For a gruesome read, pick up "Headhunter", by Michael Slade. This book of psychological terror, in which voodoo plays a minor theme, is in the same genre as "Silence of the Lambs." It revolves around the grisly deaths of three black-haired women, whose murdered bodies, minus their heads, are discovered. An elusive psychopath leads the detectives through the seedy underworlds of various cities, exposing the reader to sadistic scenes of twisted sex and ending in a case of mistaken identity - or is it? (

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MWise | Apr 30, 2009 |

The Headhunter is loose on the streets of Vancouver. The Headhunter's victims are everywhere. Floating in the river. Buried in a shallow grave. Tacked to an Indian totem pole. All women. All headless.
Magic, voodoo, ritual murder, sexual slavery: these are the roots of the Headhunter's mystery. It is the toughest challenge the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have ever faced. This time, will the Mounties get their man?

rajendran | Jul 15, 2008 |

Fascinating mystery and great characters. The whole series by Michael Slade provides wonderful mystery reading and some of the books weave interesting historical facts into the story. We love the whole series and Slade is a favorite. (

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maridadi | Jul 14, 2006 |

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A killer is stalking the rainy streets of Vancouver, taking the lives of young women and leaving their heads behind. Heads turn up everywhere - floating downriver, buried in shallow graves, even nailed to the top of a totem pole on campus of the University of British Columbia. Among the victims are a young drug addict, a collegian, and a nun.

It's hysteria time. The RCMP launches a massive investigation, summoning up their crack detective, Robert LeClercq, to head a special investigation force. But as LeClercq tries to get inside the murderer's head, he realizes there is a diabolical depravity operating here that he cannot hope to understand.

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