Review: Body parts, murders, suspects--Oh my!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
The novella has the perfect and unique set-up: amputated limbs discovered at the zoo.  I knew from the first percent the author had good story-telling ability, and I wanted to know what would happen next.I liked Sam, the female lead detective, who would pop Hershey kisses any chance she got (like breath mints).  For the most part she was hard-edged and tough, yet there were moments of vulnerability interspersed.  I believe the author was going for a credible edge with this, but sometimes it seemed like Sam was a little too "touchy" and moved to tear up rather easily (personal opinion).  This might have had more belonging if it were a full-length novel and we got to know her "inner workings" even better.Yet, with this said, Sam had lost her sister to murder (which still remains a cold case and served as the motivation for Sam to become a cop), and made these murders touch closer to home.  With the victims being women, I suppose it did make it personal for Sam...It just seemed like there was more mention of emotion during the reading of the book than felt natural for a tough cop.Sam uses her background training in criminal profiling, but I found at times it was like "this is our guy", "oh, no it isn't".  Again, that is just a personal observation as well.All in all, though, an enjoyable read.