Title: The Postcard KillersPublisher: Little, Brown & Company; August 2010
Number of Pages: Hardcover, 432 pages
Genre: Adult, Fiction, Crime Drama, Forensics, Murder Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Detective
Plot:
Paris is stunning in the summer
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson's most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
Personal thoughts: Much like all of the Patterson novels, this one still figured out how to surprise me. As the reader, you are introduced to the killers about halfway through - but you never really know 'who' they are. True to a suspense novel, some things throw you off, but in the end, it's clear who your man is.
It was a quick and easy read, and the plot was enough to keep me guessing as to what would happen next. It was different in that it was set in Europe, Sweden to be exact, and the killers kept sending these cards to give the detectives clues to who might be killed next. It kept me on my toes, that's for sure.
I liked this version of revenge served up cold!
Rating: 3
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