Review: A light thriller
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2012
This light read takes us firstly into the point of view of a mentally ill young man who is alternately clever and charming and then vicious and violent; this may or may not have been made worse by a family tragedy.  In any case, he actually kills a teenager who had made the mistake of breaking into his apartment building; then he wraps the body all neatly in plastic and forgets completely about it as he goes about his dinner.Secondly, a companionable pair of police, a man and a woman, run into him eventually as he is in another of his rage-fueled Mr. Hyde mode.  The two police personnel also present a mild quandary--they were both going to sit for the exams for promotion, except that one of them knows she is distinctly more capable than the other.Thirdly, the policewoman has something weighing on her mind--she is married and worries whether she should give in to her biological clock or pursue her career.The drama is admirably restrained, the plot presents no major issues, and the writing is serviceable.