Face of a Killer

One of the library's patrons recently suggested I read Face of a Killer by Robin Burcell. The patron had truly enjoyed the book's intensity and suggested the I might like it too--and she was correct, I did enjoy it. The book stars FBI forensic artist Special Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick, who uses her considerable skills to create portraits of killers. Sydney gets caught up in her own life when she begins to question the innocence of the man about to be executed for her father's murder, which occurred twenty years earlier. Her re-investigation of her father's death leads her to a trail of corruption by top U. S. officials and a deadly cover-up by the military and the National Security Administration. The more Sydney delves into her father's past, the more secrets and dark truths she finds, until she begins to realize that she knows nothing about her father's true life. This book is the first in the series starring Sydney Fitzpatrick and it's a story that all fans of tense mysteries starring strong women will want to read.