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When it's very hot outside, someone kidnaps and kills two young women. The first dead body points to the location of the second woman, who becomes a body when she isn't found quickly enough. This has happened for three summers in a row in Georgia. Only one time, the last time, has a victim survived. At that point, the "game" stopped. For Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Michael "Mac" McCormack, it becomes the case that gets under his skin and won't leave him be. Rookie FBI agent Kimberley Quincy, during a training run on the grounds at Quantico, stumbles, almost literally, over the corpse of a woman. GBI McCormack is also at Quantico, trying to get some help with the cold cases which have been haunting him. He is convinced that this victim is a continuation of the killings in Georgia. Kim and Mac join forces, which endears neither of them to the powers that be. There are some other sub-plots. Kim's mother and sister were killed by a crazy man convinced that Quincy, Kim's father, had ruined his life. Kim's father was an FBI profiler, now working on his own with a partner (Lorraine "Rainie" Connor) who is also his significant other. Quincy saved Kim from the crazy man. This has made for some interesting family dynamics. The survivor of the Atlanta serial murders has problems of her own, directly connected to her experience. She wants in on this case. Nobody thinks this is a good idea. She's still in. While I was reading this book, I barely paused at all the places where highly unlikely things happened - civilians allowed to work with professionals, people making unlikely choices, blatant violations of policies and procedures, etc. The suspense is that good. Looking back, having finished the book, I must admit to having let slide a lot more than I usually tolerate . . . because the tension kept pulling me along. I wanted to know what happened next. I wanted to know if they find the next girl before she dies. I want to know what happens with Kim and Mac, with Quincy and Rainie. And even though I am fairly sure early on in the book that I know who the bad guy is, I'm not positive, and I want to know if I'm right. So put your reliance on "the way things really are" on hold; accept that for the duration of this book, the real world will be just a little bit different than we expect; and have yourself a nice little adventure in suspense. My only other quibble - I thought the last few paragraphs were going to send my blood sugar level through the roof. I felt like somebody had grafted the last page of a Barbara Carland novel onto this book. Not a good combination!
Reviewed by P.J. Coldren, August 2003
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