Helpful Score: 8
Dark book, well written, will he get away with it?
And I'm not talking about the serial murderer this book centers around...
How far would YOU go in seeking retribution?
The answer this book offers left me feeling unsettled...
And I'm not talking about the serial murderer this book centers around...
How far would YOU go in seeking retribution?
The answer this book offers left me feeling unsettled...
Kathleen (denbroncofan4evr) -
Helpful Score: 5
Anything by Jilliane Hoffman is good. I think this is her best book. She not a well known author but this book, or any of her other two books will keep you on the edge of your seat. She's one author that I really keep an eye on for new releases.
Helpful Score: 3
What a book! Not many books creep me out, but this one came close. Lots of suspense and drama. Couldn't put it down. Looking forward to more of this author's books.
Helpful Score: 3
Awesome book! Kept me on the edge until the end! I'll be reading more of JH's books for sure!
Helpful Score: 3
Our book club read this. It was not the kind of book I usually read but I found it well written and it kept me interested.
Helpful Score: 2
Good reading. I enjoyed it throughout.
Helpful Score: 2
Good book. Can't wait to read her next book.
Helpful Score: 2
About C.J. Townsend, a State prosecutor in Miami who is building a case against akiller when things get personal and she wonders if she can hold herself together. A very quick paced thriller.
Helpful Score: 2
This is her first novel and it was REALLY good. I have now read her second book: Final Witness. It's also excellent. Am anxiously waiting for her next book.
Helpful Score: 2
Loved the twists and turns. Definitely not the ending I imagined.
Helpful Score: 2
This is an awesome book....kept me on the edge of my seat until the end!
Helpful Score: 2
A dark first novel by a former prosecutor. A lot of blood and gore.
Helpful Score: 2
Enjoyed this book a lot. The first few pages really grab your attention and then it is slow for about 80 pages, but the author makes up for it in the end. Last hundred pages I did not want to put it down. Overall a good read.
Helpful Score: 1
Very Good!!
Helpful Score: 1
Might give author another chance, but it seemed as if she was trying to hard to make it graphic and chilling.
Helpful Score: 1
Awesome page turner! Can't wait to read the sequel!
Helpful Score: 1
Lots of suspense from the first page. Very hard to put down. Highly recommended if you love a good thriller.
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent story and a great first novel for the author. It is perhaps more gory than my taste but it was unexpected and asks some powerful questions. How far should ethics bind a person? Perhaps further than we like to admit but then again, we all have a need to see justice prevail.
Helpful Score: 1
Great Read Good Suspense
Helpful Score: 1
This book was awesome! It definately had a bit of a twist at the end! I recommend it!
Helpful Score: 1
This is a well written story about love and a great "thriller case" that the main character is working on. Hard to put down!
Helpful Score: 1
Some interesting twists in this book.
Helpful Score: 1
My first experience of this author. I enjoyed it.
Helpful Score: 1
Gripping and chilling, not for the weak of stomach
Forces the reader to ask the question, how far would I go to save myself and others from an evil man
Forces the reader to ask the question, how far would I go to save myself and others from an evil man
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent thriller
Helpful Score: 1
"When an elite prosecutor faces the most lethal predator she´s ever encountered, it all comes down to a choice between justice... and retribution."
A thriller about a serial killer that you are going to start reading from the page one till the end!
A thriller about a serial killer that you are going to start reading from the page one till the end!
Helpful Score: 1
An excellent thriller, very tight and tense. The writing is exceptional. Good Book!!
Helpful Score: 1
good book..
This was a great book. The character was strong, the story line thrilling, and lots of mystery and twists in it. Loved this book. Read it in two days. Found I did not want to put it down.
This was an incredible page turner!
C. J. Townsend is a brilliant state prosecutor known for keeping her cool even when trying the most horrific cases. The current murderer is as base as they come - a vicious killer who savors cruelty and considers murder an art form. Amid a maelstrom of media coverage, C. J. builds her case until she is struck with a shattering blow from her past. Now, everything rides on her ability to hold herself together long enough to put the criminal behind bars forever.
I enjoyed this story even though it was a little farfetched toward the end. I give it an A!
I enjoyed this story even though it was a little farfetched toward the end. I give it an A!
Although I normally don't read thrillers or court room dramas, when I started reading this book at a friends house I could not put it down. This was a page turner indeed that will have you gripped from the very first page.
Great book....full of surprises!!!
first experience with author--ok
The Barnes & Noble Review
This debut novel by a former assistant state attorney is a crime drama/courtroom thriller offering authentic forensic details, legal quandaries, and a surprising, enthralling plot.
After Chloe Larson is raped and left for dead by a madman in a clown mask, she changes her name, starts a new life in Miami, and becomes a prosecutor for the state attorney. A dozen years later she's given the task of prosecuting William Bantling, who is suspected of being "Cupid," a serial killer who butchers women. Chloe recognizes him as her rapist and begins to slide towards a possible mental breakdown. As she tampers with the case to make sure Bantling pays for his crimes,, she's beset by the question: Even if Bantling is her assailant, does that prove he's also Cupid?
Hoffman provides expert twists throughout a novel that starts off grippingly and never lets up. With smooth prose, and an inviting narrative style, the author creates believable and sympathetic characters, and although Retribution is intensely graphic and unsettling at times, Hoffman brings expertise and street credibility to her work. This is a darkly compelling, often gut-wrenching novel about a victim's attempt to balance the craving for personal revenge with the desire for justice. Tom Piccirilli
This debut novel by a former assistant state attorney is a crime drama/courtroom thriller offering authentic forensic details, legal quandaries, and a surprising, enthralling plot.
After Chloe Larson is raped and left for dead by a madman in a clown mask, she changes her name, starts a new life in Miami, and becomes a prosecutor for the state attorney. A dozen years later she's given the task of prosecuting William Bantling, who is suspected of being "Cupid," a serial killer who butchers women. Chloe recognizes him as her rapist and begins to slide towards a possible mental breakdown. As she tampers with the case to make sure Bantling pays for his crimes,, she's beset by the question: Even if Bantling is her assailant, does that prove he's also Cupid?
Hoffman provides expert twists throughout a novel that starts off grippingly and never lets up. With smooth prose, and an inviting narrative style, the author creates believable and sympathetic characters, and although Retribution is intensely graphic and unsettling at times, Hoffman brings expertise and street credibility to her work. This is a darkly compelling, often gut-wrenching novel about a victim's attempt to balance the craving for personal revenge with the desire for justice. Tom Piccirilli
retribution- punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.
CJ Townsend is a state prosecutor in Maimi. The latest suspect is a vicious killer who considers murder an art. As CJ builds her case, she is struck with a shattering personal blow connected with her past. Now everything rides on her ability to hold herself together to put the accused away forever.
A assistant state attorney trying a vicious killer. Now she has to keep everything together long enough to get him put away.
This is an excellent mystery story. It is missing the dust jacket.
This is a difficult book to put down once begun. It has interesting plot twiests that I didn't anticipate, and characters that didn't totally defy believability. I found the moral conundrum of C.J., which leads to the title of the book, compelling and thought-provoking. This is an excellent debut, and I eagerly await more novels by the talented Ms. Hoffman.
Chloe Larsaon was, an usual, in a mad bliding rush. She had all of ten minutes to change into something suitable to wear to the Phantom of the Opera currently sold out a year in advance and the hottest show on broadway put on a face and catch the 6:52 p.m. train our of bayside into the city which was in itself a three minute car ride from her apartmen to the station.....
This is the Book of the Month Club edition. The text is the same as the original; the size of the book is just a little smaller.
Cover does not look exactly like this one.
