A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

IF YOU KNOW HER

Author: Shiloh Walker ISBN: 9780373862542 3/2012 SUSPENSE Publisher: BALLANTINE

If You Know Her by Shiloh Walker
A SHADOW IN THE WINDOW
 
Nia Hollister doesn’t scare easily. She’s returned to Ash, Kentucky, with a vengeance—and with a mission: find the killer who brutally ended her cousin’s life. What she didn’t count on was trembling with desire every time she sees Law Reilly. If any man can help her escape the nightmares for a while, it’s him. But can she allow herself to take comfort in those strong arms when her sister’s killer still roams free?

She may think she’s a bad ass, but she should not have come back to his town. He is watching her—as she slips into Law Reilly’s house, as she storms into the sheriff’s office. These men won’t be able to protect her when her time comes. Timing is everything, though he can’t wait forever. She’s nosing around the woods, looking for his hiding place. Yes, he is watching her . . . through the window . . . in her bed . . .
 
If she’s not scared, she should be . . . because he is very good at what he does.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: 4 Rose Read

The third and final installment of Walker's trilogy, IF YOU KNOW HER, is pretty out there. I admit I guessed the killer, but I never could have guessed the outcome. Believe me, the two are not mutually exclusive! For a slow starter, IF YOU KNOW HER seriously packs a punch at the end.

For me, the romance with Law Reilly plays second fiddle to the mystery. His heroine Nia, is such a tough chick, she is almost unlikable. She isn't tough in the sense that she is a warrior princess or urban butt-kicker; she is stupid tough, running headlong into situations she is completely unprepared for and arguing over things that are ludicrous. The fact that she leads the pack into realizing the killer isn't dead is kinda silly, too. It makes the police look completely incompetent, something I know Ezra King is not. 

The way the ending plays out in the story is what saves it. It is creepy and unreal scary to know how close he was to everyone, and just what an unbelievable dual life he led.

Stories like IF YOU KNOW HER make the mind wander into dangerous territory, wondering if I really know anyone, and keep me up long after I have finished them.

Shannon Johnson

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