When a rash of suicides tears
through Cambridge University, DI Mark Joesbury recruits DC Lacey Flint to go
undercover as a student to investigate. Although each student’s death appears
to be a suicide, the psychological histories, social networks, and online
activities of the students involved share remarkable similarities, and the
London police are not convinced that the victims acted alone. They believe that
someone might be preying on lonely and insecure students and either encouraging
them to take their own lives or actually luring them to their deaths. As long
as Lacey can play the role of a vulnerable young woman, she may be able to stop
these deaths, but is it just a role for her? With her fragile past, is she
drawing out the killers, or is she herself being drawn into a deadly game where
she’s a perfect victim?
Dark and compelling, S. J. Bolton’s latest thriller—a follow-up to the acclaimed Now You See Me—is another work of brilliant psychological suspense that plumbs the most sinister depths.
Dark and compelling, S. J. Bolton’s latest thriller—a follow-up to the acclaimed Now You See Me—is another work of brilliant psychological suspense that plumbs the most sinister depths.
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Pretty
much right after I finished Now You See Me, I bought Dead Scared and
quickly began reading…
Not
long after the whole ripper business, Mark Joesbury requests Lucy Flint’s
assistance looking into some strange goings-on at Cambridge University. Students,
mainly women have been committing suicide in abnormal ways and Lucy is sent
there to pose as a student. It is not long before she is targeted and yet again
her life and others are put in danger. Lucy just may have gotten more than she
bargained for.
Dead Scared is the second book in
the Lacy Flint novels. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I did her previous
book, Now You See Me. This one was a
little more predictable than her first story, but there was still a good
element of surprise in the story. I was not too keen on the ending of the book…it
fell flat…for me at least. It was fine, but I was hoping for an ending with a
bit more bite to it I guess. Other than that the plot was entertaining and
worthwhile.
S.J.
Bolton has a way of writing that catches the readers’ attention and gets the
mind/imagination working. I love when a writer is able to do that. That is what
makes reading fun to me.
Her
latest novel Lost is set to release
on June 04, 2013.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
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