Maniacal

C.M Sutter’s Maniacal is a good read. This book is the first one in Detective Jade Monroe series. In the peaceful town of North Bend, where crime was almost non-existent, a sudden shock of terror abruptly awakens the community. Recently promoted, Sergeant Jade Monroe, along with her partner, Detectiv......more

My thoughts: This was a typical serial killer story with nothing special to help it stand it. This was a quick read that was well-written and entertaining, but I felt it was fairly predictable. I thought Jade presented as pretty slow to pick up on clues and rather clueless overall, as did her lieuten......more

This story is a good detective story and kept my interest. The 3 rating is because I knew who the killer was rather obviously early in the book and the Detectives on the case seemed blind solving it since they talked enough about the similarity of the murderer and who did the killings. No spoilers.......more

I enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and believable. The pace of the book was steady and kept your interest throughout. The author gave the right amount of detail in the story, without bogging down the story with minutia. I thought the author also kept the identity of the killer hidd......more