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This was my first book by Thomas O'Callaghan, but won't be my last. I pan on reading more stories with NYPD detective John Driscoll.

Gruesome & chilling ~ I couldn't put it down

This thriller was fast paced and more than a little gruesome. With short chapters and a serial killer versus dedicated detective it was hard to put down and I read it in 2 short days.

Lt. John Driscoll is an emotionally bruised man. His wife and daughter were in a car accident six years earlier, his daughter died and his wife lays in a complete vegetative state. Driscoll pours all his emotion into his work.

A serial killer is using NYC as his hunting grounds, killing women and removing all their bones, leaving just their destroyed bodies behind. Driscoll and his partner Margaret Aligante head up the task force put together to catch the killer. It was a fun read as John and Margaret put the clues together as they track down the killer, who the author reveals to the reader very early in the book. We also come to care about John and Margaret as they are drawn closer together and grapple with the morality of their mutual attraction and John’s obligations to his wife.

This book was especially fun for me to read since it was set in NYC, Brooklyn, Far Rockaway and Long Island all places near and dear to my heart as a native New Yorker. I looked up the author online and he lives not too far from me, so that was a neat touch to read about all these places I know quite well.

This was a first for me by this author and I loved it. It was fantastic! I cant wait to read another one by him.

Good read but a bit gruesome. Not for the faint of heart. Basically a story about a serial killer who gets his kicks from deboning humans.

Gruesome, but hard to put down!

great book,couldn't put it down.

New York City Police are after a serial killers that slays his victims takes their bones as a trophy.

Ok, but characters are kind of shallow - has potential to improve as a series. A fairly quick read

Typical book of the genre