I need a break from all the suspense once I finish the current series I am on. I keep having nightmares! She's not my favorite author ever, and her books are one time reads for me, but I do recommend her stuff if you like suspense.
—Amanda Ainge
This second book in the Last Series (which must be attached to an earlier series) follows the only daughter in the Shields family, Mia. She's still pretty devastated by her brother's betrayal and taking heaps of her own blame for it. She's pulled into a case in a small town where a man is kidnapping, raping and suffocating women and the local police force, led by Chief Beck, is struggling to solve it. Beck has his own problems stemming from his family. Together, with the help of profiler Anne Mc
—Maura
