The Last Victim [Paperback]

Kevin O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005

At first, Bridget Corrigan’s work with her twin brother’s senatorial campaign is an exciting distraction from the trauma of her messy divorce. But everything changes when Bridget is reminded of the secret she and Brad have kept since high school, a secret that could destroy the campaign – and their lives. Someone else knows what they did. Someone who’s been picking off the members of their little group one by one… His job keeps him busy. He follows them, photographs them, and immortalizes them on canvas. He knows exactly how they’ll look when the last breath is drawn, because he has planned out their deaths with perfect precision. And the best is yet to come: Bridget Corrigan. He has very special plans for her portrait – she just doesn’t know it yet… With every “accident” that befalls the members of her old clique, Bridget feels danger edging closer to home. Yet uncovering the truth about the killer would mean revealing what happened that horrible night years ago. She’ll have to find someone to trust – the question is, who? Because turning to the wrong person could be the last mistake she ever makes…

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle; First Printing edition (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786016620
• ISBN-13: 978-0786016624
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,327,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kevin shines on, April 16, 2011

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S. K. Dunn "Oregon Grandma" (Oregon) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Last Victim (Kindle Edition)

I don't think I have read a Kevin O'Brien book that I did not like. One always better than the next, and this is no exception. Good plot

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, December 21, 2005

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J. Lewis "Bookworm and Music Lover" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Victim (Paperback)

This is my first Kevin O'Brien novel and while it was an exciting read, it had a rather predictable ending. Alpha male, Brad Corrigan, is running for state Senate in Oregon with the help of his twin sister Bridget who works as his campaign manager. However, the twins have a deep dark secret from high school that they share with a few other students that will doom his campaign if it is ever made public. However, a few of their friends involved in this secret are suddenly getting killed. Characters in this one are somewhat shallow and a typical reader cannot identify with any of them. I'll give one of his other novels a try before I judge Mr. O'Brien too harshly.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings, September 20, 2005

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William M Miller (Bronxville, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Victim (Paperback)

I have mixed feelings about this new Kevin O'Brien novel. I read all his work, so I think I'm a good and fair judge. As always, his writing is technically very well done and it flows nicely, but the story this time was lacking in many departments. Much of the dialogue felt melodramatic and at times -- gulp! -- it seemed like a tv-movie-of-the-week. The dialogue for Janice's character seemed way over the top, as did the Senatorial candidate Jim Foley.

I've read way too many stories about the cliched plot where a childhood secret comes back to haunt the protagonist. I didn't feel the killer in this was very credible, intelligent, or scary at all. He was just a crazy painter with a strange obsession that's never explained. In conclusion, I just didn't feel that Kevin was very inspired in writing this book. It felt like a paycheck. I want the dark, edgy author that gave us "Make Them Cry" back. That book dripped with evil and was a much better read.

SPOILER: When Siegel steps in a puddle of paint thinner, I highly doubt that his entire body would be engulfed in wild flames because his sock was wet.