Review: Engaging Page Turner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2012
I was given an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Buckle up and hold on. This story will keep you up late at night making you consider calling in sick for work the next day so you can finish in one sitting.Long Island Detective Cassandra (Cassie) Logan is assigned a murder case of a beheaded and flayed woman in a park. Next to her corpse is the carcass of her beloved dog that appears to have been killed by a much larger dog. Assigned to this case is FBI profiler Rich Sanders who suspects this case is similar to a murder spree that took place in Virginia. There are too many similarities. Women who had been walking their dogs alone in a park ended up gruesomely murder and their dogs killed.Shortly afterward, another woman is murdered in the same park and left in a position mocking Rick of these earlier cases. Thus begins a hunt to find the killer before he murders again. Will Cassie's father, or family friend, partner, or Cassie herself be the killer's next victim?This book isn't for the squeamish reader. Ms. Raggio does not hold back in describing the victim's death. The reader will feel each punch, or thrust of a knife. I engaged emotionally with protagonist Cassie. She's a workaholic who hasn't dated in awhile and finds herself attracted to Rick. Complicating Cassie's life is her protective father and family friend, Sam, who's like a brother. Knowing Cassie is putting herself in harm's way while investigating this sadistic killer, Sam and Cassie's relationship has the potential to become closer.I had a hard time putting this book down. The writing is crisp and clean moving the story along at a fast pace. I'm eagerly awaiting Ms. Raggio's next book.