My review of Nine by Jane Blythe

Someone is targeting girls from a local high school and it is up to Detectives Ryan Xander and Paige Hood. It hits close to home when Paige realizes that her daughter, Hayley, has tutored one of the girls. Yet the killer seems to be infatuated with the number nine and the detectives know they are running out of time when another girl is taken.

Unfortunately for Ryan and his wife Sofia they are having their own problems with their daughter Sophia who recently discovered she was adopted. Now she is acting out and sneaking out with her older boyfriend, Dominic.

Can Ryan and Paige figure out who the killer is before he strikes again?

This is another great book in the series and I have loved watching all of these characters grow over the series

I liked in this book that there was so much from the younger characters who we had gotten to know in previous books but this centered around the family drama between Ryan, Sofia and Sophie as well as Paige, Elias, and Hayley due to Hayley and Sophie being best friends. I liked that part of it stemmed from Sophie learning about her biological parents and how she reacted to the news.

The killer was definitely a smart one and had everything meticulously planned out and was so smart about every detail. He was cold and calculated and I felt so sorry for the girls as they knew what was coming. The twist surprised me for sure and then it made me wonder and I had a few guesses!

I thought I had some guesses but then an event happened and I changed my mind.

It was interesting seeing Dom’s reaction to Ryan and how he wanted Dom away from Sophie. I understood why he didn’t want her dating him but Dom seemed to truly love her. Although I was very grateful that Hayley was trying to talk some common sense into Sophie!

My heart started breaking part way through the book and the pinkie fingers made me so sad!! I completely understood why Ryan and Paige did what they did and I was so shocked that nobody got hurt in that exchange.

I was somewhat sad at the end when we learn about the killer as I was disappointed for personal reasons but the fish part was terrifying!! I was proud of a certain character though for his actions!

Looking forward to the last book!

4.5 Stars