Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer




Inside the desperate world of TV ratings, an investigative reporter discovers that a serial killer is targeting women named Susan and killing one on the same day each year.

Television reporter Riley Spartz is recovering from a heart-breaking, headline-making catastrophe of her own when a longtime police source drops two old homicide files in her lap in the back of a dark movie theater. Both cold cases involve women named Susan strangled on the same day, one year apart. Last seen alive in one of Minneapolis's poorest neighborhoods, their bodies are each dumped in one of the city's wealthiest areas. Riley senses a pattern between those murders and others pulled from a computer database of old death records. Now the deadly anniversary is approaching.

But not just lives are at stake—so are careers.

November is television sweeps month, and every rating point counts. Riley must go up against a news director who cares more about dead dogs than dead women, a politician who fears negative stories about serial killers will hurt the city's convention business, and the very real possibility that her source knows more about the murders than he is letting on.

When Riley suspects the killer has moved personal items from one victim to the next as part of an elaborate ritual, she stages a bold on-air stunt to draw him out and uncovers a motive that will leave readers breathless.

This book was a real page turner and a quick read. Right from the start I couldn't set it down. If you love suspense you'll like this book.

7 comments:

Tammy said...

Sure sounds like a good read.

Becki said...

I don't think I've seen this one yet...sounds good!

Lynne said...

Thanks for the recommendation! I need a new book and this sounds perfect.

Ann said...

sounds like a great book. I haven't read a book in forever.

Leanne said...

Ack. If only I had time to read it. Thanks for the review though I'm going to write it down for future reading. :)

Michelle said...

Sounds like an amazing book. Just my type of read. Thanks for the review.

Jen said...

I picked this up about six months ago, mostly because of the MN connection. I loved it. Page turner all the way. Great first, book I hope she writes more like these.