In Chattanooga though her husband Judd would object to her showing off a house at night, realtor Jennifer Walker agrees to take a potential customer and his wife to see an expensive mansion. However, instead of a sale that she would use to furnish a nursery, the man slices off her hands before killing her. He leaves behind a rose and a devastated spouse, who hires his friend's Powell private investigative firm to uncover the identity of the killer.This is an awesomely scary book that will keep you guessing almost until the end. I was completely unable to guess the identity of the killer and had to wait until the author was ready to reveal whodunnit. ( )

This was a re-read for me (wanted to refresh my mind before reading next in series). It was ok for me but, I in the end I just wanted it to get finished. IMO the whole book was like an over-acted play. I just didn't connect with anyone. Jude seemed to have a complete change of heart and I never really understood why. Griffin had a callous attitude one minute and a caring attitude the next, with no rhyme nor reason for either. Lindsay just simply pissed me off. I kept waiting for her to grow a backbone....never happened. I usually quite enjoy a storyline involving a serial killer and don't mind if it's graphic, but in this case I thought it was rather OTT. I never connected with the killer/s because I never got any sense of where the violence evolved from. Overall, I would give this a 1.5 and I am a little reluctant to read the next in the series. Griffin just simply annoyed me, so not sure whether I want to read his story or not. Having said all this Beverly Barton is still one of my favourite reads ( )

This was a re-read for me (wanted to refresh my mind before reading next in series). It was ok for me but, I in the end I just wanted it to get finished. IMO the whole book was like an over-acted play. I just didn't connect with anyone. Jude seemed to have a complete change of heart and I never really understood why. Griffin had a callous attitude one minute and a caring attitude the next, with no rhyme nor reason for either. Lindsay just simply pissed me off. I kept waiting for her to grow a backbone....never happened. I usually quite enjoy a storyline involving a serial killer and don't mind if it's graphic, but in this case I thought it was rather OTT. I never connected with the killer/s because I never got any sense of where the violence evolved from. Overall, I would give this a 1.5 and I am a little reluctant to read the next in the series. Griffin just simply annoyed me, so not sure whether I want to read his story or not. Having said all this Beverly Barton is still one of my favourite reads ( )

This was a re-read for me (wanted to refresh my mind before reading next in series). It was ok for me but, I in the end I just wanted it to get finished. IMO the whole book was like an over-acted play. I just didn't connect with anyone. Jude seemed to have a complete change of heart and I never really understood why. Griffin had a callous attitude one minute and a caring attitude the next, with no rhyme nor reason for either. Lindsay just simply pissed me off. I kept waiting for her to grow a backbone....never happened. I usually quite enjoy a storyline involving a serial killer and don't mind if it's graphic, but in this case I thought it was rather OTT. I never connected with the killer/s because I never got any sense of where the violence evolved from. Overall, I would give this a 1.5 and I am a little reluctant to read the next in the series. Griffin just simply annoyed me, so not sure whether I want to read his story or not. Having said all this Beverly Barton is still one of my favourite reads ( )

This is an awesomely scary book that will keep you guessing almost until the end. I was completely unable to guess the identity of the killer and had to wait until the author was ready to reveal whodunnit. There appears to be another book with the same characters. I will definitely be looking it up, because I thoroughly enjoyed The Dying Game. Read it. It's good. ( )