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Book Review of River of the Dead

River of the Dead
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New York City homicide detectives Alexandra Hemmingway and Jon Phelps encounter a sadistic serial killer during a summer heat wave.
Hemingway is a woman who has just found out she's pregnant. She's also learning to live without a former lover who was murdered. At her side at all times is Detective Phelps.. a father figure and mentor.
The case they are working is terrifying. There are multiple child abductions and a psychopath who has a thing for removing appendages of his young victims.
I really liked the characters .. they are gritty and they are real. This is a real page-turner which will keep you reading until you're afraid to turn off the lights.
(RIVER OF THE DEAD and AMERICAN WOMAN are the same book)