Today I’m back on the Chris Carter blogathon with the third book in the series, The Night Stalker. My review is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the blogathon.

Blurb:

When an unidentified female body is discovered laid out on a slab in an abandoned butcher’s shop, the cause of death is unclear. Her body bears no marks; except for the fact that her lips have been carefully stitched shut.

It is only when the full autopsy gets underway at the Los Angeles County morgue that the pathologist will reveal the true horror of the situation – a discovery so devastating that Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Homicide Special Section has to be pulled off a different case to take over the investigation

But when his inquiry collides with a missing persons’ case being investigated by the razor-sharp Whitney Meyers, Hunter suspects the killer might be keeping several women hostage. Soon Robert finds himself on the hunt for a murderer with a warped obsession, a stalker for whom love has become hate.

Review:

I’m so delighted that participating in this blogathon has given me the push I needed to read this series that has been on my TBR for a very long time! The series has everything I look for in a crime series, and The Night Stalker is no different. I love Chris Carter’s writing, which is so fast paced and slick. The chapters are all quite short, which means it’s really easy to just keep reading even when I should have been doing other things! The crimes in The Night Stalker are many and gruesome, so this may not suit everyone, but it’s just how I like my crime. I’ve never read anything like the crimes in this novel before and I feel that the uniqueness makes this series stand out on my very busy shelf!

The detectives in this series are Robert Hunter and Carlos Garcia and I love how much they complement each other and work well together. They are incredibly determined and they think outside the box and this makes the series very intriguing. The introduction of private detective Whitney Myers in this novel allows us to see how they work with another character and I enjoyed their working relationship.

The Night Stalker is full of tension, particularly in the last third of the novel, and I loved the way the author kept me on the edge of my seat! The story is unique and intriguing and I really wanted to know how it would end, especially in the midst of some quite violent scenes.

I can’t wait to continue reading!

The Night Stalker is available from Amazon.

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