Book Review: Endgame by Sarah Barrie

A CHAIN OF MURDERS, A PSYCHOTIC KILLER, A GAME SHE CANNOT WIN.

 

Endgame is the fourth and final book in Sarah Barrie's Lexi Winter series. 

 

I think anyone who has read the first three books in this series can't help but feel empathy and admiration for Lexi. She had an abusive childhood and problematic youth however turned her life around and became a vigilante chasing child abusers and dishing out her own justice until she was employed by the police to use her skills to uncover abusers with the law on her side.

Endgame is another action packed story and the pace is non-stop. Lexi must stop her nemesis, Damon Vaughn, a serial child predator, before more people are killed. Vaughn's mind games are relentless and Lexi starts to second-guess who she can really trust. 

 

Endgame has dual plot-lines of teen rape culture and drug use, and Lexi's chase to stop Vaughn. I was intrigued to see how the two storylines would connect.

There is also a myth about a ghost that haunts the beach causing paranoia to run rife amongst the teens of the town. 

 

Endgame is dark and gritty, a compelling read. I found Lexi wasn't as self-assured and hard hitting as in previous books but it was a fitting ending to the series with all loose ends nicely tied up.

 

The Lexi Winter series is a series that I would recommend be read in order to attain the full benefit of the stories.

 

My rating 3 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐

 

Publisher: Harlequin Australia

Publication date: 13th November 2024

Series: Lexi Winter #4

Genre: Crime / Thriller

Pages: 416

RRP: AU$34.99 (trade paperback)

Source: Courtesy of the publisher

 

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