Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Review: Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz

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Title: Untouchable
Series: Cutler, Sutter & Salinas
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: January 8, 2019
Publisher: Berkley
ASIN: B07C6H8GFG

Quinton Zane is back.

Jack Lancaster, consultant to the FBI, has always been drawn to the coldest of cold cases, the kind that law enforcement either considers unsolvable or else has chalked up to accidents or suicides. As a survivor of a fire, he finds himself uniquely compelled by arson cases. His almost preternatural ability to get inside the killer's head has garnered him a reputation in some circles—and complicated his personal life. The more cases Jack solves, the closer he slips into the darkness. His only solace is Winter Meadows, a meditation therapist. After particularly grisly cases, Winter can lead Jack back to peace.

But as long as Quinton Zane is alive, Jack will not be at peace for long. Having solidified his position as the power behind the throne of his biological family's hedge fund, Zane sets out to get rid of Anson Salinas's foster sons, starting with Jack.

My rating:

Jack Lancaster quest is solving cold cases. Especially those involving arson, thanks to the traumatic experience in childhood...And because he knows the man responsible for the traumatic experience is still alive and still in love with fire. Everybody else outside Jack's foster family believes Quinton Zane dead, but Jack and his foster brothers know better.

When Winter Meadows, Jack's meditation coach and romantic interest, is attacked, seemingly out of the blue by a deranged stalker, Jack knows the endgame is near. The attack has little to do with Winter, and all to do with Jack. Quinton Zane has decided to finish what he started and go for the dangerous one first.


Luckily the third (and last) installment in this series makes amends for the first two duds. I liked the two main protagonists, rather unassuming at first, but each with a power of his/her own. I liked the suspense; convoluted, but in the right way, keeping me guessing, keeping me wondering, and although the villain is known from the start, the reader goes on the journey of discovery of how and when to stop him alongside the characters. The loose ends and tangled threads were many, but it was worth it.

Three fourths along the way the story started lagging a bit, when complications and twists started piling up; it could've done with a twist or two less, but the ending was satisfying. The suspense one, the romantic one seemed a tad rushed.

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