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The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2)
The Maze - FBI Thriller, Bk 2
Author: Catherine Coulter
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780515122497
ISBN-10: 0515122491
Publication Date: 4/1/1998
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 428 ratings
Publisher: Jove
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2
Full of karate, pistol-whipping, and other malevolent mayhem, Catherine Coulter's The Maze could be described as a junior-varsity version of Silence of the Lambs. As in that novel, the heroine in The Maze, Lacey Sherlock, becomes an FBI agent to help unravel the mysteries of her own past. Seven years after her sister was brutally slain by a serial killer (the wonderfully creepy "String Killer"), Lacey is assigned to the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU). The CAU, headed by brawny bureau egghead Dillon Savich, uses computer modeling to catch the baddest guys around--it's like profiling, but with databases. Before you know it, Dillon and Lacey are tangling with the String Killer. Even when the scenarios are not terribly inventive--"Let's use Lacey as bait! What a great idea!"--Coulter makes sure that her bad guys are good and twisted. A touch of bloody-mindedness can cover up a multitude of sins, and on that score, The Maze satisfies
AmandaLee avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on
Helpful Score: 1
I read this book after reading The Cove. I like the fact that the main characters from the first book also have a small part in this book. It ties the two books together nicely and kind of gives the reader a clue to what the people from the Cove are doing now, with out distracting the reader from the characters and plot of the Maze.....

A good read. I recommend This series of books to any one who likes to read a series and see the same people repeated though out..... But because the books add new characters and add onto the story and each case is new it never gets boring.
catbookmom avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 52 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I couldn't get into the first book in this series, but I enjoyed "The Maze" very much. Sherlock on her own is too impulsive, but she and Savich make a good team. I'm looking forward to reading the other books featuring them.
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Great Read!
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Dillon Savich is back and now head of the FBI criminal appreacnsion unit. Enter Lacey Sherlock a well qualified who seems bright and enger. But is she ready. I hope you enjoy traveling through this bizarre maze to find out what happened today and seven years ago.
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A story of a murder in Boston, but somehow ties the detective back to her sister who dies seven years before.
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Legendary FBI agents Savich and Sherlock are investigating a vicious murder in Boston.
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A continuing story of Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock whom you met in The Cove. This suspense tale is much like a maze and you are caught in the middle.
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Full of karate, pistol-whipping, and other malevolent mayhem, Catherine Coulter's The Maze could be described as a junior-varsity version of Silence of the Lambs. As in that novel, the heroine in The Maze, Lacey Sherlock, becomes an FBI agent to help unravel the mysteries of her own past. Seven years after her sister was brutally slain by a serial killer (the wonderfully creepy "String Killer"), Lacey is assigned to the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU). The CAU, headed by brawny bureau egghead Dillon Savich, uses computer modeling to catch the baddest guys around--it's like profiling, but with databases. Before you know it, Dillon and Lacey are tangling with the String Killer. Even when the scenarios are not terribly inventive--"Let's use Lacey as bait! What a great idea!"--Coulter makes sure that her bad guys are good and twisted. A touch of bloody-mindedness can cover up a multitude of sins, and on that score, The Maze satisfies
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This is the first time I've read this author, it was a great read!
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I so enjoyed this book. It had suspense, romance and humor. It was centered on how Dillon and Sherlock (FBI agents) teamed up. It's the first in Coulter's FBI series. I enjoy any of Coulter's books with Dillon and Sherlock and did not realize that there was a book describing their meeting, teaming, and romancing.
cocoamomo avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 83 more book reviews
Catherine Coulter does it again. This is part of her FBI series books. It was a fun read, gave me chills and made me double check the locks on my doors! It also contains some romance, so beware! Good read!!!!!
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2nd book in the FBI series. This one is even better than the first one!!!
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This is a very good book!!!
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Mysteries to solve and puzzles to sort thru, before you get to the ending.
It will have you running to your door and bolting it fast.
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Catherine Coulter does it again. What a enthralling book. Lacey Sherlock is driven to find the man who killed her sister. What better way to do that than to join the FBI. There she meets Dillon Savich who brings her into his computer forensic team. She is right where she needs to be in order to find out about the String Killer. During this time, Sherlock and Savich are becoming closer by working out together at the gym and working on the same cases. Finally, after seven years, the killer strikes again. She recognizes his m.o. immediately and rushes to Boston to capture him. Unfortunately, she does not tell Savich what she is doing and then the fun begins. He is furious that she has not told him of her past. After several days, he decides to let her pursue the case, but only with him as her partner. Many twists and turns follow to make you wonder if the string killer really did it.Was it the jealous husband? Was it her judgemental father? Her crazy mother? This book will keep you guessing until the end. Sherlock and Savich are a lot fun and their love story is wonderful. Also, if you read the first book in this series, The Cove, then look for James and Sally Quinlan.
ginamig avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 76 more book reviews
The first Catherine Coulter murder/mystery novel to feature Dillon & Savich. Excellent!
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Catherine Coulter has written a great series of FBI crime books. Love the family too! This is the second in the series.
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Savich and Sherlock are at it again. Enjoy them very much. A good team to follow.
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good one, kept my attention so well I burnt the chicken I had on the stove.
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Another great suspense book in the FBI series!
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2nd in Coulter's FBI series. It's awesome!
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Very exciting book with a great ending.
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Great book. Another book in the FBI thriller series.
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An FBI thriller about a vicious murder in Boston.
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FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are starting on their association together with solving who done its.

I hope you enjoy travelinbg through this maze to find out what happened today and seven years ago
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I love Catherine Coulter and this book was not a disappointment. Good story and characters
booklit avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 473 more book reviews
Another great FBI thriller. An exciting read
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I love this series of Coulter's. This one really grips you, truly terrifying when Sherlock in caught in the maze!!
Cycle304 avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 135 more book reviews
WOW! I loved this book. It had a little bit of everything in it (including murder, drama, romance, humor). Everytime I had to put it down I just couldn't wait to get back to it.
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This is a murder mystery that is fast moving with suspense and a bit of romance. There are surprises all through the book. Great book.
jerjer avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 54 more book reviews
FBI solves their case along with a lot romance along the way...Good
book, hard to put down until finished...
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great seies
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The Cove is a quaint little postcZArd town made up only of old folk. This is a nonstop romantic and suspense story. This is the first book I have read by Catherine Coulter. Very entertaining.
gigi avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 355 more book reviews
One of Catherine Coulter's best ones, starring my fav, Dillon Savich...sexy, sexy G-Man!
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Another great Coulter book.
bludiamond avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 44 more book reviews
Obsessed with the death of her sister by a serial killer, a pianist dedicates her life to tracking down the murderer only to become the target herself.
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Really good book to read.
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I like most of what this author writes. This was one of her better efforts.
BoxerBabe avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 21 more book reviews
Love Dillon and Lacey stories!
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Catherine Coulter does a super job on this series, just enough characters to keep it super interesting without getting lost in the who's who.
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it was great lots of twists and turns very good
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Right-on-the-edge mystery action mixed with romance. Very good!
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I love all of Catherine Coulter's FBI series. I can't put them down.
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I admit to being a fan of Catherine Coulters FBI series. I find the books interesting, thrilling, and she adds a bit of humor in her writing.
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Good Read
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Remember Dillon Savich from "The Cove"? He's back and head of a Criminal Apprehension Unit. Enter Lacey Sherlock... engrossing
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As usual, Coulter has offered a thrilling mystery. Leaves the reader unsure of the outcome until the very end.
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Dillion Savich is back as the head of the F.B.I. Criminal apprehenson Unit. He has just hired Lacey Sherloch a new agent. Sherlock seems on the up and up but is she? Has she got an agenda? By the time Dillon finds out what is going on it may too late.
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Full of karate, pistol-whipping, and other malevolent mayhem, Catherine Coulter's The Maze could be described as a junior-varsity version of Silence of the Lambs. As in that novel, the heroine in The Maze, Lacey Sherlock, becomes an FBI agent to help unravel the mysteries of her own past. Seven years after her sister was brutally slain by a serial killer (the wonderfully creepy "String Killer"), Lacey is assigned to the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU). The CAU, headed by brawny bureau egghead Dillon Savich, uses computer modeling to catch the baddest guys around--it's like profiling, but with databases. Before you know it, Dillon and Lacey are tangling with the String Killer. Even when the scenarios are not terribly inventive--"Let's use Lacey as bait! What a great idea!"--Coulter makes sure that her bad guys are good and twisted. A touch of bloody-mindedness can cover up a multitude of sins, and on that score, The Maze satisfies.
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Luvbug avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 225 more book reviews
Very good...kept me turning the pages....lots of twists and turns.
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The beginning of Sherlock and Savich....Page turner, edge of your seat thriller....Couldn't put it down
stevielyn avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 147 more book reviews
Remember Dillon Savich from The Cove? He's back and he's now the heard of the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit(CAU), where Dillon has developed predictive analouge programs to aid in the capture of serial killers.
Enter Lacey Sherlock, a very well-qualified new agent who seems bright and eager and on the up-and-up. But is she really?
When there's a vicious mruder in Boston, she's off like a shot, lying to Dillon.
When Dillon finds owt what's going on, he realizes they'll all be in deep trouble, maybe even victims themselves, if he and Sherlock don't find out who murdered her sister seven years before.
Are you ready to "walk the walk?" Are you ready to see who's waiting for you at the center of the maze? There are mysteries to solve and puzzles to sort through before you get to an ending that will have you bolting your front door, fast.
I hope you enjoy traveling through this bizarre maze to find out what happened both today and seven years ago.
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Loved this book.
4Hmomnm avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 79 more book reviews
This is the 2nd in the Sherlock and Savich FBI series. This one is where Sherlock comes on the scene in a murder that is so close to home it consumes her life. You will hold your breath till the very end!
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A great read. Coulter does it again. This is one of the FBI novels.
koreanprincess24 avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 136 more book reviews
Seven years ago, 19-year-old Lacey Sherlock started down a career path that would eventually bring her face to face with her older sister's murderer. She is thrilled to be selected to join FBI Agent and computer genius Dillon Savich's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU). Fearing that the FBI would not accept her if they knew of her hidden quest, Sherlock has played down any connection to Belinda Madigan, the String Killer's fourth victim.

Sherlock proves herself quick and intuitive as she joins CAU, and on her off time she searches data banks for clues regarding her sister's killer. Then, seven years to the day since the last murder, Sherlock finds an account of a Boston murder that chills her blood: the String Killer has returned.

Dillon Savich realizes that his new agent is moonlighting, but despite his anger, he agrees to let her follow up on the Boston case. With Sherlock's detailed knowledge of the killer and new computer technology, a promising suspect emerges. Sherlock volunteers to play bait to entice the suspect, Merlin Jones, to strike yet again.

Following Jones' arrest, Sherlock should be thrilled and relieved that the murderer of eight women has finally been caught; but doubts arise as Merlin plays mind games and inconsistencies in the evidence arise. Merlin Jones is definitely a killer, but did he kill Belinda?
Great book!
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This is a real thriller and hard to put down.
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This is where Sherlock and Savich meet. Very good FBI novel.
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Full of karate, pistol-whipping, and other malevolent mayhem, Catherine Coulter's The Maze could be described as a junior-varsity version of Silence of the Lambs. As in that novel, the heroine in The Maze, Lacey Sherlock, becomes an FBI agent to help unravel the mysteries of her own past. Seven years after her sister was brutally slain by a serial killer (the wonderfully creepy "String Killer"), Lacey is assigned to the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU). The CAU, headed by brawny bureau egghead Dillon Savich, uses computer modeling to catch the baddest guys around--it's like profiling, but with databases. Before you know it, Dillon and Lacey are tangling with the String Killer. Even when the scenarios are not terribly inventive--"Let's use Lacey as bait! What a great idea!"--Coulter makes sure that her bad guys are good and twisted. A touch of bloody-mindedness can cover up a multitude of sins, and on that score, The Maze satisfies.
junie avatar reviewed The Maze (FBI Thriller, Bk 2) on + 630 more book reviews
Good FBI thriller
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great read
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Remember Dillon Savich from The Cove? He's back and he's now the head of FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU), where Dillon has developed predictive analogue programs to aid in the capture of serial killers. Enter Lacey Sherlock, a very well-qualified new agent who seems bright and eager and on the up-and-up. But is she really? When there's a vicious murder in Boston, she's off like a shot, lying to Dillon. When Dillon finds out what's going on, he realizes they'll all be in deep trouble, maybe even victims themselves, if he and Sherlock don't find out who murdered her sister seven years bfore.
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All of the FBI books by this author are great!
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I just discovered Catherine Coulter's Books and they are wonderful. I am reading the FBI series and they are so interesting. Once you start reading you can't put them down. i especially like the intrigue and the twists and turns of the stories. She takes you to the very end and only then do you have a picture of what might happen. Her stories are all tied up in a realistic manner and put to bed at the end. This is my second read of hers and I will continue to read the others in the series. Excellent writer.
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As usual Catherine Coulter did a great job at keeping one up after bedtime reading the book. She can keep a reader involved with the characters and want more.
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wonderful as always - that last little twist after you think you have it solved - NOT!!
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very good story
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This is the third book I have read by Catherine Coulter and the second in the series. I started out with the third novel "The Target" which sold me into reading more of her books, it was an excellent read which I couldn't put down! I can say "The Maze" has a fair story and story line as did "The Cove" her first book, not top notch, but sufficient. Not many twists and turns although it did have me guessing some! The problem I have had with Ms. Coulter's first two books is she tries to get too cute with her writing by injecting comments that in normal life wouldn't happen. The comments try to be cute, quirt, and just odd, they in my belief completely takes away from telling the story! I believe it actually slows down the flow of the book, as I had to stop and re-read, then think did they really say that?? At any rate I do enjoy the main characters Dillion Savich who helps solve the crime via his computer inputs, and Lacey Sherlock a new agent, whom are both taken with each other and team up to solve a string of vicious murders involving a serial killer who torments his victims in a Maze. I would suggest if you are a first time reader with this author, start with the third in the series as I did. Then decide if you want to go read the first two books in the series or move to the 4th. I am hoping the fourth picks up with the pace that the third book had!!!!
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The charactors in this book are so great. It is a joy to read...
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This book does not have its cover, but is in good shape.