Book: Silent Slaughter
Author: C.E. Lawrence
Article Type: Book Review
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He chooses his tools with precision. Stalks his victims with cold efficiency. Plans his attack using mathematical logic. And now he is ready to play. The acclaimed author of “Silent Screams” and “Silent Kills” returns with the newest installment in this series. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Original.
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Overall Rating 4.00
Story Rating 4.50
Character Rating 3.50
First Thought when Finished: Silent Slaughter was a creepy cat and mouse game that didn’t go exactly how I expected.
What I Thought of the Story: Silent Slaughter was an excellent read that kept me involved from beginning to end. Even though this is 4th book in the series (I think), this is the first one that I have read. I didn’t feel lost at all. I could tell that there is an overall arc storyline involving Campbell’s sister and some of his relationships. However, the main storyline flowed effortlessly and the other storyline was easy enough to pick up. The cat and mouse between Campbell and the UNSUB was fun! I always enjoy a smart UNSUB though I wish we could have spent a little more time on that storyline and less on Campbell’s personal life (more on that in the character section).
What I Thought of the Characters: Silent Slaughter is book four in the profiler Lee Campbell series. He is a pretty typical lead character: flawed, bad relationships, but super smart. I didn’t feel a great connection to him but characters are always secondary to me in a really good thriller. I really enjoyed Detective Butts and Chen! They were great counterparts to Lee. They were likable and pretty smart on their own. I also enjoyed the linguistics specialist Elena Krieger and would be interested in seeing more of her in the series. They made an interesting quartet and I could see them growing on me as the series progresses.
Final Thought: Silent Slaughter filled that smart killer/smart profiler read that I was looking for!
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Bad guy sounds like a seriously Bad Guy. Creepy blurb–sounds like the book lived up to it, too!
He was a seriously twisted guy which made reading it fun!
A killer sure should be smart, it makes for a good chase
I agree! I don’t like just the “spree” killers that are on benders but not being smart about it.
Oh this sounds interesting. I’ve finally gotten my mother to read more (despite my nagging she just wasn’t into it… can’t figure out why… LOL) and this one sounds perfect for her. Hm… :D
Go Mom Go! I think she would like this one and she doesn’t have to read them in order :)
It is always fun when you find a cat and mouse read that doesn’t go as unexpected, right? I agree less time on boring personal stuff and more action!
In thrillers, it should always be more about the case in my personal opinion. :)
I like that you could pick up this middle book in a series and not be lost at all, that’s always a good thing. With mystery/thrillers I usually don’t crave the same character connection I need when reading any other genre, so the fact that you weren’t overly connected to Lee isn’t as much of a worry for me as it would be otherwise:)
Character is always my 2nd in thrillers. I think if the case is smart then they can slack on the character building part. I want to know more about the “perp” anyway than the person tracking him down.
Every time I see this book, I think, “KARIN SLAUGHTER!” then get disappointed when it’s not.
This series sounds like a good one, though. I may have to check it out! :)
I think you should be able to find these at your library. They are good and it was a pretty fast read.
This sounds like a series I would enjoy! I am glad that it worked well as a standalone, but i am going to look up book one.
I went back and added book 1 to my “wish list”—is it Thanksgiving yet? This book buying ban is killing me!