Roadside Crosses - Kathryn Dance, Bk 2 Author:Jeffery Deaver, Michele Pawk (Narrator) The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways -- not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly horrific and efficient ways: using the personal details about the victims that they've carelessly posted in blogs and on social networking website... more »s.
The case lands on the desk of Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of Investigations foremost body language expert. She and Deputy Michael O’Neil follow the leads to Travis Brigham, a troubled teenager whose role in a fatal car accident has inspired vicious attacks against him on a popular blog, The Chilton Report. As the investigation progresses, Travis vanishes. Using techniques he learned as a brilliant participant in multiplayer online role-playing games, he easily eludes his pursuers and continues to track his victims. Among the obstacles Kathryn must hurdle are politicians from Sacramento, paranoid parents, and the blogger himself, James Chilton, whose belief in the importance of blogging and the new media threatens to derail the case and potentially Dance’s career. It is this threat that causes Dance to take desperate and risky measures...
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Great read. Outside of the opening scene, no detailed descriptions of the crimes, just crime solving with some flirting mixed in. Lots of possible culprits ... didn't see the end coming in this one.
Loved this second book about Kathryn Dance. Can't wait to start the 3rd book! I enjoy the writing style, the way we are getting to know Kathryn and this book was left with a precarious personal issue with Kathryn.
3.0 out of 5 stars - Convoluted and implausible, a thriller involving blogs and gaming
This was just OK. I doubt I read another Deaver novel that features Kathryn Dance as I don't like the character. Really wasn't very suspenseful and way too many red herrings and subplots. The main message: people spend too much time on the internet, they accept rumor, speculation and innuendo as fact -- and reveal far too many personal details.