Helpful Score: 2
Bummer--I tried and tried to stick with this but for 550 pages the first 150-200 pages just didn't seem to go anywhere. There is so much computer 'talk' and 'cybertalk' and description, description, description -- those kind of books just lose my interest fast! Maybe the story is good but my word you have to get to it first!
Helpful Score: 1
Brings forensic skills to a whole new level with Kathryn Dance. Her skills in reading body language make you want to check everything you do yourself.
The pace of the book, rather than being breakneck, keep you involved and reading long past bedtime.
The pace of the book, rather than being breakneck, keep you involved and reading long past bedtime.
The Chilton Report blog, owned and operated by Jim Chilton, opens up a discussion thread dubbed Roadside Crosses, which questions why an accident occurred on the spot where two roadsides intersect. The teens were going home after a graduation party; but two died, one was hospitalized and driver Travis Brigham hardly had a scratch. On the blog, everyone attacks Travis holding him responsible for vehicular homicide.
He becomes the victim of a cyber war in which each part is uglier than the previously horrific segue as people accuse him of all sorts of crimes. Tammy Parker was kidnapped and thrown into the trunk if her car, which he drove into the ocean at high tide; she was fortunate to be rescued. She said Travis did it Another female almost died from poisonous fumes; she tells the cops Travis did it.
California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance investigates Travis, but when she tries to see him a second time, he is gone. As more people on the blog claim Travis attacked them, Kathryn applies her kinetics expertise to separate the lies from the truth in hopes of catching Travis before he kills again; he knows if he is caught he has no prayer as the evidence is extraordinarily overwhelming.
Jeffrey Deaver, author of the great Lincoln Rhymes mysteries, has another hit series with the Kathryn Dance police procedurals (see THE SLEEPING DOLL). The protagonist seems genuine because she makes mistakes even with her being the department's expert on reading body language. As she follows clues that seem to inch her closer to the perpetrator, she must deal with her mom being arrested for a mercy killing while also coping with the Blog attacks coaxing politicians to pressure her and other cops to catch Travis. There are plenty of red herrings and misdirections as Mr. Deaver provides an intriguing high tech thriller; that besides an exhilarating cat and mouse murder investigation looks deep into the influence of blogs.
He becomes the victim of a cyber war in which each part is uglier than the previously horrific segue as people accuse him of all sorts of crimes. Tammy Parker was kidnapped and thrown into the trunk if her car, which he drove into the ocean at high tide; she was fortunate to be rescued. She said Travis did it Another female almost died from poisonous fumes; she tells the cops Travis did it.
California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance investigates Travis, but when she tries to see him a second time, he is gone. As more people on the blog claim Travis attacked them, Kathryn applies her kinetics expertise to separate the lies from the truth in hopes of catching Travis before he kills again; he knows if he is caught he has no prayer as the evidence is extraordinarily overwhelming.
Jeffrey Deaver, author of the great Lincoln Rhymes mysteries, has another hit series with the Kathryn Dance police procedurals (see THE SLEEPING DOLL). The protagonist seems genuine because she makes mistakes even with her being the department's expert on reading body language. As she follows clues that seem to inch her closer to the perpetrator, she must deal with her mom being arrested for a mercy killing while also coping with the Blog attacks coaxing politicians to pressure her and other cops to catch Travis. There are plenty of red herrings and misdirections as Mr. Deaver provides an intriguing high tech thriller; that besides an exhilarating cat and mouse murder investigation looks deep into the influence of blogs.
Pretty good but I could set it down.
This is another well written Deaver book. I especially like Kathryn Dance and all her deduction of witnesses veracity thru kinesthetics.
A fun read with some of the red herrings that Deaver likes to throw in. Interesting plot and some good characters.
Sandra S. (LibertyBelle) - , reviewed Roadside Crosses (Kathryn Dance, Bk 3) on + 18 more book reviews
Once again Jeffery Deaver surprised me with the outcome of this story. Book is well written in that it's an exciting, edge of your seat thriller. Looking forward to the next Kathryn Dance novel.
Good Deaver book. Kept you guessing til the end.
Barbara S. (barbsis) -
When a teenage girl gets kidnapped but survives, Kathryn Dance and Michael O'Neil know who the culprit is very quickly. He's a tricky devil though and he leads them on a merry chase through an online game - a violent RPG. The geekspeak (the instant message language teens use which uses numbers instead of letters, bad grammar and spelling and zero punctuation), is irritating and the RPG is ridiculous. It's no wonder that our society's going to hell in a hand basket if this is how teens learn to interact.
There was no mystery just a manhunt (er, teenhunt) for the known culprit. Lively but not really interesting. A little less tedious than the first book in regards to kinesics. I know this is Dance's schtick but it's very annoying as it interrupts the flow of the story. These books end well but the journey is long and sometimes boring. Regardless, I will continue the series since I need to know how Dance and O'Neil's relationship gets personal and the outcome of the FBI guy's indictment.
There was no mystery just a manhunt (er, teenhunt) for the known culprit. Lively but not really interesting. A little less tedious than the first book in regards to kinesics. I know this is Dance's schtick but it's very annoying as it interrupts the flow of the story. These books end well but the journey is long and sometimes boring. Regardless, I will continue the series since I need to know how Dance and O'Neil's relationship gets personal and the outcome of the FBI guy's indictment.
Love the twists and turns. Kept me guessing to the end. I also love the way he keeps the main character human.
I have read several of Deaver's books and the Kathryn Dance books are far better that his other series. This has a very interesting premise.
Deaver delivers another brilliant thriller. The story evolves around a killer who leaves roadside crosses along the roads with that days date indicating someone would be killed. I loved that idea and thought it was really clever.
I thought the book was a bit longer then it needed to be, but there were some great twists that made it worth it in the end.
I finished this in one day, so that says allot.
I thought the book was a bit longer then it needed to be, but there were some great twists that made it worth it in the end.
I finished this in one day, so that says allot.
