Please Look Away

by Jaylynn Wylie

I was a loving wife, a fiercely protective mother, and a dedicated detective. Everything was gone after one phone call. The sadistic monster wasn’t content to allow me to grieve the family he had decimated as he moved on to the next victims. He denied me my chance to heal by pouring acid into my wounds. Each second of video I watch burned away the last hints of humanity and decency from me. He stripped me to the bone by making me watch my children suffering, bleeding and begging for mercy they would never receive. I helplessly watched as my children endured unspeakable atrocities at his hands. A burning, venomous rage devoured me, leaving nothing of the woman I once was before his taunting call.

By forcing me to bear witness to their suffering; he unleashed something lethal and ugly inside me. He will pay for replacing my loving memories of them with nightmares filled with cries of anguish and pleas for me to rescue them. I will find him. He will bleed. Nothing he can say or do will keep me from putting him down. The last face he sees as he draws his dying breath will be mine. Not my conscience, my family, friends, or the FBI will stop me. My shattered heart will keep beating as long as he is still breathing.

381 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 25, 2024

About the author

Jaylynn Wylie is a pen-name the first name is a family nickname. The Wylie was my mother's maiden name. I grew up in southern California but have traveled all over the United States. I've worked as everything from a fry cook to Correctional sergeant. I was volunteer EMT for over two decades working with the public and mine rescue.

I love to ride motorcycles. Brace for it, I don't own a Harley. Gasp I ride a Triumph. I have a couple of rowdy hounds and live in a rural Arizona mining town.

I love to read it's like popcorn for the mind. My mom's best friend started the addiction with paper bag full of paperback romance novels when I was thirteen. Don't be shocked in those days the couple barely even kissed and then woke up the next day. I have soft spot for Stephen King and Dean Knootz as well.

Reviews

[Stephanie Ammon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to Goodreads for allowing me to read this for free in exchange for an honest review.

This started out SO strong. Hooked me from the beginning. You connect with the main character and feel her pain. You are rooting for her, and her drive to succeed keeps the momentum going.

Somewhere in the middle I lost interest. Then when finally the pace started to pick up, I felt like it was so rushed.

Overall, it was a good read! One of the most disturbing serial killer books I’ve read. Definitely recommend for crime junkies.

[Betty Berard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please look away

Wow!! Great book!!! Held my interest from the first paragraph!! Sad to know that there are really? such sick, evil people out there amount us

***** 5 star rating

[Burma Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brutally honest

This is a very dark book. The writing was amazing and the characters were so well developed. I felt Johanna's pain, it felt like my own at times. There was despair, rage and even hope in the book. I will be thinking about this one for a long time. Amazing book!

[Kathy Shelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book! This is right up there with Karin Slaughter and Pretty Girls!! How is this author not being talked about??? The depth of the story and the characters had me in a chokehold, where I couldn’t put the book down. At times I felt I was in the same room and could feel the pain and emotion that Jo was going through, from crying to anger I felt it all in my soul. I will remember Jo and her loss for a long time 5⭐️ read

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh the audible narrator for this book is AI and it’s terrible! It’s a dark book, full of emotional scenes that are told by a robotic unemotional AI voice. AI should never be used to narrate a book ESPECIALLY one that is so emotional…stopped listening to it at Chapter 5 because I couldn’t get into it for that reason.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disturbing, difficult read

Excellently written, which made it so hard to read. I was horror stricken and heartbroken for so much of the book. Sadly, there are so many such monsters in the real world.

[B · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many unnecessary flashbacks

[Kristie Pellegrin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little hard to read the torture but a great book

[Nicole Dauphinais · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had many moments that were really hard to read but an overall good story…