Review: The Girls in the Water - Book #1 Detectives King and Lane Series - Victoria Jenkins - July 2017 This book starts in the past, with a mother punishing her son for looking at a porn magazine. He then threatens that one day he will get his revenge and kill her. The book then jumps to the first victim Lola being found and now Detectives Alex King and Chloe Lane are on the case before the killer strikes again. I have to say this part of the story was very slow-paced and felt very dragged out and then eventually when the killer was caught it seemed rushed. The other storyline is about Chloe Lane, she has been getting messages from someone known as The Serpent about the case of Emily Phillips. Years ago, Emily's suicide was staged to cover up the murder. Chloe's brother Luke was arrested and convicted of murder, but before he could be officially charged it was said that he took his own life and committed suicide by driving off a cliff. Chloe knows her brother loved Emily and ...