Acquired Motives: A Dr. Silvia Strange Novel - Softcover

Lovett, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743463358 ISBN 13: 9780743463355

Publisher: Pocket, 2003

Synopsis

A different kind of serial killer is terrorizing the city of Santa Fe. All of the victims have one thing in common: they were violent sex offenders who slipped through the cracks in the justice system, and walked on legal technicalities. Someone has decided to make them pay. Forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange is called upon to help catch the killer, even if she has mixed feelings about the victims. She must uncover the pain of a madman -- pain that has driven him over the edge and into the depths of sadistic retribution. But Sylvia soon draws the attentions of the vigilante, who decides that anyone who tries to stop justice must be dealt with as any other criminal -- with a sentence of death. Includes exciting excerpts from Sarah Lovett's thrillers featuring Dr. Sylvia Strange: Dangerous Attachments, A Desperate Silence,Dantes' Inferno and her lastest hardcover, Dark Alchemy, coming soon from Simon and Schuster

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Review:

I hope Patricia Cornwell's legion of fans will forgive me for saying so, but Dr. Sylvia Strange is a much more complicated and likeable character than Kay Scarpetta. Sarah Lovett's books about Santa Fe-based forensic psychologist Strange (Dangerous Attachments is also out in paperback) are full of the details of her crime work, but they're also firmly rooted in the basic humanity of her everyday life. And Lovett's plots have lots of compensating social impact to go with the murder, rape, and pillage: this time she raises the serious question of what to do when authentic sexual villains slip off the legal hook.

From the Publisher:

I'm a suspense thriller junky, which means I'll pick up just about any author once in the hopes that they can keep me engrossed for an hour or two. Well, when I picked up Sarah Lovett's incredible books that involve psychiatrist Dr. Sylvia Strange, I found that I just couldn't put them down! I have an hour and half commute to and from work and within a matter of days I felt like I knew Sylvia Strange inside and out. Sarah Lovett has created an incredible character, but more than that her attention to detail and engaging plot lines make her books impossible to put down...so much so that I almost missed my stop on the train!Sarah Glazar, Assistant Editor

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743463358
• ISBN 13: 9780743463355
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368