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Gardner Camden (Gardy) is a thirty-seven year old FBI agent who works for an unusual division called PAR (Patterns and Recognition). With a focus on solving the toughest crimes, those involving pattern recognition and the making of obscure connections, Gardy is a genius level agent, who just happens to think differently than others. With behavior traits that would likely put him on the spectrum, where Grady’s social skills are lacking, he more than makes up for it in his raw (and applied) intelligence.

A complex, intricately-plotted FBI procedural follows – with Gardy and his team (including Cassie Pardo, a twenty-nine year old mathematician who Gardy wishes to be more than just a work-time partner) pulling out all the stops in a multiple-state hunt for a prolific serial killer, who will stop at nothing (including harm to the agents themselves) to accomplish their goals.

A well-written and interesting tale, with perhaps a tad too much detail for the average reader (or at least, this average reader), the book has an authentic FBI-team feel to it, despite the strangeness of the PAR unit, and many twists and turns, that manage to integrate in many cleverly weird clues and a number of red-herrings.

Lovers of action-packed mysteries, with quirky main characters, and a fast-moving plot, will find plenty to like here. I for one, loved Gardy and his take-me-as-I-am personality, appreciating his originality, and a starring role in what looks to be the start of a new series featuring the PAR team.

A great big thank you to #Netgalley,the author and the publisher for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.