Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, has written a review of Twisted by Andrea Kane. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.
Twisted by Andrea Kane
A Sloane Burbank Mystery
William Morrow (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-06-123678-0 (0061236780)
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-123678-5 (9780061236785)
Publication Date: April 2008
List Price: $23.95
Synopsis (from the publisher): Women are disappearing ...
When Sloane Burbank, former FBI special agent, discovers that her closest childhood friend is among the missing, she launches into action, vowing to kick-start the stalled investigation. But she's no longer FBI and her involvement is unwanted, particularly by the agent in charge - her ex-love Derek Parker.
Derek has a hot new case on his hands, a string of murders in Chinatown that's threatening to erupt into gang warfare, and the missing person case is shoved to the back burner. Not even Sloane's out-of-the-blue appearance or the combustible unresolved feelings between them can change that - at least not at first. But soon it becomes terrifyingly clear that the disappearing women are part of a twisted, heinous crime spree that can't be ignored, especially when Sloane is revealed to be the missing piece of the perpetrator's puzzle - and the ultimate target.
Review: Andrea Kane introduces ex-FBI agent Sloane Burbank in Twisted, an aptly titled twist-filled thriller that tracks a serial killer in Manhattan.
Sloane Burbank works as a law enforcement consultant after a stint with the Manhattan District Attorney's office and several years with the FBI. She left the bureau after receiving a stab wound that resulted in the temporary loss of use of her right hand. While on a consulting assignment, she's contacted by the parents of a childhood friend who vanished a year ago. Although the FBI is still officially working on the case, there aren't many clues and little progress has been made. The lead investigator is Special Agent Derrick Parker who just happens to be Sloane's ex-partner and ex-lover. After Sloane insists that Derrick take a closer look at the disappearance of her friend, they discover a pattern emerging. Several other young, healthy, athletic, and educated women have also vanished. Sloane herself just happens to fit the profile of the missing women and is a potential target of an intelligent serial abductor.
Twisted is in many ways a sublime thriller. Sloane and Derrick's investigation veers off in unexpected directions that take the reader on a riveting journey. That the abductor is not known until the very end is a measure of how smartly written this book is. There's also the simmering personal and professional relationship between Sloane and Derrick that enhances the suspense created by the plot. Though positioned as a romantic thriller, there is far more thrill than romance in Twisted and the book should appeal to a wide range of readers who enjoy a truly superb mystery.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Twisted and to Book Trends for providing an ARC of the book for this review.
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