Dr. Jordan Chamberlain seems to have it all—the perfect life, husband, friends, and career A young and successful medical examiner, she is chasing a serial killer while still working other cases. From the clues she gathers from the corpses, it seems clear that the killer is a guy.
Jordan’s husband announces to her one day that he no longer wants to be married. Of course, this puts her in shock. She hadn’t seen any signs that their marriage was in trouble.
Back to the clues. Even before Jordan’s husband left her, I suspected any man that she met or any man who was in her life in any way of being this serial killer. No, it obviously wasn’t all of them, but the author did a great job of making this reader suspect lots of different people.
This book has it all: love, drama, murder, suspense. A fan of any of those genres will love this book. The suspense about the serial killer and about what is going on in her love life continuously builds from page to page and that makes it extremely difficult to put the book down for any length of time. From the first page until the last, there wasn’t a single time that I became bored with this book.
A copy of this book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review. If you would like to purchase your own copy of this unputdownable book, I’ve provided an Amazon link below.
Amazon Link: Yellow River Pledge
Favorite Sentences:
She waved without turning around and disappeared through the main door of the building, hoping she’d be able to close the door on her feelings and deadbolt it forever.
She loved the caramel apples, the ghosts, and the silent terror that accompanied the flying witches and bleeding corpses.
Her tiny face was motionless in death—small eyes closed; dark hair combed snuggly around her face making the outline of her chin appear almost elongated; the skin, once dark, soft, and pulsating with life was now pale, white, and lifeless.
The memory, the scent, the pain was always close at hand, like a scar, only not as subtle; it was the white elephant in the room.
Regardless of climate or humidity, the odor of death can’t be camouflaged by formaldehyde, alcohol, or incense.
New Words Learned:
green iguana – a tequila-based cocktail typically served in a cocktail glass
hyperosmia – an abnormally acute sense of smell
Hyperosmia is #4 in the video below.
Could the man in this video have hyperosmia?
mescaline – a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C11H17NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations
Ulipristal – a medication used for emergency birth control and uterine fibroids
About the Author:
Lisa Robin Phillips Colodny (1963 – ) was born and grew up in the rural countryside of Kentucky. She attended the University of Kentucky and Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, graduated with a Doctorate in Pharmacy from Nova Southeastern University in 1994 and later obtained an MBA in 2004.
Her nonfiction publishing history includes approximately 34 publications in the health and science industry and 5 book contributions (also medical). Additionally, she’s been interviewed for 15 television programs or newspaper articles and participated in over 50 healthcare related speaking events.
Her fiction publishing history includes a short story publication (My Name is Edith) for the Broward College newspaper and an X-files story (H2O) that appeared in a magazine entitled to the Fullest X tent in 1997.
Official Author Page: http://sbprabooks.com/lisacolodny/
Official Website: http://www.lisacolodny.com/
