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212 (2010)

by Alafair Burke(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061561223 (ISBN13: 9780061561221)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Harper

series

Ellie Hatcher

review 1: Riveting, smashing first rate crime featuring a witness who saw too much plus had a back history she didn't want discovered. "'A shooting. There's been a shooting.' Tanya used her palm to wipe away the drops of water from her eyes, tears mixed with rain. Her attempts were futile, serving only to smear mascara across her clammy cheeks. 'You heard gunshots?' 'Inside the apartment.' 'Ma'am. I need you to use your words. You heard gunshots from inside the apartment? Could you tell what direction they were coming from?' 'There was a shooting. Inside the apartment at Lafayette and Kenmare.' 'I've got your location as Lafayette and Bond, ma'am. Did you mean to say Lafayette and Bond?... I need you to speak to me, ma'am. Can you tell me if you're okay? Are you hurt?'" The dead ma... moren in the apartment is Sam Sparks' protection specialist. Body guard, Robert Mancini, has been shot in Sam's bedroom. The first innocent victim killed, looks like a home invasion. Home invasion usually involves a drug scene where the address might be incorrectly used or not in a drug disturbance. There are two incidents, two separate events that will weave back to each other and they both involve building 212. The owner of the apartment is, of course, number one suspect on the body guard death and the cops are hot to find the female who was able to hide and get away from the murderer. A tryst was occurring or the transaction was complete when the bodyguard was shot. It's the detective's theory, the murdered individual knew his attacker. Then there is the death of the college girl Megan Gunther. How does her stalking tie into the murder in 212? This third book is sensational because it's so different than the first two in the series. First title involved a serial killer using the dating internet, the second title was another serial killer attacking blondes and the third well... it starts out with the witness dialing 911 to report the crime, then we move to the detectives processing the apartment and then the story bounces to the courtroom drama, four months after the murder. A scene in which it looks like the killer is getting away with murder. Does Sam Sparks really have an air tight alibi? A cold case for the detectives that starts at the beginning with all the witnesses to re-interview with a closer look at the crime scene again, except someone is a step ahead of them.They are also looking for the woman who just might have all the answers from that fatal evening. The killer is stalking his prey, he begins with one college student and her roommate which leads him to another woman who is a real estate agent and the killer still hasn't found the woman that saw him commit the first crime inside the apartment. What tipped off the killer? That is what Ellie and her partner, J.J. Rogan, need to discover and quickly. What do all the women have in common? Phone numbers in their cell phones for starters and that is how the story unfolds to end. I saw where the clues were going to land, but I didn't know the exact motive. I didn't that little twist at the end only the author had planned. I did know who the killer was just about halfway; getting there with the clues was the extra fun of finishing the book.
review 2: Ellie Hatcher is a NYC detective, she and her partner, JJ Rogan are at the scene of a homicide, when the owner of the apartment shows up and he and Ellie get into a tiff in which she ends up putting him under arrest so he will leave the scene of the crime. She was mostly angry because he seemed to care more about her wet shoes on her rug than the dead man in the bed. As she obsesses over this man as a suspect, they get called to another case, two young women are stabbed, and one is still alive. This fast paced novel has a lot of twists and turns, and keeps .you turning the page. Love Alafair's characters, and look forward more of Ellie. less

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