I also saw shades of Red Dragon in some of the elements. The plot largely reminds me of the CSI episode where Greg is buried alive or the Ryan Reynolds movie called "Buried," but with much more meaning and nuance. This morning, I was roughly 45% of the way through it. This book definitely does that in spades. Once the plot is well established, it should be a breakneck race to the end. To me, a solid murder mystery has a slow build, making sure that you get to know the characters, the situation at hand, and the perspective of the killer as well. I measure the worth of a thriller on on how quickly I finish it after crossing the 50% mark. On one hand, if Zoe exploded, they might be kicked off the case and out of the station. I'll end with a quote that really exemplifies the comic relief that Mike Omer does such a good job balancing the scariness with: “Tatum struggled with the dilemma, unsure if he should intervene. This is a very general question that I've had for a while. Are local law enforcement and FBI always at each others' throats? I feel like books and TV shows are always pitting them against each other. How does Zoe continually have these life and death encounters with serial killers?Ģ. I had two questions while and after reading this book, that aren't necessarily problems with the book but more general wonderings:ġ. I love that they can care about each other without the usual romantic feelings that create unnecessary drama. I truly love good banter, and Zoe and Tatum can banter with the best of them. Most of these funny comments surround Tatum and his relationships with Marvin and Zoe. The amount of humor used preserves the integrity of the genre and intensity of the book while allowing the reader some respite from that intensity. These comments provide such comic relieve in an incredibly suspenseful, and oftentimes creepy, story, and Mike Omer does an amazing job balancing the suspense and humor. There are obviously moments of suspense, since this is a mystery/thriller, but I also found myself chuckling out loud because of humorous comments sprinkled in here and there. All the characters and character relationships I fell in love with in the previous book came back in full force - Zoe, Andrea, Tatum, Marvin, and Freckle the cat, who reminds me of Crookshanks from Harry Potter (and, of course, Harry Barry). Zoe is going after a serial killer once again, and I could NOT put this book down. See their last moments, feel them almost as if they were her own.”Įverything that I loved from the first book in the Zoe Bentley series is back in this book! I thoroughly enjoyed this book - I can't remember when I last enjoyed a murder mystery this much (other than the first book, of course). She’d often find herself trapped in the mind of the victim as well. She could crawl into the mind of a killer, think like he did, sometimes even guess what he’d do next.
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