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Back from the Caribbean with a new author!
O’Loughlin is pulled into a confusing crime scene by a police detective who is looking for one more nail to put into the supposed-prepetrator’s coffin: a married couple has been brutally murdered and a mentally challenged handyman is accused. But O’Loughlin sees what the police don’t: there was someone else there – someone who is now missing – and the scene points to a very twisted, and highly intelligent, murderer.
Complicating the plot is a second protagonist: Piper Hadley. Teenage Piper and her best friend, Natasha McBain, were kidnapped and held captive by a man they call George, who systematically strips away the girls’ defenses and sexually abuses the more attractive, more feminine Tash. Piper tells her own story, and Robotham’s evocation of this singular character is simply amazing.
It’s not surprising that the two stories come together and – no spoiler alert here – that the handyman is not the bad guy. Say You’re Sorry is a complete page-turner – awesome plotting and pacing – coupled with compelling characters. It left me wanting more. So I used a few of my preciously guarded wi-fi minutes to download more Michael Robotham.
It was all good. Suspect. Lost. Shatter. Bleed for Me and a couple more, yet unread. In Suspect, Joe O’Loughlin is introduced when homicide detective Victor Ruiz suspects him of murder. In Lost, Ruiz is fished out of the Thames – short-term memory loss means he has to piece together the last few weeks of his life (with the help of O’Loughlin, of course). Shatter features a worthy adversary – just as capable as O’Loughlin of seeing hidden truths, but much more capable when it comes to manipulating others. For evil, of course.
I’m continuing to work my way through Michael Robotham’s books. Love psychological suspense? Thrillers with a twist? You’ll go for Robotham.
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