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Ray Schiller #5
Remains
Someone has been killed, but who? The amount of blood and its location at the crime scene leave no doubt there’s been a murder, but where’s the body?
Building on information gathered from the owner of the decrepit house where the murder took place, Detective Ray Schiller and his partner make a disturbing discovery. What they learn makes finding and identifying the victim quickly even more critical.
Faced with that urgency, they grudgingly accept an offer of help from a publicity-seeking psychic. Even as her surprisingly accurate visions lead them to some unsettling conclusions, Ray is dragged into a fellow investigator’s personal crisis. But not even the psychic is able to predict the outcome of that situation or the ongoing murder investigation.
Building on information gathered from the owner of the decrepit house where the murder took place, Detective Ray Schiller and his partner make a disturbing discovery. What they learn makes finding and identifying the victim quickly even more critical.
Faced with that urgency, they grudgingly accept an offer of help from a publicity-seeking psychic. Even as her surprisingly accurate visions lead them to some unsettling conclusions, Ray is dragged into a fellow investigator’s personal crisis. But not even the psychic is able to predict the outcome of that situation or the ongoing murder investigation.
- GenresThriller
328 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 4, 2017
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November 15, 2017
Detectives are called to a crime scene where there is a LOT of blood and no body. Not knowing whether the resident is the killer or victim, the investigators have a hard road to follow. The case then drags them into a serial killer investigation. Meanwhile, a psychic inserts herself in the case and tells them where to find the body. Lots of things are not as they seem.
I really liked the characters and story.
I really liked the characters and story.
September 6, 2019
Ray Schiller is forced to turn to a fame-seeking psychic (hey, she’s got bills to pay and well, the money lets her help other victims) to solve a case involving a crime scene with a phenomenal amount of blood, but no body. He thinks psychics are scam artists, but the information the psychic relays to him is disturbingly accurate. And he’s all about solving the case, so he takes help where he can get it. Not very graciously, but he take the help. And the psychic turns out to be a bigger player than he first thought.
I always enjoy reading the Schiller books. They are well-written traditional detective stories that put me in mind of Dragnet but with humanity. Ray always struggles to balance work and homelife, and he feels a great burden to bring closure to the victims and their families, and justice to the evildoers. This book five has an interesting subplot involving a bright, newly-minted detective (who came to Schiller’s attention in book 4 for being so bright and observant at a gruesome murder scene) who finds himself with a heretofore unknown to him fiancée. And Schiller’s wife has a hand in the case, by introducing him to the psychic’s work. She’s more open-minded than he is.
The scenes are well-described, the dialogue is tight and occasionally humorous, and the relationships between the characters have depth and seem real. Schiller grows from book to book, becoming more dimensional. He’s still not good at balancing work and home life, but he tries, very hard, and that counts.
This is billed as a stand-alone mystery, and can be read as such. I read it right after book 4, and found it more enjoyable because book 4’s plot was still in my head. And I liked it enough that I bought the next book in the series, as well as book 3, which I somehow missed. If you like traditional detective stories with flawed, human characters and exciting action, give this a try.
I always enjoy reading the Schiller books. They are well-written traditional detective stories that put me in mind of Dragnet but with humanity. Ray always struggles to balance work and homelife, and he feels a great burden to bring closure to the victims and their families, and justice to the evildoers. This book five has an interesting subplot involving a bright, newly-minted detective (who came to Schiller’s attention in book 4 for being so bright and observant at a gruesome murder scene) who finds himself with a heretofore unknown to him fiancée. And Schiller’s wife has a hand in the case, by introducing him to the psychic’s work. She’s more open-minded than he is.
The scenes are well-described, the dialogue is tight and occasionally humorous, and the relationships between the characters have depth and seem real. Schiller grows from book to book, becoming more dimensional. He’s still not good at balancing work and home life, but he tries, very hard, and that counts.
This is billed as a stand-alone mystery, and can be read as such. I read it right after book 4, and found it more enjoyable because book 4’s plot was still in my head. And I liked it enough that I bought the next book in the series, as well as book 3, which I somehow missed. If you like traditional detective stories with flawed, human characters and exciting action, give this a try.
March 23, 2018
Quite frankly I didn't enjoy this installment of the series as much as I enjoyed the first four. I was about three quarters of the way through before I got really interested. I wish I could give it three and a half stars because I feel like four stars would dilute the ratings given to the other books. I finally chalked it up to, I guess every case can't be edge of your seat exciting. It sure was great catching up with Ray and Dick though.
August 13, 2017
Tantalizing
This is the third book in the series. Its full of twists turns, and suspects along with evidence. Just when you think you've figured out who done it....WRONG! I highly recommend this book, and the series!
This is the third book in the series. Its full of twists turns, and suspects along with evidence. Just when you think you've figured out who done it....WRONG! I highly recommend this book, and the series!
June 22, 2017
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I enjoyed this book! Kept my interest from start to finish. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good detective mystery.
I enjoyed this book! Kept my interest from start to finish. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good detective mystery.
July 4, 2021
A return to a favorite
One of the problems for me reading a lot of different you just can’t get to them all and with my brain cells, some fall through the cracks, how I let the Ray Schiller series fall through the cracks though is beyond my dead brain cells. I’ve enjoyed all of them thus far and the same for “Remains.”
The chemistry between Ray and his partner is one of the best I know. He’s a family man, so no baggage of failed marriage, alcoholism, disgraced pass and so many other overused cliches.
Even the plot was an good, no over dramatization, and interesting characters, like Clarence. Unto “One Way Out”
I’ve read the complete Ray Schiller series and enjoyed it so much I went back and re-read 1 - 6 Note 5 stars are very rare for me.
One of the problems for me reading a lot of different you just can’t get to them all and with my brain cells, some fall through the cracks, how I let the Ray Schiller series fall through the cracks though is beyond my dead brain cells. I’ve enjoyed all of them thus far and the same for “Remains.”
The chemistry between Ray and his partner is one of the best I know. He’s a family man, so no baggage of failed marriage, alcoholism, disgraced pass and so many other overused cliches.
Even the plot was an good, no over dramatization, and interesting characters, like Clarence. Unto “One Way Out”
I’ve read the complete Ray Schiller series and enjoyed it so much I went back and re-read 1 - 6 Note 5 stars are very rare for me.
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