Rating: 
Summary: Not Very Good
Review: This novel wasn't written very well. I have several problems with it, including:1. It uses the first person voice for Dr. Lucas Frank, the protagonist. This is annoying to me, for some reason that I can't quite explain. First person for the killer makes sense, but Lucas should be in third. 2. John Philpin, whom, I assume, doesn't have a degree in criminal psychology, talks trash on the people who do in the book. He blows out of proportion the disagreements over jurisdiction that all state and federal agencies have, and he makes the person from the FBI look like a joke. 3. The author, having researched the case studies of serial killers, thinks that profiles aren't really good for anything, and that they are mere foolishness, despite their accuracy and usefulness. They aren't the be all and end all of criminal studies, but they are quite useful. If you can get past all of these problems, you still have to deal with a weak story, an author who likes to jerk you around with contradictory information, and statements that are simply obnoxious. Stated simply, the book is not worth your time. Read something else, unless you are voracious. Pass.
Harkius
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