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Lee Campbell Mystery #2
Silent Victim
To Catch A Twisted Killer
At first, they look like suicides. Two bodies within a week--one found floating in New York's East River, another electrocuted in the bathtub. But forensics show that the victims were drugged, then killed. As the death toll grows, so does the brutality of the murders--and the killer dubbed the Flesh Collector continues to prey.
Put Yourself In His Path
NYPD profiler Lee Campbell joins the frantic pursuit of a murderous madman who delights in taunting police with gruesome messages. Somewhere in the killer's terrifying handiwork lie the clues to his twisted psyche. But the case is growing disturbingly personal. Getting close enough to stop the monster means getting close enough--to die. . .
At first, they look like suicides. Two bodies within a week--one found floating in New York's East River, another electrocuted in the bathtub. But forensics show that the victims were drugged, then killed. As the death toll grows, so does the brutality of the murders--and the killer dubbed the Flesh Collector continues to prey.
Put Yourself In His Path
NYPD profiler Lee Campbell joins the frantic pursuit of a murderous madman who delights in taunting police with gruesome messages. Somewhere in the killer's terrifying handiwork lie the clues to his twisted psyche. But the case is growing disturbingly personal. Getting close enough to stop the monster means getting close enough--to die. . .
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
C.E. Lawrence
14 books101 followersCAROLE BUGGÉ (CAROLE LAWERENCE, C. E. LAWRENCE, ELIZABETH BLAKE) has too many pen names. She has published sixteen novels, six novellas and several dozen short stories and poems, many appearing in translation internationally. Her most recent novel, Cleopatra’s Dagger, was nominated for an Edgar Award as Best Original Paperback. She has also recently published Pride, Prejudice and Poison, under the pen name Elizabeth Blake.
Her play Strings Attached was recently produced Off Broadway on Theatre Row by The Pulse Theatre. Winner of both the Euphoria Poetry Competition and the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, she is a two-time Pushcart Poetry Prize nominee and First Prize winner of the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition, the Chronogram Literary Fiction Prize, Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award, and the Jean Paiva Memorial Fiction Award. She was a finalist in the McClaren, MSU and Henrico Playwriting Competitions, and was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award. Her plays and musicals have been presented nationally and internationally. She was sponsored by The Paper Mill Playhouse for a TCG Playwriting Award two years in a row and was a Playwriting Fellowship finalist at Manhattan Theatre Club. Her most recent musical is Murder on Bond Street, which is based on a true story.
She was Featured Composer at the Broadway Songbook at Lincoln Center, and Featured Poet in both China Grove Literary Magazine and Quill and Parchment Poetry Magazine. She is a Fellow of Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, and was Writer in Residence at Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Lacawac Sanctuary and Karuna Colony. She teaches writing at NYU and Gotham Writers Workshop, as well as the Cape Cod and San Miguel Writers Conferences. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
In a past life, she made a living acting and doing improv comedy and is a self-described science geek. She also founded The Montclair Maulers, the first women’s rugby team in New Jersey. They did not win a single game for three seasons. She can often be found hunting mushrooms in the woods or playing Bach on the piano when no one is listening.
Her play Strings Attached was recently produced Off Broadway on Theatre Row by The Pulse Theatre. Winner of both the Euphoria Poetry Competition and the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, she is a two-time Pushcart Poetry Prize nominee and First Prize winner of the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition, the Chronogram Literary Fiction Prize, Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award, and the Jean Paiva Memorial Fiction Award. She was a finalist in the McClaren, MSU and Henrico Playwriting Competitions, and was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award. Her plays and musicals have been presented nationally and internationally. She was sponsored by The Paper Mill Playhouse for a TCG Playwriting Award two years in a row and was a Playwriting Fellowship finalist at Manhattan Theatre Club. Her most recent musical is Murder on Bond Street, which is based on a true story.
She was Featured Composer at the Broadway Songbook at Lincoln Center, and Featured Poet in both China Grove Literary Magazine and Quill and Parchment Poetry Magazine. She is a Fellow of Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, and was Writer in Residence at Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Lacawac Sanctuary and Karuna Colony. She teaches writing at NYU and Gotham Writers Workshop, as well as the Cape Cod and San Miguel Writers Conferences. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
In a past life, she made a living acting and doing improv comedy and is a self-described science geek. She also founded The Montclair Maulers, the first women’s rugby team in New Jersey. They did not win a single game for three seasons. She can often be found hunting mushrooms in the woods or playing Bach on the piano when no one is listening.
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April 25, 2020
A plot that is fairly thin, stretched to a much longer book by descriptions of every item that the main character sees or thinks about. After introducing a great many sub plots, the end of the book leaves most of them hanging with absolutely no resolution or even mention.
The author obviously studied plot development and tried to put most of those ideas into the book. Remember, that in a good plot, whether book, play or movie, if something, such as a gun, is introduced in the first act, by act three that device is intended to have a key role. Otherwise, rhere is no reason to introduce that item. Check out Alfred Hitchcock. He was a master at using whatever was introduced.
Forget this book. Find something else to occupy your time.
The author obviously studied plot development and tried to put most of those ideas into the book. Remember, that in a good plot, whether book, play or movie, if something, such as a gun, is introduced in the first act, by act three that device is intended to have a key role. Otherwise, rhere is no reason to introduce that item. Check out Alfred Hitchcock. He was a master at using whatever was introduced.
Forget this book. Find something else to occupy your time.
March 9, 2024
In book 2 of 5, criminal profiler Lee Campbell works with members of the NYPD to catch a serial killer stalking New York and New Jersey. His struggle with anxiety and mental health has improved somewhat but is haunted by mysterious emails and voice mails referencing “the red dress” that his missing sister was last wearing.
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February 11, 2015
Book #2 in a series by the author, C. E. Lawrence and yet....it almost feels like a stand-alone. Some series lose something when you do not read them in order and others spend a lot of time covering ground from another book in the series that is annoying to people who already read the other book(s). Ms. Lawrence does not use either device; she just delivers a crisp thriller with unusual characters that keeps the reader spellbound.
The forensic profiler for her fictional NY police dept. is Lee Campbell, who still battles depression while attempting to figure out the next moves of a serial killer. While the police procedural parts flow well and the discussion of the murders and serial killers seems honest, it is the mix of characters that really keeps the reader interested. For instance- What dept. head has not struggled with how to remain in charge while allowing some fraternization with subordinates, as Chief Morton ponders? Detective. Butts is not all hard-nosed and ignorant. Who is this Diesel, really? There is more depth to Krieger than meets the eye but I am ambivalent about whether I want to know more about what happens to her quest to become a woman in charge of a dept. Lee is also embarking upon a serious love relationship in this novel. Along with many of the other characters, both he and Kathy are working through the changes in NYC post-09/01/01. It is a daunting task and this is the only fictional series I know set in that situation. The author brings up many relevant points in the context of that subplot.
And what about the red dress? Who knows about Lee's missing sister and taunts him at intervals with this question?
Looking forward to beginning book #3.
The forensic profiler for her fictional NY police dept. is Lee Campbell, who still battles depression while attempting to figure out the next moves of a serial killer. While the police procedural parts flow well and the discussion of the murders and serial killers seems honest, it is the mix of characters that really keeps the reader interested. For instance- What dept. head has not struggled with how to remain in charge while allowing some fraternization with subordinates, as Chief Morton ponders? Detective. Butts is not all hard-nosed and ignorant. Who is this Diesel, really? There is more depth to Krieger than meets the eye but I am ambivalent about whether I want to know more about what happens to her quest to become a woman in charge of a dept. Lee is also embarking upon a serious love relationship in this novel. Along with many of the other characters, both he and Kathy are working through the changes in NYC post-09/01/01. It is a daunting task and this is the only fictional series I know set in that situation. The author brings up many relevant points in the context of that subplot.
And what about the red dress? Who knows about Lee's missing sister and taunts him at intervals with this question?
Looking forward to beginning book #3.
July 3, 2011
I'm a sucker for a good crime story, but this one disappointed me. The writing seemed amateurish and lacked flow. The characters lacked depth. The story lacked a satisfying ending. In short, the book was lacking. Lacking, lacking, lacking. Particularly frustrating was the way the entire story foreshadowed the discovery of the main character's long-missing sister, or at least the capture of her kidnapper, but neither of those things happened -- the story just sort of ended quickly, as though the writer ran out of steam and just wanted to wrap it up.
March 8, 2012
Well, in my opinion, the best thing about this book was the end!! The book was boring and slow, it took me days to read it because I just didn't want to. It picked up at the end but not enough that I would read this author again.
June 21, 2011
A page turner! It kept me on the edge of my chair throughout. C. E. Lawrence has created a cast of unforgettable characters. I look forward to her upcoming third book in this series.
July 10, 2011
This bookis a pretty good book if you need something to do in your spare time. It kept me wondering, but not so much so that I became intimedated by it.
August 24, 2012
primarily predictable until the author decides to dabble in the ridiculous and completely change the storyline at the end.
March 25, 2013
Good read... easy
April 3, 2016
First book I have read of this author and will not be the last really enjoyed it Brilliant!!
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July 22, 2015many twist and turn's, I feel like ive been on a great adventure !!!
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