FBI Special Agent/Interpol/DGSI Adele Sharp is still healing from the brutal stab wound done to her by a mysterious intruder in her apartment. Agent John Renee, her partner and boyfriend, has been making sure she takes it easy. When their boss (Foucault) assigns them a case and asks to make sure Adele is up to the task, she does her best to cast any doubts aside. The truth is she's still hurting, and it feels like certain simple moves are ripping her stitches open.
The case involves a murder with evidence left in a locker room at a train station in Paris. A single finger and a burner phone provide little evidence to this killer's agenda.
The parallel mystery running in the background has revealed to the reader who Adele's attacker is and his objective. He's filled with hatred for Agent Renee, blaming Renee for his present condition from a distant past action and determined to execute his vengeance. Neither John nor Adele has any idea about the identity of her attacker.
The case Renee and Adele are working takes them from Paris to Germany where the killer is quick to repeat, leaving a different body part in his next murder. When a vague connection is made to a particular jewelry line which is now out of business, the macabre revelation of the former owner finally produces a viable lead.
There are few authors as prolific in their story writing as Blake Pierce. With multiple series and many books in each one, I'm sure readers have picked favorites from the long list of novels written by this author. The Adele Sharp Mystery Series has been my favorite of the few others I've started, but things are changing for this couple in this series, and these last two installments have ended with extreme cliffhangers. Left to Harm seems shorter than previous books and leaves more than one plot point unrealized.
As I said, this series is my favorite, but it seems it might be nearing its end.
Father, you are the soul searcher, knowing what you will find, and still desiring to rescue each one from sin. Thank you for rescuing me. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.