Twisted
Petra Connor Series, Book 2
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نقد و بررسی
December 13, 2004
Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor takes center stage in bestseller Kellerman's elaborate, suspenseful, albeit improbable, thriller. Connor, who assisted Kellerman's main series detective, psychologist Alex Delaware, in 2003's A Cold Heart
, proves an engaging protagonist, fully capable of carrying a story on her own. She's investigating a seemingly random drive-by shooting that claimed four teenage victims when a precocious 22-year-old graduate student intern, Isaac Gomez, presents her with evidence that a serial killer has struck on the same day, June 28, every year for the past six years. Though his proof relies entirely on a statistical analysis he's performed, his unquestioned brilliance prompts Connor to do a little extracurricular digging that turns up suggestive clues supporting Gomez's theory. Meanwhile, after doggedly pursuing even the slightest lead in the drive-by shooting case, Connor suspects that one of the victims, perhaps the one who wasn't claimed by any next-of-kin, was deliberately targeted. While Connor finds the socially immature Gomez to be a challenging assistant, he displays considerable cool in the climactic showdown with the June 28 killer. Despite a last minute plot twist that comes out of left field, this is vintage Kellerman, sure to please his legions of fans. Agent, Barney Karpfinger. (Dec. 1)
Forecast:
A Literary Guild and Mystery Guild main selection, and a BOMC, QPB and Doubleday featured selection, this one should hit most bestseller lists.
It's not enough to solve one mystery; today's fictional detectives have to solve multiple whodunits while resolving personal issues, as well. In TWISTED, L.A. homicide detective Petra Connor has to catch the shooters in a drive-by AND stop a date-fixated serial killer AND romance her Special Ops boyfriend. Lindsay Crouse's hard-boiled reading makes Petra one tough cookie though her more engaging characterization turns out to be that of Isaac Gomez, the brainy numbers-cruncher who sees the world in probabilities. This by-the-numbers thriller makes a good fix for mystery junkies--but stay away if head-bashing serial killers turn you off. R.W.S. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
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