𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒃 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑. 𝑷𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏, 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒃𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔' 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒃 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉.
Caleb was first introduced as a child in the BAD GAMES series, where his family faced unspeakable horrors that twisted Caleb into what he is today. Much like Dexter, Caleb uses his destructive thoughts for good. Caleb takes on jobs that satisfy his moral compass, so when he's contacted to hunt the pedophile whose vile actions caused a teenage boy to die by suicide, Caleb accepts the job even though it's stipulated that he must deliver the victim to the boy's parents. This culminated in one of the most satisfying revenge scenes I've read recently.
I loved seeing some familiar characters, and of course my heart is always warmed by the love Caleb has for his dog Rosco and the vengeance he will enact on anyone who threatens him. I am so pumped for Book Three! If you want some truly suspenseful, gritty, yet very human books, Jeff Menapace is your guy. I don't find them overly graphic (and I read a lot of the extreme stuff) and they will definitely satisfy any thriller reader. Highly recommended!