Spannend boek waarbij een nogal bizar fenomeen voorkomt. De snuffclub. Manny Alvarez en Daria Debianchi oeken de moord op een jonge vrouw die behoorlijk toegetakeld in een vuilcontainer is gevonden. Hun zoektocht naar de daders legt nog veel meer van dergelijke moorden bloot. Maar er moet steeds een andere dader zijn. En dan krijgen ze een stukje van een video toegespeeld. Spannend tot het einde. Hoewel die laatste draai een beetje overbodig was. ( )

When I'm completely honest, I'm disappointed by this book. I had hped when I started, to be reading a book more like book 1 in this series.
I missed the really sitting on the edge of my chair while reading. I was constantly waiting for someting to hapoen, something thrilling. But the story just went on and on, without anything special. And the ending.... Well it was not the one I would have picked, it leaves me with even more disappointment. ( )

Set in Miami, this is a corker of a crime thriller.

The main characters, detective Manny Alvarez, Assistant State Attorney Daria De Bianchi and prosecutor C.J Townsend are well drawn and likeable. They all have flaws and baggage which impact on their careers and day to day lives.

The story begins with the discovery of a body in a dumpster. The victim is a missing student and it is obvious that she has been brutally tortured before death.

Manny and Daria are working together on the case and have arrested a hot shot, over indulged playboy Talbot Lunders. Lunders was spotted leaving a nightclub with the dumpster vicitm, but there is no evidence to link him to her actual murder. Enter one William Bantling, an infamous serial killer serving time on Death Row. He promises a lead.....but only in return for his death sentence to be commuted. Then, bizzarely, Lunder's doting mother supplies a video which shows a young woman being subjected to what looks like S & M. Is it consentual? Is it a snuff movie? Indeed is there evidence of a so called snuff club where online voyeurs pay a shed load of cash to watch young women being sexually tortured, raped and killed? Does this exonerate her son? Is the dumpster victim more likely a puppet in this snuff club scenario?

One person knows first hand how it is to be raped and tortured and barely make it out alive. That is Chloe aka C. J. Townsend.....or thats her name right now. She is the prosecutor who put William Bantling behind bars. What she didn't reveal is that she was one of his first victims. Living under an assumed name in Chicago and, as a successful prosecutor, still putting the bad guys away, she is the last person who wants to be dragged in to this drama. However, there is little choice..............

This is a gripping story and it keeps it's pace for the most part. A little overlong, it did drag a little about a third of the way through, but warmed up again to the point I couldn't put it down! A great "beach read" and, although not quite as brilliant as "Pretty Little Things" I can still recommend it whole heartedly. ( )