Review: Stealing Power
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2013
I received a free download of "Stealing Power" by Bo Brennan, in exchange for an honest review. This is a mystery suspense thriller at it's best. I sat up late into the night to finish it...but it was well worth it.There is a serial killer on the rampage. To date one individual has committed thirty seven rapes, but only nineteen victims. They believe he drugs his victims unconscious before he rapes them. He records the rapes, and sometimes after the attack, he mails two copies. One is addressed to the victim, who never knew this happened, and the other one personally addressed to DCI Colt, leading the investigation. Colt has currently received thirty seven DVD's over a three year period. Sixteen have come forward after receiving their copy and three have been brought to their attention by others. There are a further eighteen victims that haven't been located.Now these selected few law enforcements will work for Colt on this investigation, to catch the rapist. They include detective constable India Kane(DC Kane),and her partner DC Tom Dwyer and Lee Sangrim. Also assisting in the investigation are Veronica Laing, specialist rape advocate, and criminal psychologist Dr. Lacey Fox. But India resents that Colt, on secondment from the Metropolitan Police Service, has taken over her files for which she was first lead and now heads up this investigation. There is always friction between the two of them.The initial profile identifies that all the attacks were conducted at night, the victims had not been aware they had been raped until they received the DVD in the post, there is no DNA evidence, and all victims had been drugged prior to rape. The rapist was obsessed with order and organization, coming from a dysfunctional family, where power and control ruled.But India was determined to catch this culprit. What was the pattern? This was like trying to figure out a jigsaw puzzle...but with each piece of the puzzle the picture became clearer and the list of potential suspects in the pool was reduced.Reading this book was like watching a lengthy show of "The Mentalist" or CSI.I was gripped with the story from page one to the end. I had to know.If you enjoy reading mystery, suspense thrillers,don't miss out on this one.