- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Jove Books (Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515129704
- ISBN-13: 978-0515129700
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,895,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Unbelievable
15 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback
This is a most unbelievably badly written book. It must have been dictated and never proofread. I am amazed that it could find a publisher.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Not for me
23 May 2001
Format:Paperback
This was the first book I read by Robert W. Walker, and I have already put him on the list of authors I don't care for too much.
The storyline could have been intriguing: A serial killer called the Scalper (for taking the victims' hands and scalps) paralyzes the city of Houston, TX. Detective Lucas Stonecoat, a Native American, works together with the city's forensic psychologist, Meredith Sanger, to bring the killer to justice.
However, I didn't enjoy the book for the following reasons:
1. Lucas Stonecoat, Native American as mentioned above, stays quite one-dimensional. I couldn't help but feel that the author really didn't know too much about Native Americans and therefore did not create a believable character. There are a few too many cliches on one hand, on the other Stonecoat's character stays rather "blurry"...
2. This detective is quite out of control. He has no problem with violence and breaking the rules big time, which in itself could be believable. What is not so realistic anymore is that his behavior is miraculously endorsed by half of Houston's police force. This makes me think that Robert W. Walker has not had the time or the interest to study real police work. And I personally enjoy thrillers which go the extra mile in this direction, because it makes a book so much more credible.
3. The jacket says Mr. Walker teaches Writing. And I believe it! Throughout the book he has his characters talk to each other as if they were on stage. Or, for that matter, in an ancient Cowboys & Indians movie. I had a really hard time getting into the story because I was distracted by the very "constructed", at times almost "ceremonial" sentences in every-day-life situations.
4. The level of violence was incredible. True overkill. I'm not sure I need to read about that many atrocities in such detail in order to enjoy a good suspenseful thriller.
For those readers who love this genre as much as I do, here is a recommendation: James M. Grippando's 'Under Cover Of Darkness'. Now this guy can write!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I can't believe I even bought this book
10 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
I have really not liked the "Edge" series at all from Walker, so why in the world I bought this one, I still can't figure out. It was poorly written, boring and difficult to follow. I finally was able to get through this book unlike the last one, but I am beginning to wonder if Walker has ever been to Houston. At least he got the weather more correct this time, but I work downtown and have been looking for buildings one could jump from one to the other. Most buildings here take up a city block and jumping across five or six lanes of roadway is just too unbelievable. But poetic license aside, I wonder if Walker's students are writing this series because they don't seem to be written by the same person who is writing the "Instinct" series.
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