I did know before I started to read this book that it was the latest book in the Max Revere series. What I did not know that this was a crossover with Allison Brennan's series about Lucy Kincaid. So, this was not a book in one series I haven't read before, it was a new book in two series that I had never read before. That was new for me (at least I think so). But, to be honest, I didn't worry so much about that. Most series are often easy to get into. As long as one starts to get the hang of who is who. And, the only real problem I had was in the beginning when the Kincaid family was introduced, and boy, they were many. But, after a while, I did get the whole picture thanks to Max Revere learning more herself about the Kincaids.

An old boyfriend to Max Revere reaches out to her after his wife has been accused of killing their young son. Max sees a pattern in the killing with three other cases among them including Justin Stanton who was killed almost twenty years ago. Perhaps if she can link the murders together, and find the killer she can help her ex-boyfriend.

Young Justin Stanton was Lucy Kincaid's best friend and cousin and she has never really gotten over his death. Neither has the rest of her family and when Lucy learns through Justin's father that Max wants to investigate Justin's death Lucy is first skeptical to the idea. However, Lucy soon decides that she will help Max, the problem is convincing the rest of the Kincaids that this is a good idea. Justin's death is still something that they haven't gotten over, but Lucy feels that she want to know the truth...whatever her family thinks.

Finishing SHATTERED not only gave me one more series that I wanted to read. It gave me two. I found both Max and Lucy to be fascinating and strong women, and I loved reading a book that is both thrilling and so sad. The partnership between Lucy and Max was not friction-free, but that just added drama to the story. The questions were, would they find out who killed the boys, is it the same killer and if it is the same killer, what is the motive? SHATTERED is a fabulous book and I'm thrilled to have discovered a new author and two new series that I just have to read!