A Different Dawn is an intense, edge-of-your-seat thriller with gut-wrenching murders and big-time twists featuring a strong, formidable and determined Latina female protagonist. Isabella Maldonado does a tremendous job leveraging her prior law enforcement experience to provide a sense of realism to the way FBI and police departments operate, think and interact. Combined with gripping action sequences and heinous crimes, the result is a solid novel that increases excitement for where this series and characters can go next.
After the explosive events of The Cipher, FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera is back in A Different Dawn and this time she’s on the hunt for a serial killer who’s left a trail of undetected destruction in his wake for nearly 30 years. Nina, aka the Warrior Girl, and her teammates on their newly formed Behavioral Analysis Unit team must learn how to work together while trying to figure out the identity of this diabolical killer. Profiling the killer, figuring out his motivations and patterns, and doing good old investigative work turn out to be the easy part. What they’re not prepared for is constantly being a step behind with no idea how the killer keeps getting the best of them. But as the team follows the evidence and closes in on their suspect, information comes to light that makes the case personal for Nina in a way they never expected. Not one to be deterred, Nina will do whatever necessary to bring an end to the killer’s reign of terror. Even if it means throwing the playbook out the window and risking her life.
Fans of serial killer thrillers in general, and Meg Gardiner’s books specifically, should jump on this series. Two books in, it’s off to a furious start and has the chops to become a long running series with a tough female character that’s easy to root for. And speaking of that, Jennifer Lopez is starring and producing in the film adaptation of the first book in the series, The Cipher, providing a great opportunity to see badass Nina Guerrera brought to life. Now’s a great time to get invested in the series and watch it grow, both in print and on the big screen.
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