Spokane, Washington, a bustling city split by hurtling white-water falls. One afternoon a young woman's body is found buried in a riverside park - then a second body, then a third. Before the week is out Caroline Mabry is plunged into a full-blown hunt for a serial murderer her colleagues have nicknamed the Southbank Strangler.
As Caroline and her troubled mentor, Alan Dupree, bridle under an investigation overrun by headline-grabbing "specialists" and bean-counting statisticians. As they close in on a suspect Caroline and Alan confront dark truths about the killer-hunting industry - and about their attraction to each other. And in the end they come face-to-face with an evil very different - and far more alarming - than the one they thought they were chasing.
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Jess Walter is a journalist and author of two previous nonfiction books, one
covering the Ruby Ridge slayings and another, In Contempt, co-authored with
Christopher Darden, on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. Though both books
display Walter's flair for pacing and his ability to humanize news events,
neither approaches the tremendous emotional impact of his outstanding
mystery debut, Over Tumbled Graves (ReganBooks, $25). This account of a
fictional series of prostitute murders in Spokane, Wash., offers a whole new
perspective on serial killings.
Instead of fixating on the lurid details of torture or playing to readers'
fears, Over Tumbled Graves primarily follows the emotional journey of the
detectives trying to stop the violence. The book also uncovers the hypocrisy
and ego that plague what the author calls the "serial killer industry" --
the ever-growing tribe of reporters and so-called serial-killer trackers who
specialize in turning fear into profit. In doing so, Walter offers readers a
wonderfully plotted story and a very effective emotional subplot involving
the relationship between his two main protagonists: Detective Caroline Mabry
and her former mentor, Alan Dupree. Both officers are veterans of the
Spokane Police Department, and both, for personal reasons, are desperately
searching for answers about evil, justice and the fairness of life.
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