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    Strip Search

    Written by William Bernhardt

    Narrated by Susan Denaker

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    About this audiobook

    Welcome to the world of Susan Pulaski, an unconventional and unusually subversive Las Vegas police behaviorist who's already been canned once and has never been needed more. In Sin City, someone is ritually murdering handpicked victims, each with dirty secrets in their pasts. The killer's gimmick: Not only does he leave behind parts of the victims' bodies, he also writes obscure mathematical formulas-in their blood.

    Pulaski doesn't have a clue what the codes mean. But she knows someone who will. Darcy O'Bannon is a twenty-six-year-old whose autistic savant skills are perfect for unraveling the thinking of Vegas's most savage serial killer, peering into a numerological mystery that stretches back hundreds of years.

    With her own life one spark away from going off the rails, her department turned against her, and the lives of those she cares most about in jeopardy, Pulaski hunts for dangerous prey in the shadow of the Strip-with herself as the perfect bait. The incomparable William Bernhardt brings to life America's most fascinating city and invites us to join one woman's fight to stay sane, stay alive, and keep a killer from making the most shocking score of all.


    From the Compact Disc edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 28, 2007
    ISBN9781415928486
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    William Bernhardt

    William Bernhardt (b. 1960), a former attorney, is a bestselling thriller author. Born in Oklahoma, he began writing as a child, submitting a poem about the Oklahoma Land Run to Highlights—and receiving his first rejection letter—when he was eleven years old. Twenty years later, he had his first success, with the publication of Primary Justice (1991), the first novel in the long-running Ben Kincaid series. The success of Primary Justice marked Bernhardt as a promising young talent, and he followed the book with seventeen more mysteries starring the idealistic defense attorney, including Murder One (2001) and Hate Crime (2004). Bernhardt’s other novels include Double Jeopardy (1995) and The Midnight Before Christmas (1998), a holiday-themed thriller. In 1999, Bernhardt founded Bernhardt Books (formerly HAWK Publishing Group) as a way to help boost the careers of struggling young writers. In addition to writing and publishing, Bernhardt teaches writing workshops around the country. He currently lives with his family in Oklahoma. 

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    • 3/5
      Darker and creepier than the first book. Vocabulary not nearly as good.
    • 2/5
      This is a fast-paced read that I can best describe as an intellectual thriller. The plot revolves around intricate math, philosophy, and religion. For me, the math really overpowers the story. This aspect is quite detailed, and at times feels as if we've shifted into textbook reading. The characters feel secondary to the plot. They aren't especially well developed or believable. Susan has a background in psychology, yet is unable to grasp the most obvious cues in her personal and professional life. Granger, Susan's nemesis, is a a one-dimensional stereotype. The 'bad guys' are a muddled mess. I think, in the end, the author was going for sympathetic appeal, though it just didn't work for me. The only character I connected with and enjoyed was Darcy.A major incident between Susan and her supposed best friend is just absurd. I don't want to give spoilers, and it's hard to clarify this without doing so. But this incident is a major turning point for Susan, and the fact that neither Susan nor her best friend foresaw the outcome, particularly given their levels of intelligence and experience, simply lacks credulity. The writing itself flows well, and did keep me reading to find out what happened. But, in hindsight, I wouldn't choose it to read and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.