Pros: Strong characters & mystery; lacks the flaws of the last book in the series
Cons: Could be a little more foreshadowing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Review book courtesy of Penguin Group.
Since I’ve fallen behind on my reviewing (ack! Too many cat & family health issues—both our cats have a cardiologist and asthma inhalers now), I’ll cheat and quote the back-cover text to give you a taste of the plot before I let you know what I think of the book.
Pros: Wonderful characters & mystery; fascinating legendry
Cons: Identity of killer insufficiently foreshadowed; too many similarities between heroine of this book and heroine of last one
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Review book courtesy of Penguin Group.
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Ramsey Clark is a forensic investigator working with the infamous group dubbed the “mindhunters” by the media. She’s called in to help when a woman is found dead in Buffalo Springs, Tennessee. It seems the locals believe in a legend involving red mist and a curse, and the authorities are anxious to solve the brutal crime quickly before it becomes more of a media circus than it already has.
Ramsey has no interest whatsoever in paranormal explanations, and is nothing but irritated by handsome Devlin Stryker, a writer and parapsychologist determined to follow along as she conducts her investigation. It hardly helps her irritation that the locals don’t like talking to outsiders, and she ends up needing Devlin’s help to get them to open up to her. And she’d better hurry—historically the deaths have always come in threes, and another girl is about to disappear!
Pros: Wonderful psych material; great characters; interesting mystery
Cons: Identity of killer insufficiently foreshadowed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Review book courtesy of Penguin Group.
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There’s a serial rapist loose in Savannah, and detective Ryne Robel is determined to catch him—but he’s going to need help to do it. Enter criminologist Abbie Philips, a member of a famous group of forensic experts nicknamed the “mindhunters” by the media. She’s a brilliant profiler, but of course Robel doesn’t put much stock in profiles, and he finds Abbie herself distracting. Add to that some personal problems that both of the investigators face, as well as a wily and seemingly unstoppable criminal determined to bring women’s worst fears to life, and things will get a lot messier before they get better.
