This one will definitely stay with me for a while.

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I read a lot. Not many books give me a real WTH moment. The Killing Hour gave me one of those moments, okay, maybe a couple of those. I mean really, a live snake sewed into a corpse? Freaking genius.

The Killing Hour is chalk full of twists, suspense, and crazy What the Hell moments. The story follows Kimberly, a troubled woman with a debilitating past, midway through her FBI training when she stumbles upon the body of a dead woman just off the training course at Quantico. TheEco-Killer has struck again.

The Eco-Killer, a serial murderer whose M.O. is kidnapping young women in pairs who are out on the town, kills one immediately with clues to the whereabouts of the other, leaving the second woman in what is described as a ā€œB-rated horror movieā€ setting, to see if she can (1) find her way out, or (2) be found before she succumbs to the elements.

As Kimberly and her by-chance partner, Mac, race the clock using the clues left by the killer to save one young woman, they come upon horrendous discoveries and face treacherous landscapes.

The Killing Hour moves so fast you wonā€™t even know you are through reading it. An un-put-downable book if ever there was one.

Well done, Lisa Gardner.

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great story

Kept you turning pages for the next clue. Detail was incredible. A very enjoyable mystery that kept you interested all the way! ( )

Another good Quincy & Rainey story! Kinda had the bad guy figured out, then thought I was wrong, then I was right. Good twists and turns as usual! Hoping to see more of Kimberly and Mac in future series. ( )

FBI Profiler series #4 started slow, with a focus on Kimberly Quincy's FBI training at Quantico. Not as robust a character as Rainie or her father, we are quickly dragged into a dormant serial killer's awakening. Killing women in pairs, he leaves challenging clues with the first to point to the second, providing an opportunity to rescue her. Kimberly takes a leave from training and goes off to try to save a victim with the primary investigator from the earlier murders, a Georgia Bureau of Investigations detective. ( )

We meet Pierce Quincy whose specialty is profiling...and Rainie Connor, who are partners in a private investigating firm that the police have called in to help. The police are beginning to believe that there may be an inside implication. Not only that but this killer leaves clues on the body that points to the next victim. It's an interesting plot and a fantastic story but it did become bogged down with too many characters causing the reader to sometimes have to go back to see how that person fit into the storyline. I was slightly disappointed with the killers motive but that didn't distract from an otherwise well written and compelling adventure. ( )