- Paperback: 370 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition (Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312959974
- ISBN-13: 978-0312959975
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,166,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is about FBI agent Jay Fletcher, a computer genius who should be one of the FBI's jewels, but instead Jay is in disgrace after putting a court case in jeopardy. So she is sent indefinitely to a small fire investigation team in Santa Fe as punishment.
But their with the help of her computer profiling program C-BIX, she starts to track a vicious serial killer to his lair, but this is only the beginning when she discovers on his computer an on-line role playing game that is really a meeting place for serial killers. Soon she's crossing the line and tracking them down to...
Well read it and find out! Its worth it.
But their with the help of her computer profiling program C-BIX, she starts to track a vicious serial killer to his lair, but this is only the beginning when she discovers on his computer an on-line role playing game that is really a meeting place for serial killers. Soon she's crossing the line and tracking them down to...
Well read it and find out! Its worth it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, finely-crafted psycho-thriller
6 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
Jaded thriller addict that I am, I picked up Watch Me thinking 'oh spare me, another dated cyber-cops-and-robbers, mouse-turns-vampire thing'. By page 90 I'd not only double-locked the doors, but made sure the dead bolts were set as well. This is a very satisfying and complex tale of pure human evil, carefully set in a wide variety of real and virtual locations, ranging from Vancouver to the dregs of cyberspace. Jay Fletcher, the leading lady, is morally ambiguous but lethally effective as she confronts a web of serial killers frighteningly disguised as normal people in our midst. Is this a disturbing book? Yes, definitely - what are the limits of legal protection? Is vigilantism justifiable, and if so, who decides? Holt's style is taut and spare: an excellent read in a safe place!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Helluva "debut" novel
7 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
I'd read WATCH ME over a year ago but since I'd just gotten ahold of the sequel CATCH ME last w/e and am ignoring the books bought for me by my family for Xmas in favor of Holt's new novel, I thought that I'd share some of my impressions.
First off, I no more believe that WATCH ME is Holt's first book than I believe Robert James Waller has talent. This is a poised, polished, savvy effort and first novels, not even NATHAN'S RUN, turn out this good. Holt is a bestselling author under his/her real name and I'm sure that I've read this author before.
Secondly, just when people think the serial killer genre has been done to death (pardon the phrase) someone like AJ Holt comes along to breathe new life and brings us a combination of Brian Garfield's DEATH WISH and Thomas Harris's SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. There are several vigilante novels out there, the most execrable being PREDATORS, but Holt's slick, well-paced effort is easily head and shoulders above them.
The characterization was adequate, not nearly as detailed as in Harris's efforts but what the author lacks in character development (I didn't believe his half-hearted explanation as to why Jay turned renegade FBI agent), s/he more than makes up for in plotting and action. The denouement was genuinely thrilling and Holt set up a demand for the sequel, which thankfully had come two years ago.
What'll the next one be called? MATCH ME?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Still One of the Best Serial Killer Novels Out There
29 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
I read this back when it came out in 1996, and actually picked up a copy recently and read it again. It still is one of my favorites.
It's inventive with a butt kicking female protagonist. The serial killers are unique and terrifying.
The computer jargon is somewhat out of date since it was written quite some time ago, but other than that the story still holds up.
I was hoping this would make it to the big screen, but unfortunately it was made into a straight to video movie.
It's inventive with a butt kicking female protagonist. The serial killers are unique and terrifying.
The computer jargon is somewhat out of date since it was written quite some time ago, but other than that the story still holds up.
I was hoping this would make it to the big screen, but unfortunately it was made into a straight to video movie.
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