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[ Books ] The Caller - Chris Carter

The Caller by Chris Carter

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Crime fiction is not normally my thing. This, however, grabbed me from the start -having said this, the first scene is the most horrific fictional murder scene I've ever read, pretty much. It is well written, though; most of the characters are believable and there were very very few moments making me step back with a 'you can't do this' or 's/he wouldn't do that, would s/he?' or making me suspend my... suspension of disbelief. It is very fast paced, never lets go (I'm not a fast reader and read it in five days). There are a few open questions -one, for instance.. why in this sort of novel is the victim always female?
In any case, a very good read if you can get past that horrific first scene. I'll be checking out more of Chris Carter's stuff.

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In what way is the initial murder horrific? Cos I DO like murder mysteries, and am therefore tempted by this book on the strength of your review, and can cope with most forms of horrific, but I get squicked by overly rapey stuff.

Oh, it's gory and makes me wonder what is in the mind of somebody that can imagine something like that happening to a fellow human being but it is not violence of a sexual violence.