The story jumps right into
the action. There isn’t any dull
moment. Due to the brevity of the story,
the fact that Dr. Verraday agreed to be a profiler and help out the police after
one after-school conversation with them, still remains baffling to me. It is so unusual, and even more so, his
commitment. That part at least felt
fictional. But it was easy to discount
this oddity, since I was hooked to the story from the first page.
The narrative is told in
third person, but the text is heavy with conversations between the
characters. It was easy to connect and
relate with Verraday, MacLean, the detective that Verraday worked with, and
even the rest of the characters (for example, the victim’s ex, Verraday’s sister,
victims, students, and detectives).
The easy flowing dialogues are the strongest element of this story, and is what drove me
to read through it as fast as I did.
Some of the profiling and
events felt formulaic, but again, because of the connection I felt with
Verraday, it was easy to overlook the clichéd segments. This is one of those books where in
retrospect, I find myself thinking, “I knew it” with reference to the plot
twist. Did I, really? Objectively, I don't think so. Bottom line is, this was a good read and good entertainment. And the
length is just perfect for about 2 hours of reading.
I received a review copy of
this book from Crooked Lane Books via NetGalley.
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