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Virtual Strangers (2000)

by Susanne O'Leary(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Fiction

series

Virtual Detective

review 1: I just finished "Virtual Strangers" and I must say, I really liked it. It was very 21st century, with the two main characters meeting online, via a website for hopeful authors. People who have written books but haven't been published, using the site to try and get noticed, hoping that doing so will get them a publisher. Neither of the two is happy with their lives, mostly due to their significant others, and a joke about killing off each other's mates turns horribly real. At first each suspects the other of actually going through with it, but as things get worse, they begin to wonder who actually did it, and why. And where will it stop? I love how it's written in first person, switching between the two main characters, and how it's all in present tense. I figure... mored out who the real villain was about halfway through the book, but trying to see when either of the main characters would actually figure it out kept the book interesting. A really good read.
review 2: A modern take on Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. The killed and the killer all meet in the chat room of a a website, finally get invited along with other guests to a large creepy mansion in the country, and are trapped inside by a blizzard. The friendly killer kills again and is finally found out. The author builds suspense well and it's a fast read, although she relies a bit too much on foul language. There's a bit of sex too, but it's not explicit and mostly consists of people's comments about it their experience or non-experience with it. less

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