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fleurette's review
3.0
This is a good story, not the best one I've read, and I will probably forget it soon enough, but I think it's a good story. Many years ago I read other books in this series and I also remember them as good ones.
The plot is not overly original. It looks like a serial killer who had killed several victims many years ago has returned to a small Texas beach resort. The problem is that for those murders a man has already been tried, and the famous author Troy Stockton wrote a book about it. Regardless of the truth, the killer must be stopped. Troy and aspiring FBI agent Elaina McCord, who is eager to become a profiler, must solve this mystery. As I said, there is nothing special about it. But it's a well-constructed and quite interesting story.
Troy and Elaina are fine as the main characters. Not very easy to remember, but they definitely didn't annoy me. Elaina does a few stupid things, but nothing really irresponsible to upset me. She and Troy make a nice couple. And that's good because we basically have lust at first sight. Especially from Troy. But fortunately, things between them are not so perfect all the time. Both Troy and Elaina notice each other's flaws. Their relationship is okay.
It's a good, solid story. I see that the new books in this series are still published. I have to read one sometime.
The plot is not overly original. It looks like a serial killer who had killed several victims many years ago has returned to a small Texas beach resort. The problem is that for those murders a man has already been tried, and the famous author Troy Stockton wrote a book about it. Regardless of the truth, the killer must be stopped. Troy and aspiring FBI agent Elaina McCord, who is eager to become a profiler, must solve this mystery. As I said, there is nothing special about it. But it's a well-constructed and quite interesting story.
Troy and Elaina are fine as the main characters. Not very easy to remember, but they definitely didn't annoy me. Elaina does a few stupid things, but nothing really irresponsible to upset me. She and Troy make a nice couple. And that's good because we basically have lust at first sight. Especially from Troy. But fortunately, things between them are not so perfect all the time. Both Troy and Elaina notice each other's flaws. Their relationship is okay.
It's a good, solid story. I see that the new books in this series are still published. I have to read one sometime.
izabrekilien's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't read that book in the best conditions, really. I was ready to adore it (huge fan of the author here), but then I tried to read it during my holidays in Brittany - where I've wanted to go back for *18* years (bro gozh ma zadou = the old land of my fathers), so my head was in the clouds, my ears with the seagulls and my eyes on the sea, not on that poor book.
So, I enjoyed reading it anyway, but I didn't get into it as much as I expected to - I felt some distance with the characters, I saw them acting, falling in love but didn't feel the love. And the hero was a hunter/fisherman, so it didn't help - I love animals and can't love someone who enjoys killing them.
Anyway, the plot was good, the heroin was as strong as I love them, so it was a good book !
So, I enjoyed reading it anyway, but I didn't get into it as much as I expected to - I felt some distance with the characters, I saw them acting, falling in love but didn't feel the love. And the hero was a hunter/fisherman, so it didn't help - I love animals and can't love someone who enjoys killing them.
Anyway, the plot was good, the heroin was as strong as I love them, so it was a good book !
pgchuis's review against another edition
4.0
Elaina, a junior FBI agent, is sent to Lito Island, where the bodies of two murdered young women have been found. Elaina believes she can link the killings to a murder some years ago, a murder a now incarcerated man confessed to. Elaina is not taken seriously by the local police. Enter Troy (from the first novel). Troy writes true crime books, including one covering the historic murder, in which he was convinced by the now-perhaps-false-confession. Because Troy lives locally, drives a Porsche, and has invested in the Tracers' crime lab, he seems to be allowed to tag along on police/FBI business and is privy to all their confidential information. Elaina plugs away, even though all the other (male) officers/agents despise her and her ideas, and she and Troy crack the case.
I liked Troy, although his vow never to commit to a woman (which might have been in the first book actually) seems to have fallen by the wayside unremarked in the space of about a week. It was hard to see what he and Elaina really had in common - they never talked much, apart from about the case. As another reviewer has pointed out, there was a lot about the killer and his motivations and methods which went undiscussed. We never really revisited Elaina's unsub profile to see how accurate it was.
I'm still enjoying these though and they are a quick read.
I liked Troy, although his vow never to commit to a woman (which might have been in the first book actually) seems to have fallen by the wayside unremarked in the space of about a week. It was hard to see what he and Elaina really had in common - they never talked much, apart from about the case. As another reviewer has pointed out, there was a lot about the killer and his motivations and methods which went undiscussed. We never really revisited Elaina's unsub profile to see how accurate it was.
I'm still enjoying these though and they are a quick read.
disloyalorderof's review against another edition
2.0
There's zero empathy with Elaina, sadly. The book is really focused on its mystery, which is a great mystery, super tight, really excellent. The characters are a let-down.
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