Strong characters--wasn't easy figuring out "whodoneit"! A good read.

Good mystery! I would love a sequel to find out how the character's lives turned out!

This novel is graphic, entrancing, visually terrorizing, and it introduces you to endearing characters that are so flawed they remind you of members of your own family. The words take you on an incredibly horrific journey that has you anticipating the next novel.

While Slaughter's writing style is good and the story moves right along... the plot was ridiculous. The brilliant doctor/coroner who was working very closely with the police... and therefore privy to every detail of the case... was unable to put 2 and 2 together and see that her attack 12 years earlier was the exact same M.O. as the case they were currently working on. So while she's not seeing the connection... a second girl dies. Once the brilliant doctor (dripping with sarcasm) FINALLY tells the police her own story... they solve the crime. The reader sees the connection immediately while the "top of her class" doctor is apparently blindsighted!

This was very depressing and sick. I'm worried about the friend that recommended it to me. Who could enjoy this book?

Was very exciting. Want to read more from you.

Not one of Slaughter's better woven story lines. Even dialogue was predictable. No surprises. Gore abounding, repeated incessantly and unnecessarily. If we readers are expected to wade through, the read must be worthy of it. I felt cheated.

Thrilling book! Couldn't put it down!

A little slow and too explicit for my taste. Felt like I has to shower after I read it.

I'm not sure that I understand how this became an international best seller. It was interesting, an easy read and generally enjoyable. However, it was not overwhelmingly thrilling or mind blowing. It felt like a movie script more than a great work of literature. The characters were caricatures and the dialogue was fairly contrived and relatively predictable. It's definitely a good airplane read but that's about it.