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Absolute Fear
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780758211828
ISBN: 0758211821
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
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Editorial Review:
Every Serial Killer...
A serial killer is stalking the streets of New Orleans. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. There are no clues, no connections except one: a crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness--and is now the calling card of a new kind of fear.
Is Searching For...
Eve Renner knows Our Lady of Virtues Hospital well. As the daughter of one of its doctors, she spent her childhood exploring its secrets chambers, hidden rooms, and forbidden passageways. Now, somewhere in the decaying asylum lies the key to a betrayal from the past whose echoes are being felt with a vengeance--a crime beyond imagining that seems to lead to Eve herself.
The Perfect Victim...
As each new body is found and forgotten, memories surface, and Eve must race to put together a deadly puzzle, one terrifying piece at a time. A killer is watching, planning, luring her back to the ruins of Our Lady and the shocking truths hidden there. For the sins of the past must be revealed, and the price paid--in blood...
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Maybe Her Worst Book
I've read several of Lisa Jackson's books, and while I've liked the Bentz/Montoya stories, I thought this book was her worst by far.
It started very slow and didn't really pick up until close to the end. The storyline was confusing from the get go because so much had happened already before the book began, and the author didn't do a good job of recapping it. She also didn't do a good job of weaving in previous storylines, so someone reading this book without having read the others in ... Read More
Rating:  - ... but what happened to the ending?
I've read a few of the reviews and many have stated that there were some aspects of this book that were unrealistic... true. When I buy fictionally based books, I'm looking at the entertainment value, not whether or not the story is correct in procedures or religious practices.
As far as the entertainment value of this book is concerned, it was good and I enjoyed it, but was a little disappointed in the sudden ending. The build up was pretty suspenseful, and then BAM! The story ended ... Read More
Rating: - it was ok..
i thought it started out very slow. Then it got really good, then the end..it just seemed rushed. The ending to me, didn't really have anything to do with the story. As one person wrote, you don't know how Eve's and Cole's relationship ended up, besides them getting back together. It just seemed Jackson wanted to hurry and start her new book which apparently is the sequel to this one.
Rating:  - Check your birth certificate
By the end of this book, it seemed that everyone in it was related to everyone else and about the only person who wasn't a blood relative to the killer(s) and/or victims was the reader, and the family tree was so convoluted I began to question my own lineage. And wasn't it convenient that all the people involved in the cover up or frame up or who were unwitting victims all had names that were palindromes? What about the tatoos? Honest, I knew what the tattoo meant the first time it was mentioned and ... Read More
Rating: - rubbish
One word can describe this book. Trite. This book is so very bad, from the cliched conversations to the overuse of quotation marks. Who talks like this? I have been trying to read this book for 3 1/2 months and can't stop mentally rolling my eyes enough to get very far. I can do without what she thinks is romance and stick to the suspense, but even that is far from satisfying. I love the true crime and suspense genre. The Hannibal Series by Thomas Harris is one of my favorites. But this...this is ... Read More
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