Roadside Crosses - Kathryn Dance, Bk 2 Author:Jeffery Deaver In bestseller Deaver's surprise-filled second Kathryn Dance novel (after The Sleeping Doll). — Dance, an agent with the California Bureau of Investigation, gets an eye-opening education in some of the hottest areas of the cyberworld. After an auto accident kills two teens, vicious smears of Travis Brigham, the teen driver deemed responsible but n... more »ot charged in the accident, appear on the Chilton Report, a popular blog. After one of the accusing bloggers barely survives an assault, Brigham becomes a person of interest. Brigham disappears, and attacks, each preceded by a crude roadside cross, spread to other Chilton bloggers.
Meanwhile, Dance also looks into a mercy killing at Monterey Bay Hospital that takes an unexpected turn, and Robert Harper, a special prosecutor from the attorney general's office in Sacramento, begins an investigation that will affect her. Deaver's expert and devious plotting makes it a challenge to stay only a couple of steps behind him.« less
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.