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Her Last Scream (2000)

by Jack Kerley(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 2

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Fiction

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Carson Ryder

review 1: A cracking psychological crime thriller featuring Carson Ryder in his 8th outing - abused women are being channeled to safety by means of an 'underground railroad'-type of network similar to that previously used for runaway slaves. But someone has hacked into the network and is taking women from the system, torturing and murdering them. Carson and fellow detective Harry Nautilus see the only solution is to put a woman into the system to find out who the culprit is. Unfortunately, the officer chosen for the job is Harry's niece, Reinetta, so Harry becomes so protective he runs the risk of endangering the operation. A gripping tale, gruesome and disturbing in places particularly in relation to abuse in relationships - 9/10.
review 2: Entertaining thriller, though... more sometimes there are parts where I feel is a bit over the top that it was almost a bit pantomine. Also, different points of view of many different characters can get a bit confusing, had to go back a few times to remind myself who these characters were, because sometimes you don't see them again for a while. Plenty of good twists, some are predictable but still quite entertaining. It has a slow, confusing start but persevere and it'll become a page turner.Subject matter would be tough on some people, so if you're looking for something light and easy to read, this may not be the book for you. Some people find this subject matter disturbing and wonder how the writer thinks this up, but I wonder if these people ever watch news or take notice of what happens in the real world. Far more deadlier stuff happens to women on a daily basis in the real world. It was interesting to at least glimpse (nothing in-depth here) into the men's mind that commit violent crimes against women. At least in this book, you feel there's a chance for justice.It can be unintentionally silly and unbelievable at times, some character behaviour seem odd to their normal behaviour, and I'm talking about the good guys here. For an instant, there is a support female police officer goes in an extreme childish huff in front of a suspect which I felt that a trained officer would not allow themselves to do. It felt like such an odd behaviour for her character, and was only written because she happened to be a woman and the writer wanted something that the suspect would react to so we could see how villianous he was but it was done in an unbelievable way.The main story itself, is a good thriller, good twists, some decent characters, good plot and a few suprises, so for the price it is now, despite some short-commings it's worth a read, not a "must" read, but still it's a good read. less

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