Wednesday, November 29, 2017

That Darkness/ Lisa Black/ 308 pgs

This police procedural is set in Cleveland. There are two main characters--Maggie, a fingerprint expert/crime scene tech, and Jack, a homicide detective. The case begins with an unidentified female body found in a cemetery. Due to her persistence and attention to detail, Maggie is soon on the trail of a killer who has struck more than once and while the victims seem random, she puts the puzzle pieces together and they lead her straight to Jack. (This is not a spoiler.) Jack soon realizes Maggie is on to his carefully organized system of justice and vengeance and he desperately tries to stay one step ahead of her. This was an interesting take on a police novel and the ending was a true surprise. Word of warning--Maggie witnesses a couple of autopsies and the details provided are quite graphic.

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