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Serial killer with a mission

June 10th, 2008 Kathy K. - Central

I’m always on the lookout for new crime writers who can join the company of authors such as Michael Connelly and George Pelecanos.  I think that I’ve found one in The Calling.  The pseudonymous Inger Ash Wolfe has written an engaging and suspenseful crime novel.  I hope these characters are back in a new story.

A grisly murder of a local elderly woman with terminal cancer is not what Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, acting commander of the Ontario Police Services Port Dundas detachment, needs.  Her department is understaffed.  She is trying to recover from a surprise divorce and to stay sober.  In addition, she has a bad back and lives with her acerbic 87-year-old mother.  What starts out as a single murder turns to the discovery that a serial killer with a purpose is making his way across Canada. 

Hazel and her team are the only ones who can stop him, although Hazel’s not so sure that they can stop him.  The suspenseful action is goes back and forth between the killer  and Hazel and her team.  As the bodies pile up, Hazel puts herself at risk in order to catch a killer.  The ending is both climactic and surprising.  I hope this cast of characters returns for a command performance.

Entry Filed under: Mystery, Thriller