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bickleyhouse's review
4.0
A serial killer is killing people and cutting up their bodies, distributing body parts all around the country. FBI agent Sariah Cooper teams up with former agent Joshua and a local police officer named Hadley (goes by the nickname Had), to try to find the killer.
The book kept me engaged and interested. The relationships between the characters build and grow as the story progresses. Agent Cooper (I had memories of Twin Peaks and kept thinking "Damn fine coffee" as I read this), in my opinion, is not a very good FBI agent, though. She makes the mistake of thinking she has the killer, more than once, and refuses to listen to the former agent, who has had previous experience with the killer they have nicknamed "Humpty Dumpty."
Officer Hadley is a bit silly, at times, but contributes to the lighter element of the story, giving us some comic relief, from time to time, especially when his overbearing mother comes into the picture.
All in all, it's an entertaining mystery thriller, but I have to say that I figured out who the killer was several chapters before it was revealed. I almost made a note in my Kindle version at that point, but I wouldn't want to spoil it for future readers.
Since I have this book in a collection of all of the Nursery Rhyme Murders, I will likely continue in the series.
The book kept me engaged and interested. The relationships between the characters build and grow as the story progresses. Agent Cooper (I had memories of Twin Peaks and kept thinking "Damn fine coffee" as I read this), in my opinion, is not a very good FBI agent, though. She makes the mistake of thinking she has the killer, more than once, and refuses to listen to the former agent, who has had previous experience with the killer they have nicknamed "Humpty Dumpty."
Officer Hadley is a bit silly, at times, but contributes to the lighter element of the story, giving us some comic relief, from time to time, especially when his overbearing mother comes into the picture.
All in all, it's an entertaining mystery thriller, but I have to say that I figured out who the killer was several chapters before it was revealed. I almost made a note in my Kindle version at that point, but I wouldn't want to spoil it for future readers.
Since I have this book in a collection of all of the Nursery Rhyme Murders, I will likely continue in the series.
cwiegmann24's review
3.0
This book took me a while to get into. The focus at the beginning is not on the case - the only thing you learn about is that there's been body parts found. The beginning is all about getting Joshua to stop being a drunk. Joshua is interesting enough, but he didn't have enough redeeming qualities to want me to see him get better. He was a jerk. He lost his family and was now taking it out on himself and everyone around him. Not exactly the hero you want in a story. Had is the complete opposite, but still wasn't incredibly likable. His extroversion is overdone in my opinion. Agent Cooper has hardly any personality. The single-mindedness of her decisions was stupidity. I shook my head many times while reading about another decision that she made without carefully considering the alternatives. Doesn't seem like an FBI agent to me.
There's a lot of themes of redemption in this book, which was the best part. Cooper trying to make up for her previous mistakes, Joshua trying to catch the criminal who killed his family, etc. Not a bad read, but it just didn't grab me and keep my attention.
There's a lot of themes of redemption in this book, which was the best part. Cooper trying to make up for her previous mistakes, Joshua trying to catch the criminal who killed his family, etc. Not a bad read, but it just didn't grab me and keep my attention.
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