By: Lisa Jackson Publisher: Kensington Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Kensington Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 432 Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Product Description: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson delivers her most harrowing novel yet as a young woman's determined hunt for a serial killer draws her into a twisted psychopath's unspeakable crimes.
Twenty-seven-year-old Kristi Bentz is lucky to be alive. Not many people her age have nearly died twice at the hands of a serial killer, and lived to tell about it. Her dad, New Orleans detective, Rick Bentz, wants Kristi to stay in New Orleans and out of danger. But if anything, Kristi's experiences have made her even more fascinated by the mind of the serial killer. She hasn't given up her dream of being a true-crime writer--of exploring the darkest recesses of evil--and now she just may get her chance.
Four girls have disappeared at All Saints College in less than two years. All four were "lost souls"--troubled, vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to come looking if they disappeared. The police think they're runaways, but Kristi senses there's something that links them, something terrifying. She decides to enroll, following their same steps. All Saints has changed a lot since Kristi was an undergraduate. The stodgy Catholic college has lured edgy new professors to its campus and gained a reputation for envelope-pushing, with classes like the very popular "The Influence of Vampirism in Modern Culture and Literature," and elaborately staged morality plays that feel more like the titillating entertainment of some underground club than religious spectacles. And there are whispers of a dark cult on campus whose members wear vials of blood around their necks and meet in secret chambers--rituals to which only the elite have access. To find the truth, Kristi will need to become part of the cult's inner circle, to learn their secrets, and play the part of lost soul without losing herself in the process. It's a dangerous path, and Kristi is skating on its knife-thin edge.
The deeper she goes, the more Kristi begins to wonder if she is the hunter or the prey. She's certain she's being watched and followed--studied, even--as yet another girl disappears, and another. And when the bodies finally begin to surface--in ways that bring fear to the campus and terror to the hearts of even hardened cops like Detective Bentz and his partner Reuben Montoya--Kristi realizes with chilling clarity that she has underestimated her foe. She is playing a game with a killer more cunning and bloodthirsty than anyone can imagine, one who has personally selected her for membership in a cult of death from which there will be no escape.
quick entertaining little read If you are in the mood for a little distraction, this is entertaining and reads quickly.
lost souls each book out does the last one Lisa Jackson writes..look forward to each and every one and they are all keepers.
Not a happy reader ... I have always been a Lisa Jackson fan, and eagerly paid top dollar at the airport for this book. I was disappointed and felt I had been cheated out of an ending. Since when are these novels "to be continued"??? Yes, it was tense and kept you guessing who the bad guy really was; but come on ... why leave me hung out to dry waiting for an ending that is expected in August 2009? What a dirty trick. I won't so quickly buy the next one.
First Time Disappointed in Lisa Jackson I was shocked at how poorly written Lost Souls was I remember reading Shiver and how I couldn't put it down so engrossing were the lead characters but this book I was bored so quickly just couldn't get invested in the lead characters.
I think a big part of the problem for Lisa Jackson is that she is pushing out books so quickly she is passing up her writing talent just to get the books to reach the publishing deadline.
I enjoyed this book I think this was quite a good book, it kept you guessing on who the killer was. I like Kristi and her Dad, New Orleans Dectective Rick Bentz and I enjoyed how Kristi hooked up with a former boyfriend, Jay. All of the characters held my interest. I thought the book had a lot of twists and turns. I am going to search out more of Lisa Jackson's books.
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