Among the Innocent Book Review

About the Book

When Leah Miller’s entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family’s deaths.

As Leah and the new police chief, Dalton Cooper, work long hours struggling to fit the pieces together in order to catch the killer, they can’t help but grow closer. When secrets from both of their pasts begin to surface, an unexpected connection between them is revealed. But this is only the beginning. Could it be that the former police chief framed an innocent man to keep the biggest secret of all buried? And what will it mean for Leah–and Dalton–when the full truth comes to light?

USA Today bestselling author Mary Alford keeps you guessing as two determined souls plumb the dark depths of the past in order to forge a brighter future–together.

My Thoughts

Having read a couple of this author’s shorter books (indie and traditionally published), I was looking forward to this full length suspense novel. Unfortunately for me, it just fell flat. The bad guy was certainly awful, but it seemed like all the police officers were new at their job. The story kept building up to the climax of being close to 10 years to the day when Leah’s family was murdered, but mercy…the time it took to get to that point just dragged on and on with multiple Amish girls being gullible enough to fall for the bad guy’s charms and eventually, losing their lives too.

There was a good twist at the end which redeemed it in a very small way, but I was really hoping for so much more.

3 Stars