In Deviant Ways, Chris Mooney unleashes a blistering portrait of violence sure to leave readers gasping. Beginning with a shocking murder scene that reverberates chillingly throughout the novel, Mooney's pitch-perfect narrative -- punctuated with one shockingly violent and unpredictable twist after another -- spotlights two brilliant minds locked in a high-stakes duel.At the heart of Deviant Ways is a fragile former FBI profiler whose life was shattered by a psychopath. Jack Casey has started over as a detective in a posh shoreline community outside Boston. That's where the Sandman finds him. The Sandman is killing not just one person at a time, but whole families and whole neighborhoods, unleashing one shattering explosion after another, and watching the horror unfold on a network of sophisticated hidden cameras. The Sandman knows everything about his victims. And he knows everything about Jack Casey -- including how to hurt him most.In crafting a story that is disturbing, unforgettable, and electrifying from first page to last, Chris Mooney catapults Deviant Ways into suspense fiction's highest ranks.
This was merely average for me. Mooney didn’t make me particularly care about any of the characters or their welfare. I kept expecting a twist, like a mole who was helping the bad guy, but it never came.
