Susan Pulaski is a Las Vegas detective who's fallen on hard
times. In STRIP SEARCH, she must use her profiling skills
to help find a killer who uses numerology to pick who will
be the victims of his grisly murders. Being no good with
numbers and math, Pulaski enlists the help of autistic
savant Darcy O'Bannon. The only problem is that Darcy's
father is the Chief of Police and does not want his son,
whom he views as disabled, involved in the case. While
dealing with trying to get the help she needs with the
case, Pulaski also battles with the ghosts of her past --
past lovers and past addictions. As the killings begin to
pile up, the numbers game is played out and it's only Darcy
O'Bannon who can solve the equation.
STRIP SEARCH is a well-written mystery with just the right
amount of twists and turns to keep you guessing. Susan
Pulaski is the typical fallen-from-grace female detective --
she's had trouble with men in the past, has one male
detective she hates and who hates her, and she has to put
on a tough façade while inside she's sad and struggling
with her past. Pulaski is written in such a way that you're
unsure in the beginning if you're going to like her.
Despite all of that, by the end of the book, you're totally
in her corner. William Bernhardt crafted her
character well. Some of the dialogue is a bit contrived,
but overall it flows nicely and you feel like you're there
listening in on the conversation. I was hoping for
something more out of the ending, but I was not
disappointed. Overall, STRIP SEARCH is a good read -- it
flows smoothly and keeps your attention.
Six months after the events of DARK EYE, police
psychologist Susan Pulaski has cleaned herself up and put
her life back on track--but some people insist on focusing
on her past mistakes.
Autistic savant Darcy O'Bannon is still struggling to
convince his father he is capable of doing police work--
when a bizarre killer with a fixation on weird math and
Kabbalistic theology starts stalking the Vegas Strip.
The killings seem random; only Darcy can see a pattern...
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