This story had the potential to be a home run, five star hit, but unfortunately, the writing seemed juvenile as did the characters.
The first portion of the book had me captivated from the start. I liked seeing life through Sawyer's eyes and all her detective work, and then add the mental breakdown from her twin sister, just added drama and adrenaline. Once Sawyer met the councilor who'd been taking care of Sawyer's twin sister, well, it got bumpy. Again, Moll wrote an insta-love story where I, the reader, never had a chance to get to know either of them. I was more focused on the crime aspect of the story, finding out who the bad guy was killing all these women. The hunt and the chase ended as soon as it started, and once the bad guy was taken down, I forgot, at times, that Sawyer was even a cop until near the end when she and Sage visited her hometown. I think if Moll had drawn out that part of the plot a little more, the story would've had a better foundation to stand on. Afterward, the story was all about Sawyer's past indiscretions, alcoholism, and abuse she suffered at the hands from her father. As for Sage, the councilor, she was a conundrum to me. One minute she was professional at trying to help Sawyer with her problems, the next she was a sulking brat stomping her feet because she couldn't get her way with Sawyer.
Almost every book I've read of Moll's, I've felt like I was watching a movie with scratches on the DVD and it skips and stutters then picks back up at a different scene, having missed a moment in between. 3 stars from me.