Burden of Darkness is the first book I have read by Barry Finlay, but it definitely won't be my last. I enjoyed this book so much that I'll be reading the entire series.

Who's behind a series of drone attacks responsible of causing fatal accidents? Owen Strand is terminally ill, with only a few months left. He's determined to go out with a bang - it's time for people to pay for his miserable life.

Nathan Harris is an FBI agent suffering from PTSD. While attempting to recover, he's asked to work on the drone attack case. Will he and his wife, Marcie, be able to identify the source of the attacks? They're up against a very smart individual with nothing left to lose.

I would highly recommend this title to anyone looking for a cozy mystery with an unusual twist.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received a free digital copy of this title to review from Net Galley.

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2 stories told in alternating chapters. Nathan Harris has PTSD and is struggling. The other story is a dying man that wants to go out in n news worth fashion by using drones to kill people that he feels did him wrong. How can the two stories connect? Yet they do in a spectacular way. A good story with a good ending. I liked it.

I received this book through the NetGalley program.

This is the 1st novel by this author that I have read. This story begins with Nathan Harris recovering from an incident where his wife and the President of the United States were almost killed. He basically became a couch potato and was not interested in doing anything. Marcie, his wife was able to convince him to go on a ski vacation. Unfortunately all he was interested in doing was staying in the ski lodge. He heard a loud noise and in the end cause a great deal of commotion where the police were called. Finally he acknowledges that he needs help and agrees to go to a therapist. He is diagnosed with PTSD.

After attending several sessions, he starts to feel more like himself and he is even convinced by his former boss in the FBI to lead a seminar. He comes away with a sense of accomplishment and eventually even goes to the gun range to see how well his recovery was in regard to his shooting accuracy. After a short time, he again becomes a consultant to the FBI and he is asked to look into a message that the FBI received. This led to the discovery of killings performed by Drones. After doing a bit of research with help from his wife, he was able to identify a suspect who was responsible.

The ending brings it all together when Marcie and Nathan travel to Arizona for an event. In order to find out what the reasoning behind the Drone killings, what occurred that tied everything together and finally what the event was that they were to attend, then you must read this book.

The Burden of Darkness is my first book from this series but apparently the fifth book in The Marcie Kane Thriller collection. Maybe not reading the other books in the series affected my overall opinion of this book but I just found it all right. I found it lacking in the thriller department, especially the first half of the book that seemed to drag. I like the idea for the book, a killer getting revenge for perceived wrongs using a drone but I felt it was down played a lot by the main hero dealing with his PTSD. Kudos to the author for trying to tackle the serious subject but I though it became the driving force in the story and the murder case took a major back seat. Nathan and Marcie are okay heroes but this story did not inspire any special attachment to them for me. Its just okay. I might visit the earlier books to see if my opinion changes if inspiration hits. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.

This story is well written and easy to read, and the characters are great. The plot, however, isn't especially good, and I think too much time is spent on the husband's problems. Still, the book is interesting and entertaining.