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maeclair's review
A thriller, crime story, Cleaved is the latest release from Sue Coletta, an author who enjoys delving into the twisted world of serial killers. In this case, she has created a psychologically disturbed stalker who harbors a fondness for impaling his victims with deer antlers. As always, Coletta balances her fiction with detailed and believable forensics. She clearly spends time on research, and that investment pays off in the delivery of her scenes.
The path of the clues throughout is well developed, as are all of the returning characters from Marred, book one in this series. Sage Quintano and her husband, Niko, sheriff of rural Grafton County, find their lives turned upside down when a killer sets his sites on Sage.
Yet even with darker aspects of this book, (and there are plenty), Coletta knows how to play on the emotion of the reader, allowing them to develop strong bonds with her characters. All of them—even when they’re pets. Some of my favorite scenes involved Sage and Niko’s dogs, Ruger and Colt, particularly the moment in which they stand guard to protect Sage and her son, Noah.
The ending is a pulse-pounding race to apprehend the killer as the clues strewn throughout begin to fit together. Neatly done, Cleaved is another great entry in this series and Coletta’s parcel of crime fiction.
The path of the clues throughout is well developed, as are all of the returning characters from Marred, book one in this series. Sage Quintano and her husband, Niko, sheriff of rural Grafton County, find their lives turned upside down when a killer sets his sites on Sage.
Yet even with darker aspects of this book, (and there are plenty), Coletta knows how to play on the emotion of the reader, allowing them to develop strong bonds with her characters. All of them—even when they’re pets. Some of my favorite scenes involved Sage and Niko’s dogs, Ruger and Colt, particularly the moment in which they stand guard to protect Sage and her son, Noah.
The ending is a pulse-pounding race to apprehend the killer as the clues strewn throughout begin to fit together. Neatly done, Cleaved is another great entry in this series and Coletta’s parcel of crime fiction.
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