Alex Kava
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| Original Title: | A Necessary Evil |
| ISBN: | 0778324346 (ISBN13: 9780778324348) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maggie O'Dell #5 |
| Characters: | Maggie O'Dell |
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When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings. Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that's popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, she wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. Then Maggie gets a second lead—one that leaves her stunned.For the past four years she has been obsessed with finding Father Michael Keller, whose brutal acts against children continue to haunt her. Now, it seems, he has become a target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the ritual killings in exchange for protection, she decides to ally herself with the elusive child killer, stepping into a world of malevolence from which she may not return unscathed.
Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil—one that may be made in blood.
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| Title | : | A Necessary Evil (Maggie O'Dell #5) |
| Author | : | Alex Kava |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 477 pages |
| Published | : | March 27th 2007 by Mira Books (first published January 31st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Thriller. Crime. Suspense. Fiction |
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Distasteful theme well handled. Some minute facts could've been answered but plot moved on (better than stalling or lagging). Interesting read. Well narrated.I did enjoy this, but don't think is one of her better stories - maybe a tad too heavy for me!Well I've now read this again and really enjoyed it second time around. Not sure why I preferred it this time. Plenty of story going on, that had me hooked and I only realised who the killer was, about three quarters of the way through.
Profiler Maggie O'Dell is working two cases, one in DC where they are finding women's heads and another that is killing priests. Not to mention her friend Gwen is caught up in the situation as well.Really enjoyed the story even though I figured the Priest Killer out pretty early. There were some nice twists.
As the killing spree continues unabated, it becomes clear to Maggie O'Dellthe FBI profiler assigned to the casethat more than one perpetrator is responsible. As she begins to drill down into the facts, Maggie discovers a disturbing Internet role-playing game for youths who have been victims of male authority figuresincluding Catholic priests.With the first real lead in the investigation, Maggie wonders if this group has turned cyberspace justice into reality by dispensing their own brand of
Number five in the series and I still cannot bump it up to four stars although it was close! The final part of the book was very exciting and I felt only good thoughts as I closed my iPad on it. But then I considered the earlier parts of the book which still contained all the things I do not like about this series. Maggie is still only marginally competent. Characters from previous books came back and were as hopeless as the first time around. And then the random coincidences which were used to
Another good entry into this series. Once again the past comes back to haunt Maggie. I thought she did a good job with not letting things get to her too much. There were times she showed great restraint by only punching people in the nose and not killing them. I especially liked the choice that Maggie made at the end.I think I may be off a bit, because I didn't feel sorry for most of the people that got killed. The men deserved what they got, it was just punishment. I also was glad that the
Ever since finishing all of Christie's novels 3 or 4 times over, I've been looking for more detective fiction to fill my mystery appetite. I haven't been able to stomach most American modern ones for the poor writing, profanity, and unnecessary violence and macho-ism. There's SOME of that in Alex Kava's work, but the plot was so riveting, the story so fast paced and intricate (connecting multiple story lines throughout), and the characters so believable and well developed that I didn't mind.
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