Book Review: Midnight Fear by Leslie Tentler

Midnight Fear is the latest romantic suspense thriller i have read recently. I love suspense thrillers for a change when i get overdosed with romance novels. And this book is an chilling and intriguing suspense thriller by Leslie Tentler who is a first time author with her Chasing Evil Trilogy series (Midnight Fear is the second one of the series and the best one). I expected a story with a serial-killer plot as most of the thriller goes but this one was different with a surprising suspense.

Synopsis from GoodReads:

The still of the night is once again shattered by Caitlyn Cahill's recurring nightmare—her brother standing before her, gripping a butcher knife, his eyes black with hatred. Two years ago, the former Washington, D.C., socialite defied her powerful senator father and risked the ruin of her family by helping the FBI link her troubled brother to a string of horrific murders. "The Capital Killer" was sent to prison for life…and Caitlyn's entire world fell apart. Now, FBI agent Reid Novak is forced to rend the peace Caitlyn has found on a rural Virginia horse farm. A copycat killer is on the loose and slowly toying with Caitlyn—his ultimate target—in a terrorizing cat–and–mouse game. Almost destroyed two years ago by Caitlyn's family, not to mention the Capital Killer's haunting final murder, Reid vows to save the woman he's never forgotten or die trying.

In this book, Ms. Tentler brings us a suspense thriller which has a serial-killer who is copying Joshua Cahill's , 'the Capitol Killer' horrific murders and is trying to finish what Joshua started—and Caitlyn, Joshua's sister is the main target of his fantasies. 

Caitlyn, an adopted daughter to a US Senator, defies her family and helps the FBI to expose her brother. After her infamous brother's arrest, she loses her whole family and leaves her socialite world to start an equine therapy program in a Virginia farm. But, after two years of trying to rebuild her life in isolation, she again gets dragged into the investigation when her brother's copycat killer is on loose. FBI Agent Reid Novak was the investigating officer for Capitol killer case and is the FBI link whom Caitlyn helps in catching Joshua. Now, once again Reid is there to assist and protect Caitlyn, whom he still have strong feelings for. 

Both the characters, Caitlyn and Reid are loving, caring persons with a strong attraction to each other from first but due to life's worst circumstances, had to continue through their own different path. When once they meet again after two years, they realize the depth of their feelings and develop a strong relationship. At first, Reid was hot and cold towards Caitlyn, but it was understandable as Reid was faithful to his job and gave his job the high priority but later due to his illness and recuperation and all, he realizes his priorities of life. I loved their relationship, it was not a suddenly developed one based on impulsive attraction , but a relation developed on understanding and care which develops into love. Even though there is not much as a romance plot, Caitlyn and Reid are really good together throughout the book.

Ms. Tentler keeps you mesmerized through the whole book till the end. The suspense is really twisty and intriguing. Both Joshua and his copycat are so creepy and evil, it keeps you engaging to find out who the copycat is. And as expected by author, the end surprises us. The author's writing style is admirable. I had read her third book in this trilogy - Edge of MidNight and that was also good, but this one i liked more. I hope she writes more novels for suspense genre.

Highly recommended for thrilling suspense book readers.