By Greg Iles
What caught my intrest in this story is that the lead role of the book is not only played by a woman but a forensic odontologist. Greg Iles has a knack for setting his stories in very different settings and scenarios that eliminates a sense of monotony that one tends to notice after reading a few of the same authors novels. Esp those ones that fall in the same genre.
Cat Ferry makes an intresting protagonist because well she's hot, she's smart and she's not perfect. It brings a visage of reality to her character where one realises that we are afterall human beings. And we are influenced by the experiences we endure. There is an intresting parallel drawn in the story, one between the ongoing murders and the sense of supsense in her own life. And hence as the novel's plot moves along, Cat's character is established more, and more is explained about her own flaws.
The broody atmosphere of her home in mississipi 'Malmaison', reflects the gloom that surrounds Cats life, and the nature of her work. Its a novel full of symbolism, and elements that tie into each other so beautifully. The story moves along quickly and sometimes takes your breath away. Its a page turner that will get you into a nailbiting habit.
A suspense thriller that is based on the dirty secrets that invade many of our society's bedrooms. It is a story of believable coincidences, a suspense thriller that tie's Cat's work to her past. A spiralling life, a pregnancy on hand, a panic attack at a murder scene, a blood stain in her bedroom at Malmaison, a lover that wont leave his wife, a doctor that comes to the rescue, and another doctor that just wont speak the truth, all blend in to bring this chilling thriller to life.
4.0 Stars [****-]
Other Reviews: Curledup, TheMysteryReader, Rebecca'sReads, LibraryThing
What caught my intrest in this story is that the lead role of the book is not only played by a woman but a forensic odontologist. Greg Iles has a knack for setting his stories in very different settings and scenarios that eliminates a sense of monotony that one tends to notice after reading a few of the same authors novels. Esp those ones that fall in the same genre.
Cat Ferry makes an intresting protagonist because well she's hot, she's smart and she's not perfect. It brings a visage of reality to her character where one realises that we are afterall human beings. And we are influenced by the experiences we endure. There is an intresting parallel drawn in the story, one between the ongoing murders and the sense of supsense in her own life. And hence as the novel's plot moves along, Cat's character is established more, and more is explained about her own flaws.The broody atmosphere of her home in mississipi 'Malmaison', reflects the gloom that surrounds Cats life, and the nature of her work. Its a novel full of symbolism, and elements that tie into each other so beautifully. The story moves along quickly and sometimes takes your breath away. Its a page turner that will get you into a nailbiting habit.
A suspense thriller that is based on the dirty secrets that invade many of our society's bedrooms. It is a story of believable coincidences, a suspense thriller that tie's Cat's work to her past. A spiralling life, a pregnancy on hand, a panic attack at a murder scene, a blood stain in her bedroom at Malmaison, a lover that wont leave his wife, a doctor that comes to the rescue, and another doctor that just wont speak the truth, all blend in to bring this chilling thriller to life.
4.0 Stars [****-]
Other Reviews: Curledup, TheMysteryReader, Rebecca'sReads, LibraryThing
