Leigh gave her boyfriend an alibi for a murder he was suspected of, 18 years later now an FBI agent Leigh is called to a murder at her old school was it her old boyfriend, has he resurfaced. Lots of twist to make your head spin. Plenty of action in this well plotted story unputdownable Thanks to Storm publishing and Netgalley for this review ARC.

"The Killer She Knew" by Nichole Severn is a thrilling 5-star read! FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit agent Leigh Brody returns in the third installment of this gripping series. She is called back to a crime scene that eerily resembles one from her college days, only to find herself caught in a dangerous game with a killer—while also braving an incoming storm.

This was an intense and fast-paced story. Most of it is told from Leigh’s perspective, whether in the present or through flashbacks to her college years. I enjoyed this installment even more than the previous two. While the twist wasn’t entirely surprising, as the story leads you in that direction, it was still satisfying. The only thing I didn’t love was Ava’s behavior—I felt her attitude was a little over the top. That said, I’m looking forward to the next book in the series!

Thanks to Storm Publishing, Nichole Severn, and NetGalley for providing me with the opportunity to read this ARC and share my honest review.

I absolutely love Agent Leigh Brody as a character with her complicated backstory and the mix of the obstacles she has to overcome in her personal and professional life. In this instalment, she's pulled into the case by a killer who got away with murder while Leigh was a student years earlier. The killer has replicated his first kill on campus to draw Leigh in for his own nefarious reasons. Add to the mix a hurricane with students and faculty sheltered in place along with Agent Leigh and Marshal Ford, and you have a locked room mystery delight. Fans of crime thrillers and police procedurals will enjoy this series.

Wow!
hard to review without spoiling it for others so suffice to say that edge of your seat, heart racing is a great description of how this book made me feel as I read! twists and turns, power outages and a storm to isolate you...nothing more is needed for a serious page turner of a book!

This was such an action packed and pulse rising thriller. Power being cut off added an extra layer of angst for the reader. A storm. A daughter in danger. And a past replaying itself...ticked all the eeeeeee trailer boxes right there!
I also loved the fact that a wrong decision of our detectives past meant she had an extra steak in the game. She was frightened but also guilt ridden with the help she offered her past boyfriend. Because what if he was guilty. What if he's killing again?

I’ve really enjoyed this one!!! At first, I couldn’t get the plot twist but then it hit me! I absolutely love this series and I hope there are more books about Leigh Brody and her found family!

Loved it. Fast paced and easy to follow.
Enough details during the story to allow the reader to come up with their own conclusion to the case, only to find out we had it all wrong.
Looking forward to another case.

So this picks up right were book two ended and we rejoin Leigh as she attempts to navigate the world as a working mother to her recently adopted teenage daughter Ava whilst continuing her career in the FBI.

Called into investigate a case with historical and unsolved links from her own Alma Marta days.

Now I have read the first two books in the series but there was something about this one that just fell short for me compared to the other two offerings.

I found myself getting frustrated at Leigh and her choices/ decisions both personally and professionally and I guessed the perpetrator from an early stage, for a high class profiler Leigh was blind sided an awful lot!

Leigh Brody is a FBI agent and years ago she protected a man from a murder, now another student has been murdered, in the same fashion as the first.
As she starts trying to solve the case she learns her past could also be catching up to her!! This book had an ending I did not expect but it was such a good reason and kept me guessing who was the one behind the deaths!!
Thank you net valley for the arc!!

It is books like this that remind me why I love Nichole Severn's story telling, she has the knack of drawing out the suspense until my nails are bitten to stubs and I am totally sleep deprived.
Just when Leigh Brody thought that her life couldn't get more complicated......it did. Leigh is an FBI agent working for the BAU, she was trying to juggle her taxing job and raising Ava, a moody, angry teenager, the daughter of her best friend. Ava's life had been as complex as Leigh's, was Leigh doing the right thing by adopting her, she knew nothing about teenagers but she desperately wanted a family.
Leigh's heart sank when she was called to investigate the murder at her old university, the MO was identical to a murder that she had investigated eighteen years earlier, a murder where she had given the main suspect a false alibi.
On the plus side she was to be partnered with handsome US Marshal, Max Fox, Max made her feel things that she hadn't felt for a long time, on the minus side, she had to take Ava with her.
As this story unfolds, they are locked down in the university as a hurricane blasts outside, they have no power, no food, no contact with the outside world and as the body count escalates, dozens of frightened, volatile students.
Leigh continued to put her life on the line but she was drawn between her job and her love for Ava, could she do both ? Ava was hurting and it was her fault but this serial killer was still at large, could she risk him getting away ?
This story is told over two timelines but it flows well, it is action packed and suspense filled, I highly recommend it.
Thank you Storm Publishing and Net Gallery for this ARC, my review is voluntary.

Every one of the Leigh Brody books is intriguing with suspense, murder and more twists than a tornado. The first two books were personal involving her brother’s kidnapper and then her best friend’s daughter is kidnapped. Each book connects Leigh to a crime somehow but she manages to solve the case and move on. This book is no different when she goes back to her college Alma mater, back to where a murder took place and her boyfriend was suspected. This time during an active hurricane, there is another murder and the college is on lock down mode and sheltering in place. Imagine attempting to solve a murder with no electricity, no internet and lots of college students and staff hunkered down without food and cell phones. Oh yeah and the killer is locked in there too. Amazing story, I found myself relating to Leigh many times and wishing I could jump into the pages and help her case. It’s hard to finish a story that’s exciting with the pulse of the characters still ringing in my head. I was fortunate enough to read an early copy but my review was given freely.

I have read all three of Nichols Severn's Leigh Brody books. 'The Killer She Knew' was another fast paced quick read to entertain me. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

Wow! Nichole Severn can really pack a punch. This was absolutely packed with tension and thrills. A roller coaster ride that left my head spinning and my heartstrings tweaked. Fabulous cast of characters that kept me flipping pages long past my bedtime. Highly recommend.
Thank you NetGalley, Nichole Severn and Storm Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Criminal Minds meets Law and order and then had a baby! This was edge of my seat, fast paced, and thrilling. I could not put this down!

Go on a thrill ride with this gripping mystery. It absolutely blew me away. I wasn't sure about the contained setting but it was brilliant and pushed the tension through the roof. Leigh is a great character and I loved the ending. A great read!

Loved this book! Literally was is so much misery when I had to put it down I kept wanting more! I did end up guessing the twist after a while but was still shocked! This book was a 5 out of 5 for me!

The front cover of this book states "A Totally Addictive Crime Thriller". That is putting it mildly. I am still shaking my head, and trying to catch my breath.

FBI criminologist Leigh Brody gets herself in some messes with her brilliant brain. When a young woman's body is found at Leigh's alma mater, she gets the tingles. The crime scene looks just like one she saw when she was a student 18 years ago. She fears the worse because she gave the suspect in the first crime a false alibi. Now she feels responsible for allowing him to get away.

Now they are all stuck in a building on campus due to a hurricane with no power and no means of escape, all while she is quite sure the killer is still in the building. The method of killing is chilling and gave me goosebumps.

Intense does not even properly describe this gripping thriller. I was gritting my teeth the entire time. I would think I had the mystery solved, and then some new twist would throw me for another loop. Time ceased to exist as I read this book.

Leigh Brody is the real deal. If you are a criminal, you do not want for her to have you in her sights. She is feisty, observant and her intellect is off the charts. This series just gets better and better. Whew! Now I need a nap.

Thank you to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

First time I have read anything from this author and I enjoyed the style of writing. It was fast paced with a good storyline. Plenty of suspense throughout. A bit of a rollercoaster ride. Only downside I guessed the bad guy. I would definitely read the next offering. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.

A good, well written thriller, fast paced with action throughout. I liked the characters and the storyline has you second guessing. Highly recommended. I received an ARC copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily..

If you enjoy a page turning, edge of your seat book this one is for you! Fans of Rachel Craine or Loreth Anne White will LOVE this series from Nichole Severn! Thank you to NetGalley, Nichole + My favorite publishing team over at Storm Publishing for the eARC!

What to expect:
⭐ Psychological thriller
⭐ Murder on a college campus brings up an 18 year cold case murder
⭐ Hurricanes + murders collide for an intense investigation
⭐ BAU and FBI Criminology at the center of the story
⭐ TW: Sexual Assault, murder, kidnapping, suicide and depression.

My Thoughts:
Whew... first I did not know this was a series and have not read the two previous books. While this can be read as a stand alone, there were things that lacked depth because I hadn't. The main character (leigh) has a "daughter" which is learned through I am assuming one of the previous books. She also has a lot of past trauma from a previous family incident involving kidnapping and murder that gets brought in to this story. Of which I am also assuming is from one of the earlier books in the series.

All that to say there are some gaps in the character story and development. Which I believe help us understand her more in her role in the FBI along with how she handles her job in active cases. The story is very well written and has A LOT happening. I won't lie I did skip several pages because I really thought at times too much was happening. The scene in the basement toward the end, too much going on in my opinion. There was also an earlier basement scene that also felt drawn out as well. There was a lot of people dying but no answers or help to be seen. Yes there was a hurricane but having worked on a college campus some of it was too hard to believe.

Overall, it was a fast read and it was at its base enjoyable. I like the main character and her relationship that is rebuilding/being built with her "daughter". I can't say I would have sought this series out on my own and would have much preferred knowing all the backstory from the start. I think this is something I really enjoy about Loreth Anne is that even if it's the next in the series she does a solid job connecting the pieces but allowing each book to stand alone. I would love to see that more in this series.

Synopsis:
When the body of twenty-one-year-old Alice Dietz is found in the courtyard of her alma mater, FBI agent Leigh Brody feels as though a nightmare has come to life. Eighteen years ago, another girl was killed in the same way as Alice. And Leigh gave a false alibi to protect the man she loved from murder charges. She believed his claim of innocence, until he vanished from her life…

Has he resurfaced after all these years?

Haunted by the mistakes of her past, Leigh is determined to uncover the truth. But as a hurricane cuts off all communication lines, another student goes missing, and the case becomes a desperate race against time. Leigh won’t let another girl down, even if she has to tear this campus apart in her search. But can she dig deep into her painful memories to find the final clue before another innocent life is lost?