River’s Reckoning (River Collins FBI 4) by Kate Gable-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 28, 2028

The man who’s haunted her for twenty years finally has a name. Getting answers means looking evil in the eye.

FBI Agent River Collins just closed the biggest case of her career—a cult that murdered children in ritualistic ceremonies. But the investigation revealed something far worse.

The mastermind has been in federal prison for fifteen years. And he’s been orchestrating everything from inside.

The Shepherd. The man who trained River’s childhood captors. Who’s been tracking her FBI career through a network of devoted followers.

He believes River is the unfinished work that must be completed.

Now prison records reveal dozens of visitors. Years of correspondence. Instructions for operations River hasn’t discovered yet.

And when people close to River start disappearing, she realizes that the Shepherd’s endgame is already in motion.

River Collins survived once by running. This time, she’s done running. This time, she’s going to end it.

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REVIEW: RIVER’S RECKONING is the fourth instalment in Kate Gable’s contemporary adult RIVER COLLINS FBI MYSTERY thriller series focusing on FBI Special Agent Rebecca ‘River’ Collin’s, and the final instalment in ‘The Shepherd’ arc line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person (River) and third person perspectives RIVER’S RECKONING is the culmination of four instalments focusing on a two decade mystery. At the age of twelve, River Collin’s was abducted and held prisoner for close to two years, a prisoner of a madman who called himself The Shepherd. With the approach of the Equinox, the past begins to circle our story line heroine, demanding her return to complete that which had only begun but as the players begin to reveal and amass, River is pulled into the world to which she never wanted to return, a world with a collection of familiar faces, some of whom had betrayed her at the deepest level.

The world building follows River Collins ,and FBI Agent Emma Bertanelli as they begin to unravel the various pathways and connections to our heroine’s past but as the lies reveal themselves, secrets will crumble, leaving River wondering where everything went wrong. The past is demanding the return of River Collins, and the people in River’s life will be targeted to ensure River’s cooperation.

The secondary and supporting characters are familiar and determined, including the return of River’s lover Dr. Aiden Watkins, FBI Special Agents Emma Bertanelli, and Special Agent in Charge Eric Sewark; River’s sister Leslie, and their parents Thomas and Elizabeth. The requisite evil has many faces.

RIVER’S RECKONING is a fast paced story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, obsession and madness, and dysfunctional family values in the face of religious cults and spiritual grooming. The character driven premise is edgy and dramatic; the characters are desperate, determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy