"Dark and engrossing mystery with great characters."

By: Tara Moss

Genres: Mystery Police Procedural

Posted: June 13, 2006

A year ago in Sydney, Australia, the Stiletto Killer murdered Makedde Vanderwall's best friend. Australia's most notorious serial killer then set his sights on Mak and would have killed her too if not for the timely intervention of Detective Andy Flynn.

Back home in Canada and enrolled in school to continue her studies in forensic psychology, Mak feels she's been successful in putting "the incident" behind her. Problem is, she isn't sleeping well, and what little sleep she does get is riddled with nightmares. Her father thinks she should "talk to somebody." Mak just wants to forget everything to do with her ordeal.

The last thing Andy Flynn wants to do is forget about Makedde, and he couldn't if he tried. Their relationship may have been complicated, and the timing more than wrong, but she's beautiful, clever, irresistible, and he's fallen for her hard. Andy's been studying serial killers at the FBI academy in Quantico and has come to Vancouver for a conference on psychopaths. When he and his mentor land in Canada, they're asked by police to consult on a case. Several girls have gone missing from the university and their bodies were discovered in a nearby wooded area. Andy tries to warn Mak about the disappearances, but she's determined to avoid him -- and all the memories he inspires.

I've been anxiously awaiting this next installment in Makedde's saga, and I was not disappointed. Dark and eerie, I found it engrossing from first page to last. If you liked Moss' FETISH, you will love SPLIT.

Book Summary

Mak is beautiful, street-smart and single, a model paying her way through a degree in forensic psychology. She’s come to Vancouver to finish her studies. But instead she walks straight into a city gripped by fear of a killer, and a campus where the students are the prey. As winter closes in and the nights grow longer, Mak is drawn into a shifting world of twisted minds, a world where no motive is clear and no desire is held in check.

Split by Tara Moss

Split

by: Tara Moss

Leisure
July 1, 2006
On Sale: July 5, 2006
Featuring: Makedde Vanderwall; Andy Flynn
368 pages
ISBN: 0843956437
EAN: 9780843956436
Paperback

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