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Apr 27, 2012 Laurie Clayton rated it it was amazing

A gripping psychological thriller that defies you to put it down. You know that a book is good when the plot and imagery are still clear, long after you have read the last word. The handshaker is one such book.

A serial killer is out there, targeting women, using them and when he's finished with them, he leaves them hanging...quite literally!

The police are at a loss as to who the Killer could be, despite the copious amounts of DNA he has quite happily left behind with each body. Not to mention th A gripping psychological thriller that defies you to put it down. You know that a book is good when the plot and imagery are still clear, long after you have read the last word. The handshaker is one such book.

A serial killer is out there, targeting women, using them and when he's finished with them, he leaves them hanging...quite literally!

The police are at a loss as to who the Killer could be, despite the copious amounts of DNA he has quite happily left behind with each body. Not to mention the typewritten cryptic clues that have been ignored or dismissed.

When local 'retired' celebrity hypnotist 'Alex croft' receives one of these cryptic clues in his mail, he recognises the content to be 'out of the ordinary'.

On the advice of his girlfriend, Croft takes the note to the police and with his help; the police begin to develop a profile of the serial killer at large.

The profile that begins to emerge is significantly close to his own. When his girlfriend fails to return home from work, Croft also discovers that she never made it to work in the first place. Croft is immediately concerned for her safety. Fearing that she may have become another victim of the serial killer, Croft reports her disappearance to the police only to find that he is now the number one suspect.

He has to work quickly to prove his innocence and save his girlfriend from suffering the same fate of the previous victims. Victims of the man that has become known as 'The Handshaker'.

This is one compelling rollercoaster of a read.

From the very first page, David Robinson weaves spellbinding, strong imagery and research into this psychological crime thriller; effectively securing your attention by the throat, leading you kicking and screaming to the final page.

To say that I 'enjoyed' reading this book seems strange, given the subject matter, but I did. What's more, I enjoyed it for all the right reasons.

'The Handshaker' is a well written work of fiction, combining all the elements required by this particular genre with some hard hitting emotive imagery and solid research.

It has been quite a while since I have read a psychological crime thriller that has had me caught up in the plot so intensely as this one...Bravo. ...more

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