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5 stars, highly recommended

A serial killer, his victim who wants to die. The profiler, the cop. The chase. The Prettiest Feathers has it all and then some.

John Wolf meets Sarah Sinclair. A woman who wants to die. Over the course of a few days, John Wolf helps Sarah Sinclair meet the destiny she has unknowingly been walking towards all her life. By killing her, he exposes himself to his ultimate destiny - Dr Lucas Frank, a criminal profiler with a speciality in catching the serial killers he seems to know so well.

Co-author John Philpin, himself a criminal profiler, gets inside the mind of John Wolf so deeply that you cannot help but respond to him, understand him on a very basic level. With that understanding comes the knowledge that but for circumstances, any one of us could be John Wolf.

I found myself comparing this book to the Dexter books, of which I have read the first and have started the second. While Dexter has certainly popularised the rise of the serial killer as a likable character, John Philpin's portrayal of John Wolf brings us back to the evil a serial killer truly is. A being without conscience, or rather a being true to his own warped conscience.

Between them, Patricia Sierra and John Philpin have done a top notch job in bringing out the characters in this novel. If delving into the mind of a serial killer is your thing, then this book is well worth the purchase price.

Wow. Thank you, Claudine. I'll make sure John sees this. Funny you should bring up Dexter. When the series was introduced, Showtime (or was it HBO?) produced a promo film to explore the mind of a serial killer and a creature called Dexter. John was their interview subject for the project.

Nice work, Claudine. Nice work Sierra and John.

that's interesting Patricia. Wish our local cable tv station would have gotten that before they started up with the Dexter shows. I really enjoy Dexter. Gonna start up the next book soon as I get a gap inbetween all the real life stuff. And when Amazon decides to actually sort out my gift from my husband at Christmas, I might just be inclined to buy the rest John wrote.

His newest which just got posted in a Kindle version is here:

http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Dog-ebook/d...

Oh nice. I got a $100 giftcard for Christmas, it's just sitting there until Amazon decides that they actually need to let me be able to use it. When they do, I'll be buying!

Claudine, LOL! I got an Amazon card for Christmas and it was half spent by the next day! Are you having an issue with it?

Ja Charlene. My husband's gift to me for Christmas. They sent a confirmation email that the gift card was available for use, haven't credited our credit card for the amount and the gift card code is not eligible. They're taking their sweet time going about sorting it out. In the meantime my wishlist just keeps on growing! Last year for my birthday he did the same thing, it was spent by the next month. I think I had all of $1 left.

Claudine, well that just sucks! I hope they get it straightened out for you soon.
$100.00 is a nice chunk too, one can get a lot of books for that. So many books, so little time (and money!)