This book was DREADFUL. The writing is third rate (I'd quote a passage but I've already given the book away), the characters are completely unappealing (with the exception of Marino), and the conclusion is beyond anticlimactic. Truthfully, I don't understand this genre to begin with. When so many disturbing murders are taking place in the real world (e.g., Chandra Levy, Samantha Runnion) why do people want to read about people being hacked up by serial killers? Also, I don't belong to the temperance league, but these characters are constantly drinking -- hard liquor and a lot of it -- and smoking. I guess this proves that they're "tough guys with tough jobs," but I don't think the local… Read more
