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The scene is perplexingly always the same: the home of a single woman, no signs of forced entry, no evidence of an intruder, and no victim–only a bathtub filled with blood.
Newly promoted homicide detective Angel Alves wants to make his mark in the department and a difference on the streets. But juggling the needs of a family and the demands of a relentlessly driven partner tests the young cop’s commitment as sorely as tracking the killer challenges his skills. Meanwhile, assistant DA Conrad Darget has his own hands full–mentoring an ambitious young law student, whom he is also dating, rallying his fellow attorneys in their daily courtroom battles, and striving to win true justice in an imperfect system. With each new attack the twisted mystery only deepens, and the hunger for answers–and action–intensifies. No sane mind could comprehend the dark design behind it all. And no one can anticipate the final fateful strokes that will lead to a shocking endgame.
From its chilling first pages to its heart-stopping home stretch, Eight in the Box thrills at every turn and surprises at every opportunity–racing at an ever increasing velocity to deliver a climax that pays off in devastating style.
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Release date
June 24, 2008 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415954096
- File size: 217985 KB
- Duration: 07:34:08
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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In a world in which novels about serial killers vastly outnumber the real thing (fortunately), Raffi Yassayan has come up with a fascinating twist: a serial killer who takes the body and leaves behind only a bathtub full of blood. Stephen Hoye builds the suspense with his articulate delivery, occasionally dropping verbal cues to the observant listener about particularly significant clues. Hoye offers many different voices as he becomes the police detectives who are tracking down the murderer, who seems to kill without a pattern. Ther's no confusion among the many voices. The motives of the killer are revealed eventually, but not in typical crime novel fashion. The ending is a shocker that few will see coming. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine -
April 7, 2008
Defense attorney Yessayan's promising debut nicely juggles a large cast of attorneys and cops, though at times it comes close to sounding like a legal spinoff of the TV show Friends
. Someone is killing young women in Boston, or at least young women are disappearing, leaving behind no trace except bathtubs full of blood. The police are pretty sure the victims must be dead, but no bodies have been found. The killer, who's identified for the reader as Richter, is doing something with the bodies that involves embalming, but it remains unclear what he's up to until the very end. Extended forays into race relations, the plight of the poor and questions of legal responsibility tend to slow the action. Hopefully, Yessayan, who doesn't stray beyond the conventional bounds of the legal thriller/serial killer subgenre, will strike out in his own direction next time.
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