Kniha Krvavá spása je deviaty diel série od Lisy Regan, v ktorom sa detektívka Josie Quinn musí vracať do spomienok na stredoškolské časy, keď po ničivých záplavách nájdu telo mladej dievčiny oblečené v originálnej bunde, ktorá jej okamžite pripomenie mŕtveho manžela Raya. Dej je vedený krátkymi kapitolami so stupňujúcim sa napätím, nečakanými zvratmi a silným dôrazom na psychológiu postáv, pričom Josie bojuje s vlastnými démonmi a komplikovanou pamäťou. Recenzentka považuje knihu za pútavú a odporúča ju milovníkom trilerov, hoci pripomína, že chronologické čítanie série prináša hlbší zážitok.
Krvavá spása od Lisy Regan (Save Her Soul), 9. diel série Detective Josie Quinn, začína, keď záplavy v Dentone odhalia telo mladého dievčaťa, ktoré má na sebe bundu identickú s tou, ktorú mal jej mŕtvy bývalý manžel Ray, a vyšetrovanie ju zavedie späť na jej strednú školu.
Prípad je dobre vystavaný, má skvelé tempo a povodne dodávajú dejovej atmosfére napätie; autorka opäť predvádza silný štýl, takže recenzentka radí túto knihu k lepším dielam série.
Recenzentka však poznamenáva, že by príbeh obstál aj bez tak priameho osobného zapojenia Josie a že hlavná postava má tendenciu skĺznuť k alkoholu, hoci si zatiaľ udržiava pevnú vôľu.
Josie flinches as she takes in the faded blue sports jacket wrapped around the girl they just pulled from the water. Josie knew someone who’d once owned that jacket. He had died in her arms five years ago.Heavy rain pours on the small town of Denton causing… ...
Josie flinches as she takes in the faded blue sports jacket wrapped around the girl they just pulled from the water. Josie knew someone who’d once owned that jacket. He had died in her arms five years ago.
Heavy rain pours on the small town of Denton causing the riverbanks to break and the body of a young girl to float quietly to the surface. With no crime scene to examine, the odds are against Detective Josie Quinn and her team. Mercifully, the victim’s body is perfectly preserved, right down to the baseball patch on the jacket she was wearing. Josie can’t hide her devastation—her dead ex-husband, Ray, owned one just like it.
Following the trail back to her high school, Josie identifies the girl as Beverly Urban, a troubled student rumored to have been dating Ray before she left town for good. It looks like a tragic accident until the autopsy reveals a bullet in her head and the heart-breaking secret she was keeping.
Josie visits the salon where Beverly’s mother used to work, believing she was at the heart of a terrible scandal around the time her daughter’s life was taken. With the Denton wives remaining tight-lipped, Josie’s only hope is a secret meet-up with a terrified woman willing to talk. But she is murdered moments before giving Josie crucial information. It’s clear that someone is prepared to keep on killing to stop the truth from getting out.
Digging deep into memories of her own past with Ray is the only advantage Josie has on this twisted killer… but at what cost?
