Review: Suspenseful Thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
Detective Rousseau introduced by Cynthia Townly uses every available clue of evidence, plus an abundance of wit, to identify and locate The Campus Killer, who has targeted youthful co-eds at Tulane University.Horrified residents and terrified co-eds are stunned by the vicious killings. Shock waves rippled outward to engulf the city. Every three days another co-ed is abducted to be found later, raped and murdered.Katie stopped to try to help a handicapped man in distress. A powdery drug blown into her face paralyzed her vocal cords. Tears blur her vision, but she tries, desperately to focus on survival. No one can hear her silent screams.Oliver Rousseau is part of a task force for the Major Crimes Division. They investigate kidnappings, murders, and sexual assaults. Three victims have been found, raped crudely posed and with multiple stab wounds. The L.B.I. were now involved.This perp liked to shock the public. The girls were all blond haired with light colored eyes. All were students. Another victim was found that fit the m.o. It was a gruesome scene, revolting and gut wrenching even to seasoned detectives.Disguises, old homes with hidden underground tunnels, and extortion plots thicken and darken this undulating plot.This is a hypnotic, soul-searching, very convoluted story that involves more than unlucky strangers. "We All need heroes in our lives. Not the kind with superpowers, but the self-sacrificing ones," Oliver said.And, I wholeheartedly agree.