When a serial killer leaves an eerie trail echoing Greek mythology, brilliant FBI Agent Brynn Justice must race to halt a delusional psychopath—and save the next victim before it's too late…
In a chilling series of crimes tied to ancient lore, FBI Agent Brynn Justice chases a modern-day Hades who ensnares young women in his deadly underworld. Brynn's resolve is tested as she descends into literal and metaphorical darkness to stop a killer with a god complex from completing his ghastly pantheon.
Bestselling author Kate Bold is author of the ALEXA CHASE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the ASHLEY HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the CAMILLE GRACE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising eight books (and counting); of the HARLEY COLE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising ten books (and counting); of the KAYLIE BROOKS SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting); and of the EVE HOPE SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting). Kate loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.kateboldauthor.com to join the mailing list, receive free ebooks, hear the latest news, and stay in touch.
FBI Special Agent Brynn Justice must stop a megalomaniac killer with delusions of grandeur - that he's the Greek god Hades, to be precise - in Kate Bold's epic series opener, Now Run.
Working with a new partner Special Agent Derek Cole in a hostile environment - both literally and personally - the duo must have each others' backs, even though Brynn's use of criminal profiling is new to Derek. Will they find the latest victim alive...and what deadly traps lie in the 'underworld' this twisted Hades has chosen for his lair?
My lips are sealed, but know that Now Run is a must, for fans of Rachel Wood, Clive Cussler or Blake Pierce...go grab it now!
All the law enforcement officers in this book were either overinflated in their abilities or portrayed as incompetent, power-hungry, chauvinistic, or not able to get their heads in the game due to trauma. Really? Of all the law enforcement isn't there anyone capable of working a crime who is level-headed?
The serial killer is obviously going to be somewhat deranged and that's fine. However, the first 1/3 of the books focus on fruit was WAY too much. It felt like she felt the reader was ignorant and needed a lot of explanation and reminding.
I like Kate as an author, but I didn't care for this book.
Reminded me of a show you would listen to on the radio…kinda fun but predictable and needed more details 🤷🏼♀️ Pretty sure this was a teaser to a series but didn’t quite hook ya enough to keep going.
Brynn is an FBI profiler and is used to working behind a desk, Derek is an FBI agent and he's used to working in the field, they are put together to try and find two girls who were at drama school and have been kidnapped and the local police chief is a total moron who handled the original cases very badly. Now Brynn and Derek have a killer to catch before he kills both girls and who knows if others are being lined up to take on parts in a dark play.
This didn't move along all that fast and some of the characters were a bit wooden but I liked the thinking they both had about the cases they were working on, they do make an unlikely team but a good one nevertheless, they complimented each other nicely. The killer calls himself Hades and his victims left in deep dark caves are his Persophenes (hope that's the right spelling) who are to be killed and go down into Hades where he will join them, but I don't see him killing himself along with his victims, hmm. Anyway Brynn and Derek are on his trail and they are not now that far behind him.
It's strange to say I liked a serial killer book but I much more liked the soft interplay between Derek and Brynn, they were now at the point of second guessing what their partner will do next, so I feel as if their relationship will be cemented in further books and this then makes them become more interesting to the followers of this series.
tldr I’m on a car trip with my dad and he listens to free audiobooks on Spotify and I’ve heard like 75% of this one.
It’s always crazy to me how thrillers in book form always feel so… slow? Like this just constantly felt like we were moving through molasses. And every line from the villain felt very corny.
And some of this lines just sound awful when read aloud. There have been multiple times I just went 😐 . And this author is one of those that just churns out multiple books a year so I’m not surprised the quality isn’t great.
In my opinion, it was a really good book! It was full of suspense and kept me hooked from beginning to end — I honestly couldn’t put it down! 😮🔥 Of course, in some parts there was a bit too much detailed analysis of the events, but overall I truly believe it’s a great book and definitely worth reading! 👍😊
Really unbelievable. Kept saying "I hope this gives us a lead" but literally everything was a lead from the second she arrived. I imagine police would love to chase a serial killer with as much ease.
3,5 stars. As a short FBI procedural, this was a good start to a series. Some depth is lacking, but the characters are likable and the case they were on was interesting enough.