In hopes of solving both mysteries, Hailey follows the missing person case, revealing a high stakes real estate scandal and years of cover-ups. Even when Hailey’s investigation puts her life in danger, she will stop at nothing to pursue justice.
My Amazon Vine review.' The Eleventh Victim' is a complex murder mystery about a woman who loses her fiance in a senseless crime and then embarks on a career as a prosecutor. The author, Nancy Grace, was herself a prosecutor in Atlanta GA and she brings her knowledge of the (in)justice system and writes with compelling authority about the twists and turns 'justice' can take.Hailey Dean's finace was violently murdered shortly before their wedding during a mugging, for a whopping total of $35. T My Amazon Vine review.'
The Eleventh Victim' is a complex murder mystery about a woman who loses her fiance in a senseless crime and then embarks on a career as a prosecutor. The author, Nancy Grace, was herself a prosecutor in Atlanta GA and she brings her knowledge of the (in)justice system and writes with compelling authority about the twists and turns 'justice' can take.Hailey Dean's finace was violently murdered shortly before their wedding during a mugging, for a whopping total of $35.
The crime propels the young college graduate into a depression that lifts only when she decides to go after the criminals who perpetrate such crimes. She becomes a prosecutor who fights for the victims left behind and her record is nothing short of stellar, 100 wins, no losses. She doesn't DO 'deals'.
Instead, she and her investigator sidekick put together strong evidence that results in convictions. Her last case as a prosecutor involved the conviction of a serial killer for the murders of eleven women. When the verdict is read, the killer leaps toward Hailey in the courtroom and is only tackled AFTER she feels his hands close around her neck. That's the moment when Hailey knows she's done.
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Now it's two years later and Hailey has moved to New York and is a practicing therapist. But when two of her patients are murdered and Hailey's DNA is found at the scenes, her life takes a violent and terrifying turn.
Now SHE's the one on the defensive and who, exactly, is after her, isn't clear.This is author Nancy Grace's first foray into the world of mystery/thriller/fiction and I sometimes got lost in the stories of 'sidebar' characters which include a rich man trying to circumvent environmental protections, a good-ole-boy crooked judge, a friend's new love affair, and a very rich, but very pissed, defense attorney. All these 'other' stories do tie in to the main story, but for me, they mostly detracted from the story at the heart of the book.Hailey's story.I was left with many questions regarding Hailey's future and also that of a 'wrongly' paroled serial killer!
For me at least, I need closure in a book. But the serial killer just fades out and Hailey decides to return to Georgia.to do what I have no idea. That's not a real ending for me.The plot was clever and even though I quickly figured out the 'bad guy' (other than the serial killer), there were still plenty of red herrings. I did find the flow of the story choppy as it jumped from the side character's stories to Hailey's story regularly.
Sometimes it was hard to keep track of who was doing what! Grace's disgust with 'special interest' politics comes through loud and clear and her portrayal of bargaining and dealing to cater to political aspirations was enough to make me believe some of those bad lawyer jokes.In the end I did finish 'The Eleventh Victim' and I did find it interesting. I must admit that I would be wary of reading Nancy Grace's next novel without getting a better idea of its pace and flow and how she pieced the story together.
But I consider an author's first novel a kind of learning experience for both author and reader and I like to think we both get better with age and experience. I guess a 2.5 rating would work. I felt as if I was reading 3 short stories that were somehow turned into a novel.
The whole storyline taking place in the islands of Georgia had NOTHING to do with the main plot which is a convicted murderer has his sentence overturn and plots his revenge. Oh how did that happen you ask, well the second story is a judge who gave away his vote for a chance to be governor.
For a moment that story fit with the plot, but then we travel the road of corrupt politicans. I guess a 2.5 rating would work. I felt as if I was reading 3 short stories that were somehow turned into a novel. The whole storyline taking place in the islands of Georgia had NOTHING to do with the main plot which is a convicted murderer has his sentence overturn and plots his revenge. Oh how did that happen you ask, well the second story is a judge who gave away his vote for a chance to be governor.
For a moment that story fit with the plot, but then we travel the road of corrupt politicans. If these stories tie into the main plot can someone explain how? As for the main story, if it was the focal point for the whole book, I would give it a 4. I don't believe Hailey wouldn't of been notifed by the courts of this prisoner's release, someone from her hometown would of told her or it would of been mention in the news. Aside from that, having her be stalked by the killer, was engaging especially at the end when it wasn't exactly who I thought it was.
It had a couple funny moments too. 3.0 out of 5 stars Ho hum.skip it, you've already read one just like it., August 9, 2009This review is from: The Eleventh Victim (Hardcover)This is formulaic fiction at best, and convoluted storytelling at worst. The best way to sum up The Eleventh Victim is to say that there is nothing new and fresh here - everything in the book has been written and read by anyone who likes thrillers.
I found myself just plodding along, eager to be finished so I could move on to something more interesting. 3.0 out of 5 stars Ho hum.skip it, you've already read one just like it., August 9, 2009This review is from: The Eleventh Victim (Hardcover)This is formulaic fiction at best, and convoluted storytelling at worst.
The best way to sum up The Eleventh Victim is to say that there is nothing new and fresh here - everything in the book has been written and read by anyone who likes thrillers. I found myself just plodding along, eager to be finished so I could move on to something more interesting.The plot is typical - a former beautiful and athletic female prosecutor of serial killers is burnt out and has fled Georgia for NY and instead of being a lawyer, she's now a psychologist. Then the conflict: uh oh, a former conviction she obtained has been overturned and now the bad guy is out. And guess who he wants to kill next? The ex attorney Hailey Dean, however, through some unbelievable inability to stay informed, doesn't realize that he has been released from death row due to a shift in votes on the appellate level. We are then treated to a tabloid-like look into the sleazy politics involving that judge's ambitions to be Georgia's governor.
This leads to yet another side story that did nothing but annoy me. The whole digression into the plight of construction of tourist high rise condominiums on St.
Simons Island in Georgia was completely unnecessary to the main narrative and I found it distracting and uninteresting. The author skips all around in the book from one little subplot to the next and back again. Most of it irrelevant to the main story line.The climax of the book is totally predictable and you will find yourself skimming the last several chapters just to finally reach an unsatisfying conclusion.My recommendation - Skip it.
As I said, you've already read this story. 'The Eleventh Victim' by Nancy Grace kept me turning pages to see what was gonna happen next. The characterization was skillfully mastered here, with each character coming through vividly and clearly having his/her own individual voice. The plot of this Thriller/Suspense novel was perfectly paced, unfolding and twisting in just the right spots.
And there will only be a handful of people who will guess how this ends.Nancy Grace's career and personal experiences must have helped her pen this intr 'The Eleventh Victim' by Nancy Grace kept me turning pages to see what was gonna happen next. The characterization was skillfully mastered here, with each character coming through vividly and clearly having his/her own individual voice. The plot of this Thriller/Suspense novel was perfectly paced, unfolding and twisting in just the right spots. And there will only be a handful of people who will guess how this ends.Nancy Grace's career and personal experiences must have helped her pen this intriguing novel, full of life and grit and cold hard reality. While some parts squeezed my heart while others made me bust a gut laughing, providing just enough humor to balance out the grit. When I finished reading it, I thought 'But what happened with.'
, then I realized Miss Nancy had left room for sequel, one which I would quickly snatch off the shelves. The Eleventh Victim is a fairly standard murder mystery, something of a pot boiler, if truth be told.
Weirdly enough, it's quite readable, even suspenseful at times. However, it's marred by cartoonish, stereotypical characters and a sometimes hard to follow plot line dotted with totally improbable events. Among the more unbelievable: a Georgia judge who really believes he has more than a snowball's chance in hell to be elected Governor after casting the deciding vote to overturn the death penalt The Eleventh Victim is a fairly standard murder mystery, something of a pot boiler, if truth be told. Weirdly enough, it's quite readable, even suspenseful at times. However, it's marred by cartoonish, stereotypical characters and a sometimes hard to follow plot line dotted with totally improbable events. Among the more unbelievable: a Georgia judge who really believes he has more than a snowball's chance in hell to be elected Governor after casting the deciding vote to overturn the death penalty and set free a man convicted of 11 brutal murders.
Equally unbelievable is that the protagonist, currently living in New York (the media capital of the United States, if not the world) and working as a psychologist 10 years after having obtained the killer's conviction, wouldn't hear either of the reversal of the conviction or the release of the killer. And that's not to mention the wildly improbable police interview in which the Grace-like heroine bests the dumb police detective and the silly motive for the murders for which the heroine is framed and arrested.Murder mysteries are not documentaries or works of non-fiction, and their plots frequently take improbable and illogical turns. But the plot of The Eleventh Victim is hard to believe, even in that context.Nonetheless, the book is interesting throughout, being suspenseful and comical (sometimes intentionally, I think) by turns. It's not great literature, that's for sure, but it's an entertaining, if light, read, despite its dark subject matter. Should Nancy stick to her TV show and drop writing? That's a subject for some deliberation and I'd say the jury is still out. This was an interesting mystery story.
Hailey Dean studies to begin her career as a psychologist, until her fiancee is murdered. She changes career plans, goes to law school and becomes a no-nonsense tough prosecutor in Atlanta. After a high profile serial murder case, she quits her job, moves to New York and starts a psychology practice. Then everything changes as someone frames her for two murders and tries to kill her as well. The police think she is a murderer so they are no help to her. She This was an interesting mystery story. Hailey Dean studies to begin her career as a psychologist, until her fiancee is murdered.
She changes career plans, goes to law school and becomes a no-nonsense tough prosecutor in Atlanta. After a high profile serial murder case, she quits her job, moves to New York and starts a psychology practice.
Then everything changes as someone frames her for two murders and tries to kill her as well. The police think she is a murderer so they are no help to her. She very smartly figures out who is after her and why. While this is the main topic, it is interrupted with multiple other story lines happening simultaneously. At the end, you can see the link, but it can get confusing at times. I don't think the other stories meshed in well with the whole plot. But, Hailey is a likeable character and she still has an enemy lurking around.
I'll have to see how that is resolved in the next book. I loved this book. I loved the Characters. This book never stopped the twists and turns.
You think you'd figured it out by some of the clues then bang, just another twist. Nancy Grace impeccably writes this book, I can't wait to read the second in this series and find out how Hailey Dean's character develops even more. This book is shocking at the end but from beginning to end I could not put it down. I felt anger when Cruise got let out of jail for murders he'd committed because of bad policing I loved this book. I loved the Characters. This book never stopped the twists and turns. You think you'd figured it out by some of the clues then bang, just another twist.
Nancy Grace impeccably writes this book, I can't wait to read the second in this series and find out how Hailey Dean's character develops even more. This book is shocking at the end but from beginning to end I could not put it down. I felt anger when Cruise got let out of jail for murders he'd committed because of bad policing but in the end justice definitely gets served.
The book was kind of confusing with all the other character's stories tied into it but I would still recommend it. It was a great read. Hailey Dean was going to be a psychologist or teach psychology at a college but all that changed when her Fiance was murdered in a senseless act of violence.She became a criminal prosecutor in Georgia.
She eventually left Georgia for New York where she became a criminal prosecutor for high level crimes. Now there is a murderer out there who kills prostitues.
And ties a bakers string in a pretty little bow somewhere on the body. After Hailey lost her last case she decided to leave law and go int Hailey Dean was going to be a psychologist or teach psychology at a college but all that changed when her Fiance was murdered in a senseless act of violence.She became a criminal prosecutor in Georgia. She eventually left Georgia for New York where she became a criminal prosecutor for high level crimes. Now there is a murderer out there who kills prostitues. And ties a bakers string in a pretty little bow somewhere on the body. After Hailey lost her last case she decided to leave law and go into psycology in a private practice. Now the killer is after her.
'September 20, 2017 –70.0% 'Nice. Nice1:12:00'September 20, 2017 –50.0% '59:20'September 20, 2017 –20.0% 'This guy sends chills up to the spine.This killer is so vicious and smart and geneious.GREAT, great work. Just congrats for the author.'
September 20, 2017 –10.0% '21:55'September 20, 2017 – Started Reading'- One moment +1 star other moments -1 star it's difficult to judge such a brilliant work. But to be honest here I really enjoyed this work and I can't wait to s 'September 20, 2017 –70.0% 'Nice. Nice1:12:00'September 20, 2017 –50.0% '59:20'September 20, 2017 –20.0% 'This guy sends chills up to the spine.This killer is so vicious and smart and geneious.GREAT, great work. Just congrats for the author.' September 20, 2017 –10.0% '21:55'September 20, 2017 – Started Reading'- One moment +1 star other moments -1 star it's difficult to judge such a brilliant work. But to be honest here I really enjoyed this work and I can't wait to start and to read and the other books which are part of the series.In my opinion such author like Nancy Grace is rare and if you see such try to appreacite the whole thing.