The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

5/5

This book is a gripping thriller about a serial killer with murders 25 years apart. Neptune kidnaps women in a sleepy suburban town. He cuts off their right hand, which he delivers to the police station in a milk carton. He keeps his victim alive for four days before strangling them and leaving their body in a public location. The story follows Reggie as a girl and as a woman 25 years later. Her mother is the fourth victim of Neptune. Her mother is the one whose body was not found on the fourth day. This book can be quite graphic at times dealing with drug use, cutting, prostitution, and of course murder but it is still a great book.