Review: It is a very feminine thriller.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
Quick read with many twists and corpses. I enjoyed the mix of psychology and inside glimpse into the burlesque's world.It is a very feminine thriller.The reader follows the trail of a serial killer who leaves his victims with the word "Darling" written on a body part with a crime scene usually scripted. In parallel Anna, the heroine, is a therapist waiting to see herself truely graduated who leads a double life.On the one hand, she uses her brain to help patients. On the other, she uses her body dancing in a burlesque troupe. Through her ​​art, she externalizes her femininity and expresses herself.When I said that this is a very feminine thriller it's because many women are at the heart of this novel. Heroin, friends, dancers, the detective leading the investigation but also, the questioning mind who decipher the murderer. This role being played by Anna as a profiler, it is with her clinical approach that we follow the investigation.Of course, to put the spotlight on a troupe also helps to target on the curves and sensuality of women. But it is a feeling that was quite pronounced during my reading.But that does not diminish the brutality of the murders and the sense of paranoia that install itself. The reader, as the heroin, eventually are suspecting all the characters. Moreover, the end is unexpected. Many questions remain unanswered about Anna's future when the reader close this volume, leaving with the feeling of waiting for more...A good thriller with likeable characters.Lucienewbooksonmyselves.blogspot.fr