The Last Victim
A Novel
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Descrizione dell’editore
“[An] exceptional storyteller . . . Leave it to [Karen] Robards to deliver the start of a series that is distinctive and unforgettable!”—RT Book Reviews
A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Dr. Charlotte Stone regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. At the age of sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath. Because of the information she gave police, the Boardwalk Killer went underground, but Charlie kept her postmortem visions of the victims to herself. Years later, to protect her credibility as a psychological expert, she tells no one about these apparitions. Now a teenage girl is missing, her family slaughtered. The Boardwalk Killer—or a sick copycat with his M.O.—is back. This is the one case Charlie knows she shouldn’t go near. But she also knows that she may be the one person in the world who can stop this vicious killer, especially when she receives help from an unexpected source: The fiery spirit of a seductive bad boy who refuses to be ignored.
“Excellent . . . This story is going to haunt you.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Thrilling . . . a fun and sexy read.”—Booklist
“Tantalizing.”—Library Journal
Features a preview of the next Charlotte Stone novel, The Last Kiss Goodbye.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Robards (Sleepwalker) kicks off a paranormal romantic suspense series with this engaging but uneven tale of serial murder and ghosts. When she was 17, Dr. Charlotte "Charlie" Stone was the sole survivor of a horrific attack by the Boardwalk Killer and has spent her life studying serial killers as a result. Fifteen years later, Charlie is called in to help the FBI solve a series of murders eerily similar to those committed by the Boardwalk Killer. In addition to her psychiatric knowledge, Charlie also has the ability to see ghosts, like Michael Garland, an inmate Charlie was studying before he was stabbed to death. Michael's ghost becomes attached to Charlie, and Charlie surprisingly finds herself turning to Michael for comfort as the Boardwalk Killer, or a copycat, escalates his killing spree. Robards sets up an interesting dynamic between Charlie and Michael, but too much focus on their relationship overshadows the hunt for the Boardwalk Killer.
Recensioni dei clienti
Disappointing
I was full of expectation, the plot seemed quite interesting to begin with but it just turned out to be a complete waste of time and money. It's way too repetitive, there's too much talking about useless and ridiculous romance while the whole story gets completely stuck. The main character's criminal profiling is absolutely basic and simplicistic according to my very humble opinion. Any book written by John Douglas explains how arsonism, cruelty on small animals and wetting the bed over the age of 12 years old should ring a bell when searching for a serial killer but there definitely is much more to that. I think that the author could have tried to get acquainted with a little more data given the topic of her book. I'm not even going to talk about how disappointed I was at the end of the book when, after finding out who the serial killer was (and still I think the author should have focused on the core of the story i.e. finding a serial killer instead of lingering on passion tales which were boring and pedantic, too much melting/heavy breathing/muscle craving and so on..) the author decided to cut the story short and invited the reader to buy the next book to find out what happens next which has zilch to do with the criminal investigation. I mean, really??? How could I possibly want to waste more time and money on another book that 1- is written in poor english, 2- is boring, 3- has basically nothing to do with suspense/crime which is what I paid for? No way, Jose.. What amazes and almost amuses me is that this is a New York Times best seller, which is one of the reasons why I picked this book instead of others but I honestly can't come up with a good reason for a book like this to be enlisted in that category. Next!