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Sto caricando le informazioni... Collecting the Deaddi Spencer Kope
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Collecting the Dead (2016) is the first in Spencer Kope’s now four-book series featuring Magnus “Steps” Craig, and it’s a doozy of a book. “Steps” is a human tracker, an FBI man who specializes in going into the deep woods to locate the missing victims of what all too often turns out to be a serial killer. You’ve probably seen the real-life version of a Steps Craig on television before because the reality is that there are some very serious serial killers out there right now, and there always will be. Along with the rest of the team, Jimmy Donovan and Diane Parker, Steps tries to find as many of the hidden as he can before it is too late to save them. Steps Craig, though, is not what he seems. The man has a secret and he wants to keep it that way: Steps is the best tracker in the business because he has a talent that no other tracker has, a talent he explains this way: “I see the hidden; I see the shine, every touch, every footfall, every cheek on a pillow, every hand on a wall. Some might call it an aura, I just call it life energy; either way it leaves its soft glowing trace on everything we come in contact with, radiating even from the blood we leave behind. Sometimes it’s chartreuse with a wispy texture, or muddy mauve, or flaming coral, or a crimson baked-earth. Every shine is different and specific to a person, like fingerprints or eye scans or DNA.” The problem is that Steps can’t turn this unique talent on and off at will. It is so disturbing and distracting an ability, in fact, that he has to wear a specially designed set of eyeglasses to eliminate all of the vivid colors that would otherwise make it impossible for him to get through a normal day. But right now, he needs to see all those colors because Steps and Jimmy have been called out to examine the remains of yet another young woman, and what he finds there is disturbing in the worst way. Not only does he find the expected shine; he recognizes it and also finds the killer’s “signature” drawing of a sad face. This means the team is facing yet another serial killer. So the last thing Steps needs is the reappearance of his personal serial killer nemesis, a man he’s been trying to catch for the last ten years. “Leonardo,” as he calls him, is so evil that Steps can barely sleep from the frustration of not being able to catch up with the man, and when he does manage to fall asleep his Leonardo nightmares terrify him. But for the moment, Leonardo is going to have to be put on the back burner because the Sad Face Killer knows that he is being hunted — and he likes it. Bottom Line: The premise of a man like Steps Craig may be a little farfetched, but it works brilliantly because Kope is so good at humanizing Steps, Jimmy, Diane (who may be my favorite character of them all), and all the side-characters on both sides of the good vs. bad equation. Too, Kope ends this introductory volume on the perfect note, with a revelation of what is to come in the second book — and he does it without having to resort to one of those frustrating cliffhangers that most readers hate. Instead, Kope tells us that Leonardo is back — and it’s game on in Whispers of the Dead, the 2018 addition to the Magnus “Steps” Craig series. Oh…and I love the fact that Steps Craig is a book collector, and the way that Kope uses that personality trait in this book. That’s a really nice touch. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are particularly needed, he works as a tracker. The media dubs him "The Human Bloodhound," since Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a special ability---a kind of synesthesia---where he can see the 'essence' of a person, something he calls 'shine,' on everything they've touched. His ability is known to only a few people---his father, the director of the FBI, and his partner, Special Agent Jimmy Donovan. When the remains of a murdered woman are found, Steps recognizes the shine left by the murderer from another crime scene with a physically similar victim. And he uncovers the signature at both scenes---the mark of a sad face. At the same time, another killer, one Steps has dubbed Leonardo and has been trying to track for over ten years, appears again, taunting Steps. But while Steps tries to find a clue that will lead him to Leonardo, the case of the Sad Face Killer heats up. The team uncovers eleven possible victims: missing women who fit the same pattern. Using his skill and the resources of the Bureau, it is a race against time to find the killer before it's too late"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I didn't particularly like any of the characters. Steps (aside from that horrible nickname I couldn't take seriously) spent too much time navel-gazing and pitying his lot in life. Jimmy's only distinctive character trait was his loyalty, which made him a one-dimensional friend/husband/father/agent. As for the women in the novel, they were either victims or scheming romantics plotting to either date Steps or set him up with someone to date.
The plot also had a weird sense of pacing, especially at the end. The book's climax (as anti-climactic as it was) took place about 50 pages before the actual end of the story. All the suspense drained out of the last few chapter sand I found myself bored and eager to get to the last page already.
Collecting The Dead feels very much like the setup for a new series (which it is), but it's not a series I'll be continuing to read. ( )