A review by robinsbooks
Strip Search by William Bernhardt

4.0

This was a fast and furious suspense/thriller with elements of psychology and descrptions of gruesome mutilations (the book starts with a man getting his face “deep-fried”). This is the second in the series featuring Susan Pulaski (first one is DARK EYE), a Las Vegas police behaviorist and her sidekick, Darcy O’Bannon, an autistic savant and son of the police chief. Susan is hired to profile the killer that is targeting people who have in some way neglected a past offspring. A past alcoholic and quite obnoxious at times, Susan isn’t a particularly likeable character, but the story barrels along quite nicely despite knowing from the start who is masterminding the killings. One issue I had with the book was that at times I felt part of the explanations of autism and part of the plot was borrowed from THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (an excellent novel of an autistic teen).