- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM) (Jan 14 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0515129704
- ISBN-13: 978-0515129700
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,295,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Overworked police detective Lucas Stonecoat finds himself juggling two gruesome murder investigations, an old flame and a tempting new co-worker in Walker's latest mystery (following Blind Instinct). The Houston police department endures a lot of bad press when two women are found scalped, with their hands chopped off and Native American pictographs carved into their flesh. Lucas's prejudiced superiors, assuming that he is an expert on scalping because of his American Indian heritage, assign him to the case along with forensic psychiatrist Meredyth Sanger. The quarrelsome duo question a pompous and uncooperative psychiatrist who treats recently released felons and team up with two rather stereotypically portrayed detectives from a different precinct. In the midst of the investigation, Lucas is distracted by his grandfather's serious illness, the marital strife of his first love and another case involving a beheading. Walker's stilted dialogue and typecast supporting characters do nothing to enhance the romance brewing between Lucas and Meredyth, but diehard mystery readers who can stomach the meticulously depicted, grisly crime scenes will appreciate the narrative's momentum and procedural details. (Mar.)
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Immensely entertaining. -- Daytona Beach News-Journal
One step beyond the cutting edge. -- Harriet Klausner
Unflinching. -- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
One step beyond the cutting edge. -- Harriet Klausner
Unflinching. -- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it!,
By Megan "The Book Hunter" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Edge (Paperback)
I read other reviews about this and Walker's other "Edge" novels, and get a little angry. I really like his novels, and think they are really good. People were saying mean things about how he put that there was snow in Texas, but there is some times when weather can be unpredictable. I mean, it's totally possible. Anyway, I thought it was a great book, and very interesting. I for one, could not put it down. The people who are putting this book down, if you are not satisfied, then go out and you try writing a novel of Mr.Walker's caliber, then you can make fun of it. But until then, try and not be so scathing.
1.0 out of 5 stars
I can't believe I even bought this book,
By "theoldbat" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Edge (Paperback)
I have really not liked the "Edge" series at all from Walker, so why in the world I bought this one, I still can't figure out. It was poorly written, boring and difficult to follow. I finally was able to get through this book unlike the last one, but I am beginning to wonder if Walker has ever been to Houston. At least he got the weather more correct this time, but I work downtown and have been looking for buildings one could jump from one to the other. Most buildings here take up a city block and jumping across five or six lanes of roadway is just too unbelievable. But poetic license aside, I wonder if Walker's students are writing this series because they don't seem to be written by the same person who is writing the "Instinct" series.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Keeps you guessing so that's a good thing!,
By Minnesota Raven "Viking Vixen" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Edge (Paperback)
If you want believable situations between Native Americans and how a real police department would work then don't read this book. Put that aside and it's quite entertaining as a who done it and how are the bad guys gonna get caught. I think the serial killer angle was different and that gave this book an edge. I picked it up when my flight was delayed at the airport and almost finished it by the time I got home.This book would have only gotten 2 stars if it hadn't managed to keep me surprised from time to time because as some reviewers claimed it does lose touch with reality from time to time. But fast pacing, viewpoints from all the major characters and a few twist and turns will keep you interested.
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