Synopsis
Detective Frank Quinn returns in this chilling account of a deranged killer who comes from the swamps of Louisiana, and his equally deranged mother, from whom he learns some very special survival skills. Taking in boarders who eventually disappear without a trace, a la Amos Moses.
The lost son makes his way to New York and commences a murder spree whereby he drowns his female victims in their own bathtub and dismembers them without leaving a single trace. He taunts the famous detective Quinn with clues to the identity of his next victim. Quinn reenlists the help of his former team of retired cops, including Fedderman and Pearl, his former live-in girlfriend, to help him stop the murders.
The detectives get off to a slow start, having to find clues while the bodies continue to be discovered at a frantic pace, as it seems the killer is always a step ahead. The plot takes some interesting turns when Quinn's 20-year-old daughter unexpectedly arrives in the Big Apple to live with her estranged father. * * *
My Two Cents Worth
I picked up In for the Kill in the same minute I finished Darker than Night - another of Lutz's "Frank Quinn" novels. He is one of the more interesting recurring characters of this genre. I found it to be a good, solid read, with a high body count and a medium pace. Although I never really bought into the near perfection of the killer, or the subplot that took place in the swamp, I kept turning the pages.
Maybe I have been conditioned by the CSI TV series to the point I simply cannot accept that a body can be killed and be completely dismembered in a bathroom without leaving a single trace of evidence. Especially when it happens nearly a dozen times.
I also found it interesting that Lutz completely avoids giving the reader even a hint of the passage of time between the murders. I got the impression that the murders happened on almost consecutive nights, but could never find an answer.
I found the whole relationship between Pearl and the killer was a stretch, at best. In prior books she was much too savvy to have been duped so badly.
Finally, within two pages of the introduction of Quinn's daughter, you knew without a doubt that she would become one of the potential victims. There was not a doubt in my mind
I liked the premise of the book and found Lutz to be a capable story teller if a bit predictable. It reminded me of Dexter.
Paperback
477 pages
6 hours
Detective Frank Quinn returns in this chilling account of a deranged killer who comes from the swamps of Louisiana, and his equally deranged mother, from whom he learns some very special survival skills. Taking in boarders who eventually disappear without a trace, a la Amos Moses.
The lost son makes his way to New York and commences a murder spree whereby he drowns his female victims in their own bathtub and dismembers them without leaving a single trace. He taunts the famous detective Quinn with clues to the identity of his next victim. Quinn reenlists the help of his former team of retired cops, including Fedderman and Pearl, his former live-in girlfriend, to help him stop the murders.
The detectives get off to a slow start, having to find clues while the bodies continue to be discovered at a frantic pace, as it seems the killer is always a step ahead. The plot takes some interesting turns when Quinn's 20-year-old daughter unexpectedly arrives in the Big Apple to live with her estranged father. * * *
My Two Cents Worth
I picked up In for the Kill in the same minute I finished Darker than Night - another of Lutz's "Frank Quinn" novels. He is one of the more interesting recurring characters of this genre. I found it to be a good, solid read, with a high body count and a medium pace. Although I never really bought into the near perfection of the killer, or the subplot that took place in the swamp, I kept turning the pages.
Maybe I have been conditioned by the CSI TV series to the point I simply cannot accept that a body can be killed and be completely dismembered in a bathroom without leaving a single trace of evidence. Especially when it happens nearly a dozen times.
I also found it interesting that Lutz completely avoids giving the reader even a hint of the passage of time between the murders. I got the impression that the murders happened on almost consecutive nights, but could never find an answer.
I found the whole relationship between Pearl and the killer was a stretch, at best. In prior books she was much too savvy to have been duped so badly.
Finally, within two pages of the introduction of Quinn's daughter, you knew without a doubt that she would become one of the potential victims. There was not a doubt in my mind
I liked the premise of the book and found Lutz to be a capable story teller if a bit predictable. It reminded me of Dexter.
Paperback
477 pages
6 hours
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