Police officer Mike Ryan was murdered with his own gun. A beautiful suspect walked away free after tainting his reputation with allegations of greed and corruption -- only to perish herself in a fiery apparent suicide. For two years Cleveland Homicide Detective John Salvatore Paris has been struggling to clear his friend Ryan's once-good name with no success. And now a rash of brutal slayings is rocking Paris's city, a plague of terror and ritual sacrifice savage enough to shatter even the most street-hardened cop's faith in justice and a rational world. Each murder is different yet equally horrific -- each victim and crime connected only by a strange symbol carved into their flesh.

This is the first book for me by this author. It has been sitting on my shelf for sometime as I had bought it and never got around to reading it. Having read it and finished it, I was quite surprised.

The story is a very gory and pacy thriller. It offers a lot of twists and turns with plenty of red herrings along the way. I didn’t actually guess which character was the sister but did work out who was the brother.

Jack Paris our leading guy seems like a nice guy. He didn’t come over a sex god like some of the leading detectives in some of the crime novels I have read. He has appeared in previous book but felt as I was reading this one it didn’t matter I hadn’t read the first.

Would I recommend this book ? Yes I would, a well worthy read to keep you guessing. ( )