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Snakes and Ladders

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Dr. Vernon Sange is an incarcerated serial killer and he appears to have intimate knowledge of another serial killer slashing his way though London. Sange won’t spill his guts to anyone but profiler Ziba Mackenzie, the same women who was responsible for having him locked up.  Make no mistake,  Sange isn’t helping the police through the goodness of his heart, he wants something in return. Silence of the Lambs. With more than a little resemblance to Silence of the Lambs and some Ted Bundy thrown in,  this book highlights what profilers have often known – serial killers make some of the best profilers themselves
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So far, I've been very impressed with Ziba MacKenzie's stories and number 3 does not disappoint. Ziba faces a real baddie in the tradition of the best charming but super-scary serial killers. Ziba put Vernon Sange behind bars, but she now needs him to catch a new killer whose only calling card is a rose petal. The murders are creepy and, as much as Ziba tries, the police are nowhere near catching the killer. There's also personal drama as her relationship with her late husband's best friend gets more complicated and he starts becoming a liability. The ways that Sange manipulates and gets involved in Ziba's life are pretty creative. I loved all the twists and turns except for the final one. No spoilers but I had discarded that particular suspicion because it was so, so obvious that it could not be real, could it? If an accountant in Idaho figured it out immediately, one of the best profilers in the Yard's history would clearly have seen it coming, right? I didn't find this part believable. Anyway, the rest of the novel was so good, that I will try to forget such an oversight and chalk it up to Ziba's being distracted. 
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, Amazon Publishing UK!
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A good thriller with strong characters that hooks from the start, just as good as the first two in the series and although it can be read before you read the first two i would reccomend they are read in order,  cannit wait for number 4 to appear on Netgalley
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What started seemingly to be a rehash along the lines of Silence of the Lambs changed into a reader grabbing story line keeping one intrigued to the very end.. an unmissable read!
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