Review: Excellent Mystery Thriller!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
The Card Counter is a brilliant mystery thriller. In this crime fiction, Author James Kipling keeps us in suspense as the serial killer continues to murder in a brutal manner.In the beginning we meet Detective Jake Walker. We immediately discover he is a family man completely dedicated to his three daughters. It is tough to juggle his responsibilities being a dad and a detective now that he is divorced but he does a spectacular job at both.When a murder takes place on his daughter’s college campus it is his worst nightmare. He must dig through clues and motives (and a little bit of intuition) to try to discover who the serial killer is after and why. Until the killer is caught Jake is not willing to put his daughter at risk.The murders are brutal and have happened in more than one city. Jake calls in the help of an acquaintance in the FBI. Things get more and more intriguing as the clues come together. Author James Kipling has a knack at brilliantly constructing our journey through his story so as to have all the pieces come together at precisely the right moment. We are expertly guided through doubt and conspiracies until reaching a conclusion that you never see coming.I loved all the characters, especially the main character Detective Jake Walker. They are well developed and easy to identify with.I highly recommend this book! James Kipling delivers again!