Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8554 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-15
• Released on: 2005-07-04
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Synopsis
Young Anna Travis has been assigned to her first murder case - a series of killings that has shocked even the most hardened of detectives. They started eight years ago - now the body count is up to six. The method of killing is identical, the backgrounds of the girls identical - all drug-users and prostitutes. Then a seventh body is found. The modus operandi is the same - but the victim is a young student with the 'face of an angel'. The profile of the murderer has changed dramatically. Determined to earn the respect of her male colleagues, Anna stumbles on a vital piece of information which links one man to the killings, a much-loved actor on the brink of international stardom. His arrest would create a media frenzy. But if he were found innocent, his wouldn't be the only career over - Anna's hard fought for reputation would be destroyed once and for all ...

Customer Reviews

What would it be like if Robson Jerome were secretly a serial killer?
No, just messin, but seriously, La Plante comes up with a fascinating plotline. A serial killer is afoot and he might just be a very well known and well liked actor. It's up to young Detective Anna Travis to get to the truth. But, is she getting too close to the suspect?

I can't really picture Hugh Grant, for example, as a serial killer, but La Plante paints a convincing picture. It took me only a morning to read this book, so hooked on it was I. Enjoy!

(If I had to put money on an actor that could turn into a serial killer, it'd probably be Brad Pitt- way too convincing in Kalifornia!)

A good read but ruined by the character Langton
This was my first La Plante book, and I will read the next book in this series 'the red dahlia'. However I won't be in a rush to get my copy. I loved the character of Anna Travis and Loved reading about her time with Daniels. However what did annoy me is Langton with his constant mood swings, and the way he constantly shouted at Anna. I just wanted her to shout back and stop with her childish crush.
That's why I cannot give this book a higher than a mediocre 3*.

Don't bother
This was my first book by Lynda La Plante and it will definitely be my last one. The plot is predictable, the investigation full of unlikely coincidences and most of all it is completely unbelievable that anyone as naïve as Anna Travis could make it to Detective Sergeant.