Serial Killer Plays Games With FBI Agents

The story has been told many times. Sam and Clarke (girl not boy) are on the hunt for a serial killer who kidnaps and murders red-headed females. Until now. This last one is blonde and the FBI agents are certain he still has the last red-head who has not been found. He has broken his pattern. Yes, he. They know who he is - Simon.

Sounds captivating right? Not so much. I was sick of hearing Clarke's inner thoughts and flashbacks before I got through half of the book. It was hard soldiering on to finish, because the Clarke parts never end. The backstory with Adelaide and Simon were a lot better and kept my interest as to what would finally happen. Except the author was trying too hard to put those "I never saw it coming" moments in. No spoilers but there were too many solutions that never had a build up or foreshadow to make any sense except for the want of a twist ending. It fell flat for me. ( )

I usually love these kinds of books but cannot say the same about this one. I felt that it took too long to get to know the characters. I did not like the main character. I don't mind a flawed character but an FBI agent should at least come across as strong in some ways. I felt she was a very dependent needy, whiny character. I did like Sam but the relationship didn't make much sense. At least the ending did give it a little bit of sense. The killer was crazy an obsessed with the main character and she didn't know why??? At the end you wonder how she wouldn't have known. It wasn't a bad book but it took me a while to get into it and it wasn't something that I want more of. That is what I like in a book. One that makes me want more. ( )

Good suspense with decent twists but sometimes Clarke's flashbacks threw me out of the story. ( )

It hits all the thriller beats with a smart premise, but way over the top in every way. ( )

It was OK, I thought it went on and on and on and on a few times, ok a lot of times, and it could have ended in the hospital. I was a little surprised, I'll leave it at that. ( )