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Killing Time
Lieutenant Jack Petersen, a homicide detective, chases a serial killer in rural Minnesota. Fast action and suspense throughout. Plot twists and chapter ending cliffs keep the reader on edge to the end.
242 pages, Hardcover
Published March 1, 2001
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May 23, 2014
I met David Wickes outside of a bookstore and bought a couple of his books. This one is the first one featuring Jack Peterson.
Not enough explanation as to why the antagonist targeted his first victim. The entire story hinges on that and I was expecting to eventually find out why she was targeted - so that was a bit of a letdown.
Too many unnecessary characters and too many victims that followed the first one lead to a convoluted story.
And a couple of things that bothered me: nobody sends texts or e-mails, they are always talking on the phone, which seems old-fashioned. The father comes off as a real jerk and his meddling with the police achieves absolutely nothing. For readers with a history of reading mysteries/thrillers, the police need to be as smart or smarter than the reader. I figured out what was happening around page 100, but the police didn't figure it out until several murders later and around the page 200 mark. By then I was frustrated.
Author has promise though - as long as he can reign himself in a bit and focus the story on his protagonist.
1 star because I finished the book
2 star because the author has promise and I will read another one.
Not enough explanation as to why the antagonist targeted his first victim. The entire story hinges on that and I was expecting to eventually find out why she was targeted - so that was a bit of a letdown.
Too many unnecessary characters and too many victims that followed the first one lead to a convoluted story.
And a couple of things that bothered me: nobody sends texts or e-mails, they are always talking on the phone, which seems old-fashioned. The father comes off as a real jerk and his meddling with the police achieves absolutely nothing. For readers with a history of reading mysteries/thrillers, the police need to be as smart or smarter than the reader. I figured out what was happening around page 100, but the police didn't figure it out until several murders later and around the page 200 mark. By then I was frustrated.
Author has promise though - as long as he can reign himself in a bit and focus the story on his protagonist.
1 star because I finished the book
2 star because the author has promise and I will read another one.
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November 9, 2011Early in the novel, on a hot summer's day, one of the characters buys an ice cream cone. After 30 minutes driving along a twisty mountain road, the ice cream is miraculously intact. That's when I stopped reading it.
November 19, 2024
okay read.
February 23, 2015
very good crime novel with such suspense! I couldn't wait to know what was going to happen next**
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