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Indlæser... Compulsion (2009)af Jennifer Chase
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) AnnadelC. | Jan 26, 2010 |  After one such report, she's run off the road in a hit and run accident. Her car is a wreck and when police ask about the gun and equipment in her car, she tells them she's a writer and needs her weapons for safety, the other equipment to help with stories. When she gets home, her friend, Theresa Blandon, tells her about a crazy man, Donald Everett, who'se moved into the neighborhood and is intimidating the neighbors. Det. Ray Lopez is at the desk when Emily goes to the station to ask for police to look into Everett's background. At first, he's preoccupied but later checks and finds many complaints against Everett. He's also somewhat captivated by Emily. Emily can't seem to stop herself. At this point, her motivation is still unclear to the reader but not long after being run off the road and hospitalized, she's back hunting serial killers. She goes to Pajaro, Arizona and finds a place where killers might committed their crimes. She finds the scene where a woman's body was found after being raped and murdered. She enters a dark building and someone closes the door and locks it. Then a pit bull appears, smashing its body against the door to get to Emily. Em kicks a plywood wall and escapes the building barely getting to her jeep before the dog reaches her. She finally does something tp get Everett riled up. Her actions in her neighbor's home do not make sense and her unthinking of retribution to her and her neighbors seems illogical. Emily visits Det. Lopez where he's staying. She tells him about her past, with her parents being murdered and her goal to catch killers. Then she asks Ray if he needs help finding the two serial killers he's looking for. There is some good action and drama in the book but the character doesn't make sense in others, i.e. going to the place where a woman's body was found without weapons. Her decision against a crazy neighbor is also out of place. That being said, it is a story hard to read due to the sensitive matter of killers taking lives so easily. Still I give the novel a 31/2 star rating. (  ) mikedraper | Sep 18, 2009 | When a serial killer pops up in her own small town she takes it upon her self to hunt down the killer. But somehow the killer is on to her and she becomes the hunted. Compulsion starts out strong and I was eagerly turning the pages but about half-way through the book loses steam and starts to get a little weird. Chase throws in some clues that are meant to throw you off as to who the killer is but it doesn’t seem to do anything other than muddy the story up. The climax was actually sort of anti-climactic but the ending pulls everything together again and it turns out pretty good. I feel that with just a little more tweaking this could have been a great book but I still recommend it for all suspense and thriller lovers. ( ) 24girl | Mar 4, 2009 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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When Serial Killers Terrorize a California Beach Community, One Woman Stands in Their WayEmily Stone doesnt have a badge. But that hasnt stopped her from tracking down some of the Wests most dangerous child-killers. Armed with a digital SLR camera, laptop computer and her trusty Beretta, Stone uses her innate gift for detective work to identify the perps and then anonymously e-mail the evidence to the cops.Now, the hunt for two brazen serial killers on the loose right in her own coastal California town threatens to expose Stones identity unraveling her carefully constructed cover and jeopardizing her lifes work. But when she gets too close to the action, this razor-sharp hunter becomes the hunted. Cooperating with the handsome local police detective could be the only hope for stopping the rampage directed at unsuspecting young women and saving herself. Can they piece together the clues in time?Compulsion mixes CSI-style investigation with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot and a dose of romance for a keeps-you-guessing, fast-paced and savvy thriller, right up until the shocking finale.Review:Jennifer Chases Compulsion is an all-time great fiction suspense thriller. Jennifer takes her knowledge of forensic science and criminology to new levels of understanding and entertainment. This is one edge-of-your-seat who-dun-it that will keep you enthralled from the first page to the last.Emily Stone has one quest in life and that is to see that all killers are brought to justice. Her parents had been killed in a botched robbery and with no suspects that would end in an arrest, she is left to doubt the abilities of some of the men in law enforcement. Keeping her identity a secret, Emily works alone and behind the scenes to track down and gather evidence to convict child killers around the country. Anonymously she gathers the evidence and sends it by email to the law enforcement officers who are working the cases. Suddenly Emily finds herself deeply involved in a serial murder case that has her own community locked in its icy grip. Tracking killers around the country is one thing, but to have them almost on her doorstep is quite another. Almost too late she realizes just how close to home these killers are.Just when Emily is stressed to the limit from trying to keep her identity hidden so that she can continue to work safely behind the scenes and not become a victim in the process, she meets handsome young detective, Rick Lopez. She finds herself falling for the detective and opens her heart and discloses her secrets. She tells Rick what she knows and what she thinks about the serial killers of the case on which he is working. Rick is fascinated by Emily and knows that he has finally found a kindred spirit. He knows in his heart that he is falling in love with the beautiful and secretive Emily. To keep Rick and her long-time friend, police Sergeant Mike Sullivan safe, Emily sneaks away to confront the killers on her own turf and in a circumstance under which she has control. Knowing the identity of one of the killers, Emily knows that this has now turned into a game of cat and mouse where she is the bait and the killer is determined to find her. The clock is ticking and she can almost feel the killers hot breath on the back of her neck as she waits in hiding for him to make his next move. Trying hard to turn the tables on this monster, she has set her own trap to bring him down. But will it be enough? For all you forensic science buffs, Compulsion is a must read and for everyone else, you will enjoy the mystery, suspense, and thrills of a well-written and thoroughly captivating book. You may want to read it with all the lights on.Reviewed by Sandra E. Graham - BookPleasures, author of Amos Jakey and NicolinaReview:There are certain types of books that are almost guaranteed to keep me turning the pages into the late hours of the night. The first is any novel that develops a compelling story of the complexities found in human relati No library descriptions found. |
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