The Next Killing

The author's style was very easy to read. I finished this book quickly because it captured my interest and I was always wanting to get to the next chapter; mainly because it was suspenseful in many places. It seems almost everyone in this book has a secret of some sort, and the mystery keeps building. In the end, you know who the bad guy is, BUT I promise you won't see the twist at the end coming. All the characters were likeable, some you'd love to hate, and the banter between the detectives was great and even funny at times. This was my first Rebecca Drake novel and I will DEFINITELY try her other titles as well.

A secretive teacher is relieved to get a job at a private school for girls. She desperately needs it to pay the bills. But on her first day she stumbles across the dead body of a student while out on her morning job. Now it seems that there is a killer hiding somewhere in the shadows at this school, and this teacher (who is no stranger to having secrets) needs to figure out what is going on.
I found this about average, a good solid suspense read but nothing to write home about.

Lauren Kavanaugh, a young teacher with a shady past, desperately needs a job. She takes up a position at St Ursula's, a century old Catholic school with secrets. On her first day, Lauren discovers a student's body in the woods. From that point on, she not only has to unravel St Ursula's dark secrets but guard her own. A good, solid read, kept me interested.

Rebecca Drake is also the author of Don’t Be Afraid (released in Sept 2006). I have not read that one, yet! I purchased The Next Killing at the grocery store. I just went to get Molly dog food and ended up in the book rack. I thought the book sounded good, but it was actually the cover that first grabbed my attention. I thought it looked kinda sassy! Turns out, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover….the plot was away to predictable. I had the whole plot pretty much planned out in my head by about the page 100. I knew who the killers were. There was just no surprises to this book. Minus the predictability, overall The Next Killing was just an averge read for me.