Lies to Die for

by Todd M Thiede

Overview

Max Larkin and Jesse Fairlane are the top two detectives in Rockton Illinois. In Lies to Die for, the second book in the Max Larkin Detective series, they are in pursuit of a killer that is branding letters into the victim's bodies. Is it someone the victims know or is it just a random person taking out frustrations on the small community of Rockton? Max is fresh coming off of his one month suspension for hiding things from his captain while Jesse has been holding down the fort during his absence. There hasn't been much crime in Rockton since the Time Killer killings but Captain Perry knows he's going to need his whole team working together to catch the person that killed a local college professor and his girlfriend. Just as the clues start to come together there's another murder. Max and Jesse find themselves disagreeing a lot as to who done it and why. This partnership is on the rocks and the town needs them now more than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492166474
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/04/2013
Series:	Max Larkin , #2
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Todd M. Thiede is the author of "Time Killer", a top 100 amazon best seller novel. "Time Killer" is a murder mystery set in the small town of Rockton, Illinois. The town is rocked by a serial killer on the loose and 2 young detectives get paired up to try and find him before he kills again. Todd would love to hear from you at www.toddthiede.com

Editorial Reviews

2013-12-24
A bloody tale about a serial killer obsessed with lies. In Thiede's follow-up to Time Killer (2013), Max Larkin is back solving crimes. A few weeks after the brutal slayings that took place in the previous novel, Detective Larkin and his partner, Jesse Fairlane, are assigned to a grizzly case involving the double homicide of a professor and his much younger girlfriend. As in Thiede's previous novel, a pattern emerges, and the detectives soon realize they're looking at the handiwork of another serial killer. Max and Jessie will instantly feel familiar to readers who've read the first entry in the series, but despite that instant recognition, the characters don't develop as richly this time around. While the two heroes experience some growing pains in their partnership--which has only lasted two months, since this novel is set back-to-back with the previous novel--too much time is spent on the procedural elements of the story, and much of the chemistry that was so palpable in their first outing is missing here. Still, both characters remain likable, and while the bloody trail leads the duo down some dark paths, readers will find themselves guessing at every turn. Interestingly, as the threads of the case begin to come together, readers may actually become more invested in the killer's arc rather than the growing relationship between leads Max and Jessie. As with Thiede's previous work, readers can expect plenty of black humor and gruesome murder scenes. Although the action ends rather abruptly, the stage is set for more sleuthing. Thiede's flair for procedurals returns, but the lead characters lack the charisma and chemistry they displayed in their initial outing.

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