Least Likely Suspect: Revenge by Cooper McKenzie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Samantha Wycroff is a woman in her the middle of her life, she is a mum, she attends a monthly book club, she knits hats for local charities and volunteers at the church as part of the choir, but one day she gets a phone call from the police telling her that her son is in the local hospital and is going into surgery, she finds out that he has been severely beaten and the injuries are worse than originally thought, so as she waits for him to wake up, she spends all her time at the hospital. After a few days it is clear that her son isn’t going to wake up, so she makes the hardest decision in her life to turn off his life support, she is devastated and feels alone, but she isn’t as her son’s friends lend her their support in the aftermath, the police have not found enough definitive evidence to garner a conviction, however, Samantha is sure it was his girlfriend Velvet Flores who did it and she swears that she will get her revenge.

As the days pass between the death of her son and his funeral, she spends more time with one childhood friend of her sons Micah Kerrick, he has been alternating between staying in her spare room and at his own home and has been a rock of support for Samantha, she has told him about her suspicions and what she believes happens and Micah surprisingly offers a possible solution. He offers her his help, however in return she has to join his team, The Misfits, all she knows is that he works for the government, but other than that, she is clueless apart from the fact that they are troubleshooters, but he is sure that she would be the perfect least likely suspect.

Samantha thinks it over, meanwhile Micah reminds her of a couple of attainable dreams which she can start working on while she makes her decision, but she feels too old, too unfit and too out of practice to even think about it, but she does agree to try the things she may have to do in order to join up. Will she make the decision to join Micah’s team and work her way towards the revenge she desperately craves, or will she just revert back to the lonely church going widow who spends her time knitting and singing until she joins her family in the afterlife? This is a story which takes you on a journey of grief, love, acceptance and revenge as you follow one woman as she figures out what her future will be and who will be in it.

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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