The Love Killings
Detective Matt Jones • Book 2
by Robert Ellis
Why You'll Love This
A detective still healing from an assassin's bullet gets pulled into hunting a killer he's already faced once — and neither pursuit lets him breathe.
- Great if you want: dual-threat plotting where both cases cut personally for the detective
- The experience: tightly coiled and fast — tension builds without wasted chapters
- The writing: Ellis keeps the prose lean and the psychology sharp throughout
- Skip if: you haven't read book one — backstory matters here
About This Book
Still healing from a bullet he didn't deserve, LAPD detective Matt Jones barely has time to settle old scores before the FBI pulls him back into the hunt for one of the most dangerous killers he's ever faced. Dr. George Baylor—a serial killer who slipped away once before—has left an entire family dead outside Philadelphia, and the evidence points straight to him. Now Jones is working two hunts simultaneously: one for a monster the country is terrified of, and one deeply personal, fueled by wounds that haven't fully closed. The stakes keep climbing, and the two missions begin to bleed into each other in ways no one saw coming.
What Ellis does exceptionally well is maintain relentless forward momentum without sacrificing character depth. Jones is a protagonist with real damage—complicated, driven, and believable—and Ellis gives him room to breathe even as the plot tightens around him. The pacing is disciplined, the procedural detail feels lived-in rather than researched, and the tension builds through accumulation rather than cheap shock. Readers who want their thrillers to carry genuine weight will find this one delivers on both fronts.
