DEAD GIRLS, written by Graeme Cameron, looked like my kind of
psychological thriller. A serial killer, on the loose,
brutally attacks Ali Green, a police detective.
Left for dead, Ali is found and after two months returns to
work. Her mission is to find THAT MAN so he won't hurt
anyone else. Ali, however, has serious memory issues,
as well as painful muscle weaknesses she is hiding from her
colleagues. Ali is desperate to hide her secrets and keeps
a notebook to help her remember simple, everyday things.
Did she lock the front door? Where did she leave the key?
Her partner, Kevin, notices her peculiar behaviors and wants
to help her, but she ignores his questions and lies to him
about how she is feeling.
Five girls have been found buried in a marshy area and two
policemen pulled from a car are burned so totally it took
forever to discover their identities. How many more girls
are missing? Who is killing them and why? Does he have a
helper? Will Ali, with her scattered mind, remember the
killer's face or will he be free to continue his reign of
slaughter?
DEAD GIRLS is Graeme Cameron's sequel to his first book,
NORMAL. Perhaps if I had known about it, I would have read
it before I read DEAD GIRLS and the story would have some
continuity and make more sense to me. This was not the
killer book I expected. It was just not for me. Too many
characters with sub-plots that did not add much to this
story. I found myself confused too many times and going
back to read and re-read the preceding pages. This is not
enjoyable to me, but I trudged on to the ending. Here and
there the plot held excitement such as when THAT MAN chases
Ali and Annie with a bow and arrow in the woods. As much as
I wanted to like and enjoy DEAD GIRLS, it fell short for me.
Perhaps next time?
I may not remember everything, but I know he won’t hurt
anyone else.
I won’t let him.
It’s been two months since a serial killer brutally
attacked police detective Alisha Green and left her for
dead. Two months since she could effortlessly recall
simple things, since her mind felt remotely sound. The
nameless killer thinks he knows her, thinks she’s just
another dead girl among many. Ali Green plans to show him
he’s dead wrong about that.
Ali has two enemies now: the dangerous man she’s hunting
and her own failing memory. As explosive new evidence
comes to light and conflicting accounts from a witness
and a surviving victim threaten both her investigation
and her credibility, she begins to question what is and
isn’t real. And now Ali has no choice but to remember the
past…before it buries her.
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