Hatchet

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Pub Date 20 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 14 Jul 2021

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"One determined detective.  One thorough medical examiner.  And the serial killer that brings them together.

Connecticut State Police Detective Wesley Dawson will stop at nothing until this maniac serial killer is locked up and put away for good.  With bodies piling up and his older sister living on the streets, Wes refuses to let anything get in his way.  The crimes are gruesome, and nobody is safe with a vicious killer on the loose.  

Medical examiner Ali Jenson is the best in the business, but even these cases are too brutal for her.  The deaths are beginning to get to her. Ali's strength and courage won't falter; she'll do everything she can to help Wes.  But when the killer starts hitting a little too close to home, the stakes are higher than either of them ever imagined.  With time running out, can they take down the killer before it's too late? "

"One determined detective.  One thorough medical examiner.  And the serial killer that brings them together.

Connecticut State Police Detective Wesley Dawson will stop at nothing until this maniac...


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Damn that chapter 1! It started like it was just your ordinary novel taking it easy from the start
but this was not it. This was no ordinary novel, the first chapter was like you either go big or
none at all! How the story was introduced was superb and I really loved it. It was just the
beginning of a thrilling cat and mouse chase.

The novel started a bang from the killer`s perspective. It was so intense that I had imagined I
was the one that took the blow from the killer`s hatchet. As hours had passed, the dead body is
now surrounded by police to investigate what really had happened. The Detective that is in
charge of the case is Wesley Dawson, a Police Detective that has a soft spot for homeless
people. He has this feeling that his sister is one of them for she had flown from their home years
ago. Back from the crime scene, Detective Dawson asked immediately what had happened,
Officer Brown is the one that answered him and explained the details he already listed in his
notebook. Detective Dawson finds Officer Brown`s remarks from the crime scene very
informative and precise that it was as if he witnessed all of it. Detective Dawson said to Officer
Brown that he should lose the pen and the notes for he does not need it, he said that Officer
Brown would remember all the details because it will be useful shortly. From the remarks of
Detective Dawson and Officer Brown`s precise conclusion they soon gather enough information
to know where to look for more leading evidence and even what is the murder weapon.
Detective Brown is eager to solve this case and even more after a new victim was found. His
heart was racing when he knew the new victim was a woman. And now Detective Dawson
seems like he is out of time, will they solve it before it is too late?

I am a slow reader and I kid you not if I say that I did not stop reading it until I was at the last
page. The past few novels I read before this were somewhat not enough to satisfy my thriller
needs. But this one does not just give you what you need but more of what could you ever ask
for. The story was really a race through time, but it was never shy of how it's been told. It was
vivid that you could almost feel you are also in the story. Really a wonderful novel you should be looking forward to.

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Solid detective versus serial killer - keeps a good pace and will keep you turning the page to find out what happens next. Would have liked a bit more on the thought processes of the killer, but everything gets tied up at the end. Nice little bit of romance tucked in.

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Detective Wesley Dawson is tracking a serial killer. This killer takes a hatchet to the faces of the victims ... eleven whacks .. no more, no less. The crimes are horrific and those who find the bodies will have nightmares years to come.

The first victim is a homeless man ... chosen as random ... he is the killer's guinea pig. The bodies are piling up and there are no clues, no DNA and there's no connection among the dead.

Medical Ali Jenson is doing all she can to find anything at all to give to Dawson. This case is affecting both of them for different reasons. As the bodies pile up, the killer gets closer to Ali and Wesley ... are they the next intended victims?

This crime fiction is well-written, with twists and turns along the way. Suspense starts on the very first page and maintains a high level until the surprising conclusion. The characters are solidly drawn. Dawson is doing double duty, as his sister is among the homeless and has been for many years. Night after night, Dawson is searching the back streets, the allies, the shadows where the homeless gather. I hope to see more of this developed in the author's next book(s). There's a budding romance in the works, as well. It's fast-paced and hard to put down once started.

Many thanks to the author / BooksGoSocial / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

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Wow, this was a screwed up book.
Some things were a little confusing (double talked), but I was hooked by the first page.

If you want a bloody thriller, I'd definitely check this out.




TW:
Graphic murder, incest/sexual abuse of child (off-page), serial killer

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