9. - 522.) Eight in a Box by Raffi Yessayan – Few mysteries have left me feeling creepy. Yessayan accomplished the task. A serial killer in Boston is stalking women, killing them in their homes and leaving behind a bathtub full of blood. The bodies have disappeared. New homicide detective, Angel Alves, is enveloped in the investigation of the murders. His home life suffers from the commitment. Assistant DA, Conrad Darget, is part of the investigation while carrying on his many duties prosecuting cases. I knew the author was a lawyer from the profusion of cases thrown the prosecutors, the challenges of preparation for cases, the youngest lawyers getting the simplest cases and the exchanges between the lawyers. For a change not all the lawyers are brilliant. The writing is competent but the dialogue does not always ring true. What is exceptional is the conclusion. While it eventually becomes chillingly clear it is an ending different from any I have read in several years. Hollywood would never use this resolution. (Mar. 1/10)
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