false 2191066 17 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Lisa Jackson delivers her most harrowing novel yet as a young woman's determined hunt for a serial killer draws her into a twisted psychopath's unspeakable crimes. <P> Twenty-seven-year-old Kristi Bentz is lucky to be alive. Not many people her age have nearly died twice at the hands of a serial killer, and lived to tell about it. Her dad, New Orleans detective, Rick Bentz, wants Kristi to stay in New Orleans and out of danger. But if anything, Kristi's experiences have made her even more fascinated by the mind of the serial killer. She hasn't given up her dream of being a true-crime writer--of exploring the darkest recesses of evil--and now she just may get her chance. <P> <P>Four girls have disappeared at All Saints College in less than two years. All four were "lost souls"--troubled, vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to come looking if they disappeared. The police think they're runaways, but Kristi senses there's something that links them, something terrifying. She decides to enroll, following their same steps. All Saints has changed a lot since Kristi was an undergraduate. The stodgy Catholic college has lured edgy new professors to its campus and gained a reputation for envelope-pushing, with classes like the very popular "The Influence of Vampirism in Modern Culture and Literature," and elaborately staged morality plays that feel more like the titillating entertainment of some underground club than religious spectacles. And there are whispers of a dark cult on campus whose members wear vials of blood around their necks and meet in secret chambers--rituals to which only the elite have access. To find the truth, Kristi will need to become part of the cult's inner circle, to learn their secrets, and play the part of lost soul without losing herself in the process. It's a dangerous path, and Kristi is skating on its knife-thin edge. <P> <P>The deeper she goes, the more Kristi begins to wonder if she is the hunter or the prey. She's certain she's being watched and followed--studied, even--as yet another girl disappears, and another. And when the bodies finally begin to surface--in ways that bring fear to the campus and terror to the hearts of even hardened cops like Detective Bentz and his partner Reuben Montoya--Kristi realizes with chilling clarity that she has underestimated her foe. She is playing a game with a killer more cunning and bloodthirsty than anyone can imagine, one who has personally selected her for membership in a cult of death from which there will be no escape. 2243695 1 4 2008 Lost Souls total:531|5:108|4:174|3:160|2:66|1:23| 531 1871 840 96 1 1 false false Wed Apr 29 20:19:21 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 20:40:43 -0700 2009 I read the rest of the books in this series and they were mildly entertaining. Not great but they made good quick, thrilling reads on a rainy day type of thing.

Not so with this book. I had...more...]]> 1 1 false true Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 10:25:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:02:07 -0700 2009
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I'd say this was more thriller than romance as Kristi Bentz and her old boyfriend - now her professor - search for the reasons why four women went missing from Kristi's small college campus.

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ANYWAY.

So I read this. I think it'...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:13:38 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:14:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 06:52:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 10:35:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 06:52:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 20:21:57 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 20:28:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 16:35:39 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 16:52:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:27:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:22:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:33:12 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 20:21:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 04:21:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 04:24:50 -0700 2009
Overall, I like Jackson's books, but this on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 04:35:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 04:38:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:26:33 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:33:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 08:27:29 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 07:57:16 -0700 2009 Absolute Fear. I will most likely read more of Ms. Jackson's thrillers - they aren't *great* to me, but not bad for a lazy sunday read.more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 07 00:23:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 00:26:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2191066