Book Review - Speak For Me by Deborah Rogers

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Title: Speak For Me

Author: Debrorah Rogers

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Purchased

Publisher: Lawson Publishing Ltd

Publication Date: 31st July 2020

Rating: 5 Stars

Manipulator. Killer. A time-bomb about to explode...

Just weeks away from giving birth, New York prosecutor Amelia Kellaway is about to interview Oregon serial killer, Rex Hawkins, a man who has tormented her for years. Amelia has no other option—Rex insists she hears his confession otherwise he’ll take the details of the string of rapes and murders he’s committed to his grave.

Truth be told, Amelia wants to do it. She wants to show Rex Hawkins she’s no longer the same person he victimized all those years ago. She’s stronger now, braver, smarter and she’s determined to get him to tell her everything he knows.

But is Amelia underestimating Rex? What underlies all his talk of redemption and seeking forgiveness? Could he be planning something? And if so, what? As Amelia’s due date gets closer and the pressure mounts, events spiral out of control, thrusting both her and Rex onto a devastating final trajectory in which only one of them survives.

Another gripping and twisty tale of psychological suspense from Deborah Rogers, Speak for Me is a is a thrilling ride that will have you flipping pages well into the night.

Wow what was rather good..

...and that may be the biggest understatement of the year. 

Under 2 hours ago I purchased Speak For Me, straight after finishing Coming For You, as I needed to know what happened next after the cliff hanger of an ending. To say I have just been gripped and had to binge read without moving a muscle until I reached the other end, it was like I was a woman possessed. 

This is one impressive trilogy that will mess with your head, I have no clue how I'm meant to sleep this evening,  What an ending, just don't ask me whether it can be read as a standalone as I'm not positive I even had that thought. 

I just needed to know whether Amelia would be able to get justice or at least closure for the families of Rex's victims.  

I have enjoyed seeing how Amelia's character has developed over the course of the books, from where she started book 2 to where she ends this one that is some growth in all manners of her life, which all stem from the dramatic events of book 1. 

I do love a multi book villain and Rex Hawkins is disgustingly despicable, and a man I had great pleasure in hating.  Although you almost see another side to him at times, it's hard to know just who was being manipulated. 

There are twists and turns galore, its fairly fast paced once it gets going and I couldn't have stopped reading even if I had tried to.  This is one thrilling series, that I'm very glad I had the chance to read. 

What an impressive author Deborah Rogers is, to have some up with someone so fiendish takes some doing, Rex is on another level to those we see in some thrillers, and the writing just grabs you by the throat and holds on. 

Or in another words wow - go start at the beginning of the series and set aside a weekend to read it in. I found them to be very quick reads indeed, and just so so good.