Body Count P D Martin

[Teresa]

Body Count

Serial killers are a popular theme in murder mysteries, but Martin takes an orginal road with this plot. Sophie is a profiler who the FBI lured here from Austraila. As she works out the culture differences she proves to her co-workers that her profiles are spot on with identifing suspects and finding killers. Martin also gives us an inside look on how the profiling office works at the FBI, it is similar to CRIMINAL MINDS BUT the real office juggles many cases at once with each having 10-12 cases at once to handle. As things he heat up on a case(more killings, more evidence etc) then more people are pulled onto one case. This happens in Washington D.C. where woman are abducted and tortured by knife over many days. The author is able to put us in the killer's head and the Point of view from him is disturbing. Sophie builds the profile and helps with many insight on the suspect. She just can't tell he boss that she has this infomation because she dreams the crime scene or the killing or feels as if she is watching the killer's actions from his body while she is asleep. This might of turned me off from the book, but it is done in such a way that is natural to assume this ability is real and helps her with the profile and adds depth to the story. When the identify of the killer is revealed it is orginial and yet fits all the clues we were given in the plot

[Carol/Bonadie]

Teresa wrote: "Body Count

Serial killers are a popular theme in murder mysteries, but Martin takes an orginal road with this plot. Sophie is a profiler who the FBI lured here from Austraila. ..."

This sounds like a good find, Teresa. A different slant on the serial killer mystery.

[Teresa]

It is a good read and not your typical serial killer since the motive is not of the normal choices.