Walter Satterthwait gives his readers a feast of different flavors. His modern-day private-eye series was followed by his historical mysteries. In real life, Lizzie Borden may actually have killed her parents, but Satterthwait turns her into a high-spirited amateur sleuth. Satterthwait's Left Bank in 1920s Paris is alive with artists like Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. And he has even dug up Hitler and his true-to-life Nazi pals (but, never fear, the good guys still win). Now Satterthwait turns his hand to this ...
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Walter Satterthwait gives his readers a feast of different flavors. His modern-day private-eye series was followed by his historical mysteries. In real life, Lizzie Borden may actually have killed her parents, but Satterthwait turns her into a high-spirited amateur sleuth. Satterthwait's Left Bank in 1920s Paris is alive with artists like Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. And he has even dug up Hitler and his true-to-life Nazi pals (but, never fear, the good guys still win). Now Satterthwait turns his hand to this terrific thriller, Perfection, with a pair of true-to-life police detectives for us to root for. In a small Florida city, a most baffling killer insists that his victims meet very specific criteria. Satterthwait teases the reader---and police detectives Sophia Tregaskis and Jim Fallon too; he shows us the killer in his own home, reliving the satisfaction of his latest murder. We watch him scouting his neighboring supermarket for the next person who will require perfection. Even childhood episodes that made him the monster he is don't help us---or the two police detectives---learn who and where he is. When the pair finally does track him through his past, chance---or the devil---stacks the odds against them with a vicious hurricane and the thrill of uncertainty until the very end.
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Having a sweet-tooth myself, I right away picked this book up from my college shelf. I didn?t really have an idea of what it was about until I read the back page summary. As I started the book, I realized what it really was about and was stunned? and intrigued. This book isn?t just about another serial killer with a problem. It?s about a killer who thinks they have a solution for obesity. In a sick and twisted way, I really enjoyed this book. It is somewhat told from a first-person (the killer) and then narrated. You don?t seem to want to put the book down, because there?s always something new and exciting going on in each chapter. What I loved most about this book is that you don?t really know who the killer is until the very end. Even if you have an idea of who it is, you later find out who it is and it's never who you think it is. I promise you will be so intrigued and surprised by this book, that reading it again will be the first thought after you finish. Next to figuring out who the killer is, the hardest part of this book is putting it down! You won?t be disappointed!
