Review: Profiling - this oh so abused science in the thrillers ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
... all around the globe.But here it comes - a very original thriller written by an expert who is - surprise, surprise - Chinese!Lei Mi, formerly known as Liu Peng, a teacher of criminal psychology at China Criminal Police University, is well versed in both criminal psychology and forensic science. His career has given him insight into all sorts of crime, perhaps more so than most people learn in a lifetime. Having become known across the internet for psychological thrillers such as his Criminal Minds series, he has attracted countless fans. His major works include The Seven Readers (published as a serial novel from July to September 2006 in Legends from Today and Ancient Times: End of the Month Stories, and won their prize for best suspense story of 2006), Profiler, Skinner's Box, Blade of Silence, and City Lights. Lei Mi currently teaches in Shenyang.Fang Mu is sensitive, fragile, and deeply afraid of death, but has been blessed with innate skill and an intuition that allows him to solve crimes with almost miraculous proficiency. When young women are found dead one after another in Jiangbin City, each murdered and disemboweled in her home, the Police investigations reveal that the killer is a monster who likes to mix milk together with human blood--and then drink it. out of legend? Then series of four rape and murder cases surface in Changhong City, which seem to be unrelated to the former crimes.But then our hero Fang Mu, just a student of profiling, discovers a trace which the police should follow. If only, to prevent further victims.But the murderer goes into some kind of "Overkill" and no-one is secure any more.Will Fang Mu be able to face this monster, before other innocents have to die?Read and You will see!I got this book in a freebie action and the the second book of the seriesSkinner's Box (Fang Mu (Eastern Crimes)), too.But You have to read this book first, just to understand the situation of the Chinese Police, which seems to be only at the beginning of "The Profiling" USA-way. But they have their own methods of pursuing the culprits.For me, absolutely worth a read!