Poorly developed characters with stilted writing like a police procedural. ( )

Ex homicide sergeant, now FBI, Hank Rawlings, and his partner Beth Harper are assigned to tracking and finding a serial killer who is now active in Chicago after a break of some years. The story gives quite a detailed account of the procedures and actions these agents do to try and find the killer.
I liked the characters and the story, and will look out for the next in the series ( )

Book #1, in the Agent Hank Rawlings Series of FBI Thrillers

In a few words what we are getting into reading “Drained”

“A known serial killer is once again taking lives in Chicago. Bodies drained of blood are being strewn across the city. “

Sounds macabre, indeed it was.

Although this is your regular, fast-paced, crime fiction it also has its own interesting elements. I love how the story takes the catch me if you can approach and plays a tight cat and mouse game from start to finish. The story moves along at the steady pace, not particularly gore filled but enough to make you cringe at times. Oh yes, I kept turning pages and fast so wanting to know how long it would take Hank Rawlings, the protagonist, before he was able to put the squeeze on the serial killer. The action is play by play and very detailed. Some may say too much action spelled out can be tedious, I agree to some degree but it helps us to understand the good guys, the arrogance of the bad guy and the lifestyle of the victims.

For a FBI thriller, it was a very easy read with lots of exciting scenarios, several twists and turns not a dull moment throughout most of all we find a great set of characters to keep track of. The author’s ability to twist fear drives the story and makes it engaging. Well-done ( )

A Library Thing Review copy: A killer is using technology to cover his tracks as he contacts women, feeds them and then kills them, and he is doing it more often and more obviously. The FBI discover the murders cross state borders and there have been several overall. Working out who it is and how it is being disguised is done cleverly, and operative end up in danger. A good read. ( )