Unforgiven (Lexi Winter Book 1)
The suspense-filled first instalment in the gripping psychological crime thriller series.
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4.7 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Once a victim, she's now a vigilante. An addictive and suspenseful thriller for readers of Candice Fox and Sarah Bailey.
Lexi Winter is tough, street-smart and has stood on her own two feet since childhood, when she was a victim of notorious paedophile the Spider. All she cares about now is a roof over her head and her long-term relationship with Jack Daniels. She isn't particular about who she sleeps with ... as long as they pay before leaving.
Lexi is also an ace hacker, tracking and entrapping local paedophiles and reporting them to the cops. When she finds a particularly dangerous paedophile who the police can't touch, she decides to gather enough evidence to put him away. Instead, she's a witness to his death ...
Detective Inspector Rachael Langley is the cop who cracked the Spider case, 18 years earlier - but failed to protect Lexi. Now a man claiming to be the real Spider is emulating his murderous acts, and Rachael is under pressure from government, media and her police colleagues. Did she get it wrong all those years ago, or is this killer is a copycat?
Lexi and Rachael cross paths at last, the Spider in their sights ... but they may be too late ...
'Phenomenal. Lexi Winter is the gritty hero I didn't know I needed ... I'm now desperate for more' - bestselling Australian author Nicola Moriarty
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Rugged survival and overdue justice drive the indelible debut of Lexi Winter, the flinty heroine of multiple thrillers by Australian author Sarah Barrie. Set on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Unforgiven sees Lexi hunting The Spider, the paedophile who assaulted her in childhood. Much like her literary forebear, Lisbeth Salander, Lexi proves damaged and complex yet single-minded in her actions. In this impactful first outing, she reluctantly teams up with Detective Inspector Rachael Langley, who has been on The Spider’s trail for nearly two decades. Barrie is known for her pacey momentum and no-nonsense prose, both of which make this a propulsive start to the series. It’s also set along a sunny yet fairly sleepy stretch of Australian coastline that rings quite true.
