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Title: Heron Park
Author: C. K. Raggio
Narrator: Melissa Leventhal
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-13-14
Publisher: C.K. Raggio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Don't walk your dog alone in the woods.
He's waiting.
A small Long Island town erupts in a panic when a woman and her dog are found savagely murdered on a popular hiking trail. Tasked with finding the sadistic killer, Homicide Detective Cassie Logan and FBI Agent Rick Sanders grow increasingly desperate after another woman is found dead at the same park, her body more gruesome and disturbing than the last.
The killer and his unusual, but highly trained best friend are on the hunt. With the body count rising, Cassie and Rick fight to stay a step ahead of him. But how do you catch a predator who evolves with each of his brutal attacks? And what if the killer ultimately decides that you will be his next prey?
Content Advisory - Mature adult for violence, sex, adult situations, and adult language
Members Reviews:
Chilling and Terrifying
I picked up Heron Park thinking it was going to be a typical police procedural, but it was anything but. A sadistic killer is on the loose and a great cast of characters are brought in to hunt him down. The characters are well drawn, the plotline is strong and the book is easy to read. What's not easy to read are the scenes where the author puts you both inside the head of the killer, yet also allows you to feel the abject fear of the victims. To allow the reader to get inside the head of both, and literally experience what they are going through, is testament to the ability and skill of the author.
I won't lie. The scenes with the killer are terrifying - they're gory, they're graphic, disturbing, and chilling. There were moments I had to put the book down because I had to take a breath. The whole last half of the book moves fast and the question of "who" the killer is had me guessing the entire novel. This is a well written thriller worth the read, just don't read this before bed!
A chilling and intimate thriller with an unconventional use of trained dogs
***I read a galley proof version of this in exchange for honest feedback.***
One can never know what makes a sadistic psychopath twitch, but Ms Raggio does a chilling job of putting you in the head of a monster in love with the retching sounds of a dying woman. This psychological murder mystery casts a net so sticky and horrific, it will twist you up in nightmares. You don't know who the killer is, where he is, or who he's after next, and this not-knowing madness keeps you guessing until the end.
Brilliantly crafted though the investigative viewpoints of detective Cassie and her would-be-could-be lover / FBI agent Rick, the mounting sense of dread really becomes menacing when the killer starts targeting the female investigators.
Few books have come close to capturing such an intimate portrait of a serial killer. The trips through his unhinged mind as he acts out his perverse desires are carried out in the same spirit as Buffalo Bill tucking his junk and dancing in his woman-skin suit. Shudder.
Then there's the killer's weapon choice. Bred and trained for one goal, his savage pack of dogs inflate his advantage to macabre proportions. I will never look at a large dog in a park the same. Any horror or crime buff might tell you the short-term emotional backlash of reading such a gritty thriller is a few lost nights of tossing in sweat-drenched sheets, but the long-term effect is the payoff.