A Merciful Death

Mercy Kilpatrick, Book 1

By: Kendra Elliot

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land — and off the grid — in rural Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event. But the crime scene details are eerily familiar to an unsolved mystery from Mercy’s past.

Sent by the FBI to assist local law enforcement, Mercy returns to Eagle’s Nest to face the family who shunned her while maintaining the facade of a law-abiding citizen. There, she meets police chief Truman Daly, whose uncle was the cave man’s latest victim. He sees the survivalist side of her that she desperately tries to hide, but if she lets him get close enough to learn her secret, she might not survive the fallout....

©2017 Kendra Elliot. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Strong start to a new series

A Merciful Death is the first novel in the Mercy Kilpatrick suspense/mystery series. Kilpatrick is an FBI agent who left he eastern Oregon home 15 years ago and has not contacted her family since. She is now sent to her home town by the FBI to work on a murder case. A Merciful Death has a sophisticated and complex plot as well as empathetic characters. I enjoyed the book very much. Narration by Teri Schnaubelt is outstanding. I recommend this novel.

Good fast read

Well done audible edition. You have to like the narrator. The story line suspenseful. Kept me company on my daily commute.

2 hrs TOO LONG, NEEDED BETTER EDITING

I purchased on first series sale $6 as I liked the narrator sample and publisher synopsis. At $4 I will try the other two books purchased in this series, but will quit if these are as tedious as book 1. This needed a better editor!! Gads, I have moved on from Romance Mysteries and should have known better. Many female authors who do mysteries, just make our hero a bit meek as in this book!!! The author does not know Earnest Hemingway method, less is more, which takes better writing skills.
Of course the summery outline is good or I would not have taken a chance. I have hope as many first books are starters and the series gets way better when an author realizes what is good writing. See Marcia Clark, Samantha Brinkmanship series with the great Angela Dawe narrating or Same author with January LaVoy reading , Rachel Knight series.
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Great Story!

I'd never read anything by Kendra Elliott and now I'm hooked! This story was great! Well written and riveting, with a great suspenseful storyline, this book kept me enthralled from beginning to end. The narrator, Teri Schnaubelt, was perfect! I loved the changes in her voice for the different characters. She was spot -on! I can't wait to read (listen to) the next book in the series!!

Great book!

Love the story. I just downloaded book #2 and 3. Can't wait to keep listening!

What Remains From Childhood

Main character Mercy is an interesting dichotomy. A prepper with law enforcement background that isn't being used to fight the government. There's no biblical basis for the prepping, just watching the "times" as they change. Interesting just how much what is learned in childhood affects what is done in adulthood despite disagreements with parents. Good pacing. Character development reminds me of JD Robb series.

More Truman!

Preppers lifestyle is really weird to me; such an extreme point of view. I enjoyed the storytelling and the tension between Mercy and Truman. Let’s dive into book two! Part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.

captivating

Very good storyline. Kept you interested throughout. Narration was superb. Well done held attention very well.

I really liked this book.

I plan to buy more in the series. Some parts were a little bit trite but on the whole it was a good book with some interesting twists.

A little slow

It was good, but seemed a little slow for me. Narrator was decent.