Primal Instinct

Jessica Coran #3

by Robert W. Walker

While vacationing in Hawaii, forensic pathologist Dr. Jessica Coran is ordered to assist in the urgent investigation of a local serial killer. They call him the Trade Winds Killer. His prey are young, beautiful Hawaiian women. His weapon is a long, razor-sharp blade used to cut sugar cane. His work is slow, precise, ritualistic. almost religious. Jessica knows about serial killers. She's been close enough to feel their breath in her ear. And this one is luring her deeper into the underworld of Hawaii, to places she'd never dreamed existed. Where her FBI badge alone cannot protect her... (This book is third in Robert W. Walker's Instinct series. It was originally published in paperback.) About the Author Robert W. Walker is the author of more than forty thriller and horror novels, including 11 books in the acclaimed INSTINCT series featuring FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran. Praise for Robert W. Walker "Masterful." -- Clive Cussler "Ingenious." -- San Francisco Examiner "Gruesome." -- The Sunday Oklahoman "Frightening." -- Midwest Book Review." "Bone-chilling." -- Publisher's Weekly "Perfect for Patricia Cornwell fans." -- Mystery Scene "Walker is a master at the top of his game." -- Jack Kilborn

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 1994

About the author

Aka Geoffrey Caine, Glenn Hale, Evan Kingsbury, Stephen Robertson

Master of suspense and bone-chilling terror, Robert W. Walker, BS and MS in English Education, Northwestern University, has penned 44 novels and has taught language and writing for over 25 years. Showing no signs of slowing down, he is currently juggling not one but three new series ideas, and has completed a film script and a TV treatment. Having grown up in Chicago and having been born in the shadow of the Shiloh battlefield, near Corinth, Mississippi, Walker has two writing traditions to uphold--the Windy City one and the Southern one--all of which makes him uniquely suited to write City for Ransom and its sequels, Shadows in White City and City of the Absent. His Dead On will be published in July 2009. Walker is currently working on a new romantic-suspense-historical-mainstream novel, titled Children of Salem. In 2003 and 2004 Walker saw an unprecedented seven novels released on the "unsuspecting public," as he puts it. Final Edge, Grave Instinct, and Absolute Instinct were published in 2004. City of the Absent debuted in 2008 from Avon. Walker lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Reviews

[Sarah Draheim · Rating 1 out of 5]

The hardest book I've ever had to read because it's the worst book I've ever read. Serious herculean task to get through this. *pats self on back.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

WAY too long... if you want a murder mystery wrapped up in an apparent book about the history of Hawaii, then this is it. If you just want to story without all the history, skip this one.

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is less about a serial killer and more about “a complete history of Hawaii.” Much of the color text could (and should) have gone out the window and shaved about 100 pages off. The wheels completely came off about three quarters of the way through. Coran’s and Parry’s characterizations completely failed in my opinion. Jessica argued like a hamfisted dude.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

At least the series is consistent (3* from me). The potential is there for a good story but for me there was just too much description of the areas.

[Dara S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the 4th book I have read. They have all been good, but this one dragged. It did not move fast enough.

[Thomas Fria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn good!

1 of the best mystery thrillers I've read in a long time. Robert walker has done it again. Don't miss it!

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have rated this book more 3 to 3.5 stars if it hadn't been for the ending. At times the book seemed to lag because of all the flashbacks and recounts of things that happened in previous books but the author had a way of decsribing Hawaii that made me wish I was there. And when he got to the meat of the story I was hooked. My biggest critique was that I wished the book was written in a faster pace.

[Akina Blaze · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow was not expecting this to be so good. Found in free library. This one intrigued me from the start. A very jolting and page turning read. Surprised by the lower rating, definitely an underrated gem.

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was OK. Nothing special. There was some word usage I wasn't familiar with.

[Elaine]

Book 3 in the Jessica Coran series