Cutline

by Bonnie Hearn Hill

2006

Status

Available

Publication

MIRA (2006), Edition: Original, 384 pages

Description

Twenty-two minutes--that's all it takes for reporter Geri LaRue to realize her friend, award-winning journalist Leta Blackburn, is missing. Leta would have been covering the sensational story--and investigating the forensics report that showed the priest was engaged in sexual activities at the time of his murder. With a ruthless colleague suggesting Geri knows more than she'll admit, she turns to a prominent shrink for help, taking with her a folder full of notes that points to the rarest and most deadly of killers: a woman. Therapist Malcolm Piercy is the only one who understands what goes on inside the twisted mind of the predator the papers are calling The Razor Killer, an erotomaniac who believes her victims are in love with her. Malc has reasons of his own for keeping his theory a secret, but agrees to help in Geri's search, not knowing that the killer is watching, in her mind writing one more newspaper caption--one more cutline--where the photograph is gruesome and the bottom line is death.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member av71
I didn't guess who the killer was because there were multiple suspects. The main character is hard of hearing and reads lips which was an interesting perspective.
LibraryThing member LyndaInOregon
Suspense novel about a hearing-impaired reporter who finds herself in the middle of the hunt for a serial killer.

Yes, the hearing-impaired part is integral both to the plot and to the protagonist's personality. Hill had me fooled to the end with her red-herring suspect(s), and I bit hard on the
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wrong one. She does lose points, though, for pretty well ignoring any law-enforcement activity on the murders. One finds it difficult to believe the only attention being paid to a serial slasher would be coming from the media.

This is the second entry in a series, but stands well on its own.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2006

Physical description

384 p.; 4.22 inches

ISBN

0778323471 / 9780778323471

Barcode

1601755
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