Sunday, April 17, 2011

23. Last Witness - Jilliane Hoffman

audio read by Kathe Mazur
Penguin Audio and Books On Tape, Inc, 2005
9 unabriged cds
11 hours
pgs.
Rating:  4

The second intense serial killer book in a row, Last Witness is about C. J. Townsend, a Miami assistant state attorney and her boyfriend/fiance, Dominic Falconetti, who is the head of a task force for Maimi's newest serial killer - this time, one that kills cops in a particularly grizzly, bloody manner. However, it becomes more intricate for C.J. when she discovers that these killings are all related to her biggest - and most notorious - case, that of  "Cupid.."  That madman is on death row, but C.J. has some secrets about that case, relating to her own rape many years before, that is threatening to send her off the deep end.

I've never been too fond of Miami settings (although Dexter has begun to grow on me a bit), and this Miami depiction wasn't to enticing, either.  But the story was interesting, intricate, somewhat predictable, and went very quickly.

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