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Eve Renner sustained a gunshot wound upon discovering her childhood friend slain in a remote cabin, and the last face she saw before passing out was that of her jealous lover, attorney Cole Dennis. With evidence lacking, and Eve being an unreliable witness due to partial amnesia, he's set free after three months and told not to bother Eve, but he can't keep away from her. Despite a restraining order, he seeks Eve out after he is summoned to the house of her father only to find him murdered in the same manner. When more bodies pile up, all bearing different numbers tattooed on their foreheads, the police realize that they might have been hasty in trying to pin the first murder on Cole. All the victims have a history with now-defunct Our Lady of Virtues mental hospital, and there appears to be a link between Eve and the suicidal Faith Chastain, whose death figured prominently in Jackson's "Shiver". You have to suspend belief that a high powered attorney can lose everything including the clothes on his back when he hasn't even been indicted, or that his lover can be so quick to forgive him, or that the same town can have a pious serial killer in their midst not once but twice in a single year (make that three times since the door has been left open for another sequel). My chief complaint was that the story is too close in plot to "Shiver," and that detracts from the story, as it gives it an all too familiar "been there, done that" theme, in fact, I thought a couple times there that I'd already read the story, particularly the setting and the police officers in charge. However, Jackson is a master at weaving an intricate plot (and knows her Catholicism), and I found myself digging in late into the night to discover the identity of the mastermind behind the killings. TJV - November 2007Read full review
This is a non-stop thriller about a woman who doesn't know who to trust - even herself. There are many twists and turns and possible killers. I like how they follow the different relationships and their responses to events, in other words, we get to see the different characters' reactions to the unfolding events. This was my first Lisa Jackson novel. I will be reading her previous and next novel and I recommend it for people who like complicated thrillers. p.s. It is also fun to read the prologue of the sequel. This one chapter prologue intrigued me to read the next. It had at least 7 typos in those pages, though. If you're A.R. like me, that can be annoying.
Lisa Jackson is a wonderful author. This is the second book of a trilogy. The first book is called "Shiver". It was an excellent book and really holds your interest. I was fortunate to find the second book to this trilogy so quickly. I can't wait to start it.
This is a great series.....I started with book 1 and can't put them down!! Just ordered book 5.
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Loved the book. Totally captivating. You think you figured out what is going on and you are so WRONG. That is what I like about her books. You are never sure about anything. I don't like giving reviews on books. Am afraid I will give to much away. Must read.
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