Blake Pierce

This was a good suspense/thriller book but I gave it 3 stars because its basic premise is that of an untried or unreliable investigator chasing a copy-cat serial killer. At this point, this is the expected plotline for books involving serial killers. That does not mean that I wouldn't read more books in the series because this is exactly the type of book I like to read as a "palette cleanser" when I have gotten in a rut of a certain type of book. To me it is the same as sitting down to watch a "made for TV" movie in that the expectations are not that high so it is easy to just relax and enjoy the moment.… (altro)

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I quite enjoyed this book, but I'm not really tempted to keep reading the series. The notes at the end mention Blake Pierce is an avid reader of crime fiction. This doesn't surprise me, as it felt like she's thrown the plots from a number of established authors into a blender and churned out fan fiction instead of trying to create her own style. The characters have some depth to them, but the plot is let down by Paige's impossibly lucid insight when presented with little information, and her colleagues' lucid stupidity when faced with a wealth of it. An early example is her partner Bill admiring her brilliance for suggesting the FBI look for connections between the children of two mothers murdered by the same killer. I didn't dislike the book, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay anything for it. Scribd has book two as an audiobook I might give it a listen if I can’t find something else to sink my teeth into.… (altro)