- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM); 1st mmpb edition (Jan 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0515123846
- ISBN-13: 978-0515123845
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,265,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Hazy characterization and cryptic allusions to an earlier adventure (Cutting Edge) eventually build up to a taut game of psychic cat-and-mouse in Walker's latest. "The Snatcher" takes impoverished black boys from the streets of Houston and tortures them, though his attention span usually lasts about a week before he mercifully kills his victims. Lucas Stonecoat, a city detective assigned to unsolved cases, is currently investigating a hooker's death at the behest of her son, who claims to be a contract killer. He is assisted by psychic detective Kim Desinor (on loan from the FBI), who can enter a victim's mind, feel his or her torture, even develop sympathetic wounds?all to help unearth clues about the killer's identity. The book starts slowly and then explodes as Lucas, a driven man with chemical demons, struggles to keep a firm grasp on reality. Once Walker gets Lucas and Kim in tandem the chase is spellbinding.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
In his acclaimed Instinct novels, Robert W. Walker has probed the deepest recesses of the criminal mind, bringing us face-to-face with killers as brilliant as they are vicious. Now Walker returns to the gritty streets of Houston he first explored in Cutting Edge, where Officer Lucas Stonecoat and police psychiatrist Meredyth Sanger face a new predator: the Snatcher.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time. I had to quit!,
By DougPaz (Hermitage, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Double Edge (Paperback)
I never ever quit a book in the middle. I feel as if there is always a chance it will get better and I hate that I wasted the time with no way of finding out the ending. This is one book I finally had to quit. It is terrible...boring and totally confusing. The characters aren't developed and the plot just sits there. Don't waste your time!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Borrrring!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Double Edge (Paperback)
This is by far his worst book, in fact his only bad book. The plot is vague, convoluted, with characters that need not be in the book. As an example, the Native American detective, Lucas, has nothing to do with solving the crime. The "contract killer" Roundpoint, doesn't make any sense nor does the staff of the police precinct. This book is just a terrible waste of time. I will probably never again buy one of his books.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Snow storm in Houston, Texas -- get real!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Double Edge (Paperback)
I knew this book was in trouble when he starts writing about this horrible snow storm in Houston -- even tho he admits its is "unusual". I rarely have problems finishing a book and about half way through, I have admitted defeat. I've enjoyed many other books by Walker -- the Instinct series is great!, but this leaves much to be desired.
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