- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (August 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1551665735
- ISBN-13: 978-1551665733
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,458,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nick Morrelli is the Platte City, Nebraska, sheriff who must be smarter than he appears, since there's a framed Harvard law degree hanging on his wall. Not that appearances don't count. The reader is treated to a number of descriptions of his sexy, lady-killer looks and his charismatic effect on even the most hard-bitten woman character in this somewhat muddled, serial-killer thriller. Nick is investigating the kidnap-murders of two young Platte City boys when FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell shows up and all but takes over the investigation. Several years earlier, the former sheriff--Nick's father--capped his own career with the arrest of the last serial killer in the neighborhood, who abducted and tortured three boys in an eerily similar crime spree. When Antonio Morrelli returns from retirement to meddle in the investigation, and when Nick's own sister uses her connections to advance his career, Nick hardly raises an objection. And that's the central weakness of what would otherwise be a good, first effort. --Jane Adams
From Publishers Weekly
A serial killer eludes an FBI profiler and a smalltown Nebraska sheriff in Kava's engaging debut, which manages to remain entertaining despite a fairly conventional plot line. As the story opens, recently appointed Sheriff Nick Morelli is as relieved as the rest of the citizens of Platte City that his predecessor, who also happens to be his father, has captured the child killer who plagued the town. But after the killer is executed, another child is discovered dead, and Morelli realizes that the convicted man was in fact a copycat killer, leaving the original criminal still on the prowl. Morelli gets some much-needed help in the investigation from FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell, but the hunt gets complicated when Morelli's sister, a journalist, leaks info to the media. Things become even stickier when O'Dell unearths a couple of unlikely suspects who've been dismissed by the police, and the search takes on a new level of urgency when Morelli's nephew is abducted and appears to be the next victim. Kava keeps her prose simple, but she does a nice job of setting up the chemistry between O'Dell and Morelli while balancing the various family issues Morelli faces in the investigation. She also makes good use of the smalltown milieu, tightening the tension by establishing that the killer is part of the fabric of the community. The result is a well-crafted page-turner involving the reader in the specter of murder in an intimate and disturbing fashion, with a plausible setup for a sequel. Agent, Philip Spitzer.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Far from perfect,
By "linus27" (Beavercreek, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Perfect Evil (Hardcover)
I found it amazing that a competent editor could have read this book without sending it flying back to the author with a resounding "try again". Books in the thriller genre are certainly a mixed bag. The best of them have an internal consistency that pulls the reader along. The worst, such as this book, insult the readers intelligence.The main characters are almost laughably bad, cardboard cut-outs. The protagonist is a beautiful, sexy, genius, FBI serial killer profiler who makes one idiotic mistake after another. Example-At one point she has a phone conversation with someone who may have information about the killer and she makes arrangements to meet the informer later, knowing that her prime suspect is in the building with the informer and apparently listening in on the conversation. The genius then blithely goes about her business and is mildly surprized when the informer doesn't show up at the meeting. The sheriff is even worse. Tall, handsome, studly, ex-football player, Harvard Law grad who couldn't pour water out of his boots if the instructions were on the bottom. The ending is a completely unsatisfying ploy for a sequel which I will avoid as assiduously as the authors characters avoid common sense.
4.0 out of 5 stars
No Sleeping here,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Perfect Evil (Mass Market Paperback)
A great book, I really enjoyed reading it non-stop..suspenseful
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's A Debut Novel And Not As Bad As Previously Reviewed!,
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This review is from: A Perfect Evil (Mass Market Paperback)
First off you should know that this is a debut novel and who knows how much Ms. Kava has penned before getting published the point is she is just getting a feel for what sells and what her fan base will be. With that said on to the review.For the most part I found this story to be a fine read and not as bad as previously reviewed. Yes, it's a no brainer on who the killer is almost right from the start but I think the challange of reading about the crime being solved was just as entertaining. So what if you know who did it...read on and see how he gets caught. As for the romance yes the dreaded idea of romance is introduced but falls way short on what I would call a secondary plot to the story. Both Nick and Maggie have their own personal issues that have helped to define who they are and in my opinion Ms. Kava was true to the developing relationship between the two of them and how they interacted with other characters. Be prepared to really not like Christine Nick's sister. She was in my opinion one of the most annoying characters that I've ever read and as a result really did not give a fig about what happened to her. Then again perhaps that's exactly what Ms. Kava wanted us to feel. Nick is clearly out of his league in his current profession but then again it helps to prove that although he may be perfect and yummy to look at, he is at the same time human with all the flaws that come with that distiction. This book did have some flaws but again no one is perfect, as for reading Ms. Kava again sure why not her debut is worthy of a first time read and is entertaining enough and even though it won't make it onto my keeper shelf she is not an author that I will go out of my to avoid.
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