Review: Pleasant surprise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
A well written prologue is the tone and key to the plot, that continues throughout the script (contrary to many books on how to write a novel).  I am not going to rehash the story, you can get that in the write-up and other reviews.  I will address the meat of the book, what the author put into it.A young boy, emotionally abused by his actor father, is exposed to something horrific and repulsive. Now, five men, all with 'perfect' lives, who come to San Francisco, allegedly on business, are missing.  The author's reference to body building/massaging is a brilliant double entendre.  Is this retribution, role playing or murder?  As the author lets us know the victims, so do we get into the head of the traumatized young boy, now a man, as he becomes progressively more violent and psychotic. But as with most psycho's, we don't really know him.Nor will the team of investigators, including Police Detective Vanessa Sanchez...a profiler and an FBI agent.  They bond in determination with each other, and compassion with the families.This is not my genre but my enjoying this book proves again that reading a well written novel is easy and a joy. Kudo's also on the character development (ARC).  The storyline was easy to follow, the plot had exciting ups and downs, and the ending a total surprise (for me), which is one thing that makes me read other works by the same author.