Deviant Ways

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Summary: Like a Bad Summer Movie
Review: Omnipotent villians ... who create wildly complex electronic destruction machines that conveniently fail to work properly when needed to further the story line ... an absurd female character whose only job is to have a flat stomach and "perfect" breasts (he mentions that a couple of times). Amazing how the lead character can go through a gruesome day filled with massive explosions and multiple corpses and show up at the beach house ready to mate. This book is like one of those movies you oughta wait to watch on HBO.

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Summary: Enter the Sandman
Review: One word: WOW. Entertaining spin on the genre. Not a big fan of Jack Casey - he was a brooding Russel Crowe type of guy who doesn't smile. The Sandman was a bit too clever at times but realistic. I loved how he got inside Jack's head and kept torturing him. Made me skin crawl. I hope the author doesn't write a sequel though or if he does, he just brings back Fletcher. That guy ruled.

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Summary: Suspenseful, chilling, and sometimes disturbing!
Review: Suspenseful, chilling, and sometimes disturbing, this book was hard to put down! Deviant Ways is a nonstop page-turner. It's very well written, and an easy read with great characters and action. If you're looking for a book that will entertain, provoke, and keep you reading, this is it!

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Summary: So So
Review: The book was alright for it being the author's first. There was too much emphasis on bombs and not really any mystery to the book. I think it would have been much better if we did not know the identity of the villian and had to guess who it was.

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Summary: Could not put it down
Review: There are very few books I read in one day. This is one of them. I could not put it down. Everytime i tried I wonder what the Sandman would do next. Great thrill ride. I enjoyed it very much.

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Summary: Could not put it down
Review: There are very few books I read in one day. This is one of them. I could not put it down. Everytime i tried I wonder what the Sandman would do next. Great thrill ride. I enjoyed it very much.

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Summary: One of the Best Books of 2000
Review: There's a serial killer, dubbed the Sandman, loose in the seaside towns, north of Boston. He's killing whole families at a time, setting sophisticated bombs to blow up his crime scenes and as the violence escalates, slaughtering everyone who gets in his way. Jack Casey, a former FBI profiler, turned police detective is just starting to get his life back on track. Seven years ago, his world was almost destroyed by another psychopath, who targeted Jack and made him watch as he killed his pregnant wife. Called into this case, Jack, using his profiling skills and calling on all his old resources, races against time to find out what's motivating the Sandman. And what he uncovers, shakes the very foundations of the system of law and order he's always believed in. Now as he circles closer and closer to the truth, he begins to understand that the Sandman wants him in the middle of this case for a reason and his goal is to make Jack Casey suffer..... Chris Mooney's debut novel is a tense, compelling thriller that will put you on the edge of your seat and keep you there to the very last page of the book. This is a story that has it all...a tight plot full of terrifying, riveting scenes, well drawn, original characters, great, vivid writing and a stunning climax that will knock your socks off. Deviant Ways is so suspenseful and well written, you won't be able to put it down, but you also won't want to be alone in the house reading, especially at night. This is a book that should have been on everyone's best seller's lists and a MUST for mystery/thriller fans.

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Summary: Great New Writer!!
Review: This book was a real treat! I took the online recommendations
and purchased this book and was not disappointed at all!
This writer is going to go places I think. The villain is so different from your usual serial/maniacal killer. There are so many twists and turns and nothing is predictable. I can't wait for his next novel!!

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Summary: Not horribal, but a tad cliche
Review: this book was on its way to getting 3 stars, I found that the writer fell into the same ole song and dance for his genra... you could tell in the first few chapters that this guy has read silience of the lambs, However.. Mooney's writing style I think is excillant, and he does an okay job with his charecter devolpment, but the saving grace of this book, is the conclusion wasnt to bad, it was good even. if mooney can get a little bit more original with his plot lines, he will have an excillant career.

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Summary: I Am So Impressed!
Review: This is Chris Mooney's first book and I am amazed at the talent and maturity his writing displays. I have read alot of books lately and Deviant Ways is at the peak of my top 5 list. This is a true suspence thriller that is unprecedented. The descriptives in this book were so good that at times I felt as though I was watching a movie. The Sandman is a great "serial" character but I think Miles Hamilton was a little creepier. But my favorite character wasn't even the main character, Jack Casey. It was Malcolm Fletcher, a former FBI profiler with a sordid past. He is the key ingredient for the utter success of this book. Malcolm Fletcher is cool and delivers his own form of justice that will surely put a smile on your face. This is a dark tale but don't worry you'll be feeling most hopeful at the end of Deviant Ways. Enjoy, thriller fans and watch for Chris Mooney in future. I have a feeling he'll back.