The 50/50 Killer [Paperback]

Steve Mosby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

Mark Nelson is a young police officer, newly assigned to the team of John Mackey—a highly-decorated and successful detective, and author of a bestselling true crime book based on his years of experience catching killers. Mackey is a legend in the force and it's a huge opportunity for Mark, who has dedicated his life to his job ever since the death of his girlfriend years before. When a man is found burned to death in his own home, Mackey's team is thrown into an investigation that grows darker and more complex at every turn. The evidence points to a man known as the Fifty-Fifty Killer. His targets are young couples, who he stalks and subjects to a single night of torture and manipulation, testing and destroying the love between them. Only one of them ever survives until dawn. Soon afterwards, a young man walks into a police station badly tortured and with his memory in tatters. He knows only that his girlfriend is still being held captive in the woods he's escaped from. But the team know that by fleeing, the man has sealed his girlfriend's fate. If they can't piece together his experience by daybreak then she will die in his place. However, all is not what it seems.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A terrific thriller that is cerebral, pacy, intelligent and compelling" -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner

"Mosby steers clear of genre formulae in this flawless thriller" -- LONDON LITE

About the Author

Steve Mosby is the author of Cry for Help, The Cutting Crew, and The Third Person.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Orion Publishing (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752881574
• ISBN-13: 978-0752881577
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,895,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good plot with excellent twists, August 26, 2007

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Helen Simpson (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 50/50 Killer (Paperback)

At the beginning of each chapter the reader is given the date and the time in relation to dawn. Before I got to know the characters and realise who was who, this didn't mean much to me. However, as the book moves on and it becomes a race against time it added to the sense of urgency. I also liked how each chapter was a different character, written in the first person.

I had mixed feelings about the epilogue, feeling that one of the victims was being let down by a character I'd liked. However, I could also see that maybe it would be a good outcome for the people involved after their own personal experiences.

Overall, an original and interesting thriller with a couple of really good twists.