Homicide detective Robert Hunter was never convinced that they caught the real Crucifix Killer, and now he is proved right when bodies start appearing…
The Crucifix Killer is the first book in the Robert Hunter series of crime thrillers. Be warned: they are very gruesome!
Wow! The book begins with a cliffhanger! Hunter receives a call from the killer who claims to have taken his rookie partner Garcia. He races to the location and faces a terrible dilemma. The timeline then pings back a few weeks to show how the cat and mouse game between Hunter and the Crucifix Killer has developed.
Hunter wasn’t keen on being assigned a new partner after the death of his old one, especially one with no homicide experience. But Carlos Garcia proves his worth and the pair share a determination to stop the sadistic killer. I really liked both detectives but couldn’t get the fear out of my mind based on the opening chapter and where the book was heading.
The style of writing is easy to read and the descriptions are graphic and disturbing (I loved them!) The characters come to life through their dialogue and the plot races along. Some chapters show us the victims and this increase the readers’ anticipation as we wait to see what sadistic acts the killer has in mind.
The Crucifix Killer is a gory, tense and fast paced crime thriller, and I can’t wait to read the whole series!
Book blurb:
When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in the middle of Los Angeles National Forest, Homicide Detective Robert Hunter finds himself entering a horrific and recurring nightmare. Naked, strung from two parallel wooden posts, the victim was sadistically tortured before meeting an excruciatingly painful death.
All the skin has been ripped from her face – while she was still alive. On the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross: the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer. But that’s impossible. Because two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true?
Is the real killer still out there, ready to embark once again on a vicious and violent killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him? Hunter and his rookie partner are about to enter a nightmare beyond imagining.
