Review: Last Seen : Murderer Next Door - Book #3 The Amateurs Series - Sara Shepard - October 2018 One of my favorite authors for teen mysteries is Sara Shepard; I got hooked on her books, starting with the Pretty Little Liars series almost ten years ago now. Since then, whenever she has released a new book, I try and read it. This series is about a group of college/high school kids who see themselves as Nancy Drews/ Veronica Mars of the world. They help solve cold cases, and they each have had a tragedy occur in their lives and now are bound together via the same serial killer known with several names but let's call him Brett. In Book #3 he has not only kidnapped Aerin but also to save their friend, he has a challenge for them to solve. A little boy has been kidnapped by his violin teacher, and now there is no trace of him anywhere, and police have exhausted all their leads. We learn throughout the book that Brett has a connection to this case and that a similar ...

Review: Follow Me - Book #2 The Amateurs - Sara Shepard - November 2017 You know how sometimes you can't wait for a book to come and then when it does you pick it up as you have high hopes that you will love it. That's what happened with Follow Me by Sara Shepard as I normally am a big fan of her books. However, I felt a little letdown with Follow Me which is a shame as I really wanted to love it. Book #1 finished on a major cliffie with the reveal that Brett wasn't really Brett and in fact he was the same killer who killed Helena and Seneca's mother. In Book #2 a new girl has been kidnapped Chelsea and she shares a striking resemblance to Helena and the kidnapping is Brett's MO. The Amateurs group are sent clues from Brett and with the motivation to track him down and also save Chelsea , they come back together. Brett though has other plans up his sleeve and will send the group on a wild goose chase and prove to them that he is alway...