The bride collector

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

The bride collector

Author:

Dekker, Ted, 1962-

ISBN:

9781410427854

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publication Information:

Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2010.

Physical Description:

623 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Thorndike Press large print core series.

Summary:

When a serial killer claims his fourth victim, FBI Special Agent Brad Raines is contacted by the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a psychiatric hospital for gifted but troubled individuals. As he profiles the killer, who taunts authorities by leaving bridal veils at his crime scenes, Raines is assisted by Paradise, a young schizophrenic with the ability to experience the victims' final moments. However, when the killer sets his sights on Paradise, Raines must protect the troubled girl.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (OCoLC)fst00528882

Subject(s):

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.

Brides -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Serial murderers -- Fiction.

Large type books.

Genre:

Large type books.

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Holds:

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Summary

A New York Times BestsellerFBI Special Agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has murdered four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene - and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines turns to an unusual source: Paradise, a young schizophrenic woman who barely escaped when her father murdered her family, may have the ability to experience a person's final moments when she touches their corpse.

Author Notes

The son of missionaries, Ted Dekker grew up in the jungles of Indonesia. He returned to the United States to attend Evangel College, graduating with a religion and philosophy major. After several years in corporate marketing, he began writing books like Heaven's Wager. Ted and his wife live in the mountains of Colorado with their four children.

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Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Readers who relish being trapped in a character's mind, in particular the mind of an insane serial killer, should enjoy this overlong thriller by bestseller Dekker (Boneman's Daughters). Those not so keen on such musings, even within the mind of a good guy like FBI special agent Brad Raines, who spends pages contemplating the nature of love and grief, will be less enthralled. The Denver killer, Quinton Gauld, driven by some mumbo jumbo about beautiful women being the brides of Christ and his giving them to God, likes to super-glue his victims to the wall, then drain their blood into buckets. The most interesting characters are the institutionalized crazy people whose aid Raines enlists, a diverse and funny group. Few surprises and a stock serial killer, not to mention too much internal dialogue, add up to a routine read. 5-city author tour. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

New York Times best-selling author Dekker (Thr3e; Boneman's Daughters) returns with another piece of dark fiction in which a serial killer takes center stage. At each of the Denver crime scenes where four beautiful women are found murdered, the killer has left his chilling calling card, a bridal veil. FBI special agent Brad Raines seeks help from an unusual source, the Center for Well-Being and Intelligence, a mental institution that houses patients who are eerily intelligent and psychically gifted. Raines soon meets Paradise, a schizophrenic young woman with the ability to see the last moments of a person's life upon touching his or her dead body. Dekker is well known for incorporating spiritual elements (without sermonizing) into his suspense thrillers, and his latest is no exception. VERDICT Best suited for avid thriller, suspense, and crime fiction fans, it will also satisfy adventurous readers of Christian fiction.-Carolann Lee Curry, Mercer Univ. Medical Lib., Macon, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.