Lord of the Kill

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Summary: A Thrilling Mystery
Review: Ben's parents have left on a trip to India to do a story about Bengal tiger poachers. Ben's father is a conservationist that has made many people mad with his actions to stop the illegal killing of tigers. They leave Ben, their 18-year-old son in charge of the family's Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve. Ben handles the responsibility well, and the job is easy, until someone breaks into the preserve.

One night when Ben is inspecting the grounds he finds that all the big-cats are silent. He knows something is not right. When he gets to cage Number Twelve, the home of two vicious jaguars he finds a half eaten corpse. He finds someone had placed the body inside the cage. Soon, his favorite tiger, Dmitri "Lord of the Kill," is stolen. Someone wants to get revenge on Ben's father, and it is up to Ben to find out whom.

"Lord of the Kill" was a thrilling mystery in which there were many suspects as to who kidnapped Dmitri and who put the corpse in the jaguar's cage. Ben was a great protagonist that had quite a few hurdles to overcome in the book. Not only was he struggling with the events at Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve, he was also dealing with the idea of college and staying in school for his senior year.

Reviewed by S. Cassel for Flamingnet Book Reviews, www.flamingnet.com.


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Summary: This book is great
Review: I haven't read Sniper but this was the sequel and it was excellent. This takes place one year later. Bens parents are on the run again. This time in India. Ben is left incharge of the cat preserve and mysterious things are happening. Murder has taken place and two very wild Jaguars are blamed. In the person who was murdereds pocket there is a green hand. This is pointed at the tiger-medicine fund and Traids. The murder is posed as a threat to his father and threatening messages are left on the answering machine. Ben is trying to crack the case about who's trying to get rid of the perserve and shut down some zoo slaughter houses on his way. Great for the young adult.