So the murderer in this book is a sicko. He tortured and killed his wife thirty years ago, and she apparently haunts him around the summer solstice. He’s part of a cult that follows the teachings from a book that a dude decided to make up one year. It’s supposed to be based on ancient Mayan rituals, but literally, a guy made it up. So this sicko somehow figured out that if he murders a woman, surgically removes her heart, and eats it, his dead […]
Based on a semi-true story?
They had me right up until the last few chapters. In the beginning, you fall in love with the characters. Grand pere is the loving grandfather, protecting his granddaughter. Adrienne is the main character (the granddaughter), a four year old when we meet her. Her mother is young and beautiful, and not too interested in being a mother, but don’t worry – Adrienne has a nanny named Lucie who cares about her more than her real mother. And then there’s the nearly comically evil aunt […]
It’s probably not good when a book inspires your “ideal murder” plans
The first scene in this book reinforces all of my nightmares about being home alone. You just woke up, you’re hanging out in the kitchen with the water running – maybe doing some dishes, when a strange man suddenly appears behind you and strikes you in the head. You didn’t see him coming, and you’re not sure how he got in. Stephanie Bekker meets her final fate in chapter 1 when Carlo Druze – a facially scared theater actor – sneaks into her house through […]
I thought 1990 would look different, but I guess crime doesn’t change
Lucas Davenport is an interesting cop. He’s labeled by some as a “killer cop”, since he’s killed five people. This is his second entry into the “Prey” series. I got into the series by reading book 21, Buried Prey, which I happened to download as an eBook from my library. I guess the cover caught my eye, since I had no idea it was a series? I liked the characters (Lucas, the police force, the head honchos, and the Twin Cities) so much, that I […]