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Anatomy of Fear

by Jonathan Santlofer



      Nate Rodriguez is a talented New York Police Department sketch artist who has a psychic ability when it comes to visualizing perpetrators. He joins Detective Terri Russo, who heads the New York Police Homicide Force, in a case in which the killer, a white supremacist, claims to take his deadly orders from God. The killer leaves his own pencil drawings on his victims at the crime scenes. Nate turns to his Puerto Rican grandmother, a Santeria priestess, for help. Together they come up with a drawing which points to a suspect close to home.

This is an action-packed, chilling thriller about a psychotic serial killer. There is a trail of red herrings in which those close to home are implicated. The character studies are well done, from the overbearing FBI agent to the romantic relationship which develops between Nate and Terri. The information about the Santeria practice is well researched and interesting. The plot is graphically compelling, ending with a chase with Terri in peril.

The text is supplemented with sketches by the author, a respected Artist, which help to illustrate the killer's crimes.

The Book

Harper Collins
January 29, 2008
Mass Market paperback
9780060882020
Suspense
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The Reviewer

Barbara Buhrer
Reviewed 2008
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