Finishing School (2008)

by Max Allan Collins

Series: Criminal Minds (3)

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Based on the CBS Television Series Created by Jeff Davis. Three shallow graves are unearthed in the woods of Bemidiji, Minnesota, each bearing the body of a young girl. The victims appear to have been well cared for. Their deaths were the result of barbiturate poisoning - each girl simply went to sleep and never woke up. Unable to identify the bodies, the local police turn to the elite FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. Profiler David Rossi learns that the girls disappeared ten years ago from different parts of Georgia.… (more)

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TV tie-in. The BAU is after a serial child killer who is trying to create perfect families. (

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bgknighton | May 29, 2021 |

I don't know how he does it. I first ran across Collins reading his Nate Heller series. They were pretty good. Then I discovered the Quarry series; they were even better. Now I've found the Criminal minds series. I understand he writes a lot of books based on movies and TV series. It's my understand that his Saving Private Ryan was as good as the movie.

Short plot summary: serial kidnapper abducts blond female toddlers for his "family" but then has to kill them when they reach puberty. FBI and cops chase down the bad guy.

Definitely not for English grad students so attuned to post-modern lit that a declarative sentence seems simplistic. Little character development or social commentary. If you are looking for a solid story to pass the time, this will suit quite nicely. (

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ecw0647 | Sep 30, 2013 |

le brain candy! (

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kanata | Apr 11, 2010 |

3rd Criminal Minds tie-in. Nothing special, and the author still cares more about what people are wearing than their characterisation, and persists in addressing 'Hotch' & 'JJ' as Hotchner and Jareau throughout. (

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wildcard_sej | Mar 4, 2009 |

This carries the same review and recommendations as the Criminal Minds: Killer Profile. (

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Criminal Minds: Finishing School

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For Brad Schwartz -- the Ness kid

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The first rays of a November sunrise peeked over the horizon as if making sure the coast was clear before the sun gave up its cover.

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Based on the CBS Television Series Created by Jeff Davis. Three shallow graves are unearthed in the woods of Bemidiji, Minnesota, each bearing the body of a young girl. The victims appear to have been well cared for. Their deaths were the result of barbiturate poisoning - each girl simply went to sleep and never woke up. Unable to identify the bodies, the local police turn to the elite FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. Profiler David Rossi learns that the girls disappeared ten years ago from different parts of Georgia.

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Meet the Behavioral Analysis Unit, an elite team of FBI profilers tasked with examining the nation's most twisted criminal minds -- and anticipating their next moves before they strike again....

Three shallow graves are unearthed in the woods of Bemidji, Minnesota, each bearing the body of a young girl. The victims, wrapped in blankets and covered with plastic sheets, appear to have been well cared for. Their deaths were the result of barbiturate poisoning -- each girl went to sleep and simply never woke up.

Unable to identify the bodies, the local police turn to the BAU team. Profiler David Rossi learns that the girls disappeared ten years ago from different parts of Georgia. Further investigation reveals that the perpetrators have been involved in a cycle of kidnapping and murder for close to twenty years -- and the cycle is about to start again....

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