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A Lapse, January 8, 2001
This review is from: The Stalking Man (Mass Market Paperback)
Coughlin has written a number of very readable lawyer novels. I have always felt he was among the very best of that genre. Not great prose, but entertaining and interesting reading. This book is certainly not anywhere near his usual quality. It is not badly written and has a somewhat believable and interesting plot if you can stand the repeated murder descriptions (OK, it is about a serial killer, so there will have to be some repeating), but why read this book if you are looking for one of the more typical Coughlin narratives? Select one of his other novels and ignore this one because it is probably his worst.
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the stalking man, July 9, 2000
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I may have missed something, but, the story never really told why he hated women so much,,Did he hate his Mother??? A lover??? The hunt could be for men as well as women, what did I miss???
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A Criminal Of Unusual Perceptions., October 8, 2005
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A Stalking man can be of any persuation, profession, nationality, and age. This one is no amateur, as he'd been proclaimed "cured" and deemed no longer a danger to society. He was a Jack the Ripper of the past. Edward Teague doesn't leave proof.
Dr. Winkler left clues as to his next victim, spelling out the word, Stalker. St. Louis was circled on his map, as were Toledo, Akron, Louisville, Kokomo, Indianapolis, Niles, and Grand Rapids. This guy did get around. He'd been trained as a youngster to be a deer stalker, and used that knowledge to choose his victims in bars, on the streets, at parties, wherever.
He's on a cross-country hunt, Nazi-style, as he is clearly smarter than the law and knows how to circumnavigate around their messes. He has cunning and precision, honed while locked away, and enjoyed the thrill of the chase as he outran and out-maneuvered the police detectives. He is a sadistic killer who has returned home to take his revenge and have a bit of fun choosing his victims. He got his thrills from watching the terror the 'willing' victims had brought down on themselves.
A stalker is dangerous, as you never know when he may go 'off' and decide that 'this is the day' to do his business and get it over with. The D.A.'s office investigates but don't do anything to prevent the crime. If there were no crime, there'd be no need for a District Attorney and his enclave of lawyers no capable of having an office of their own. Crimes and criminals are their business. This one thinks he is above the law, but no one ever is. They all get caught in the end. And God will cause the perpetrator more pain than he could ever possibly put on his victims. He may tell himself that they were 'just asking for it,' but that is not the answer. A crime is a crime and must be vindicated.
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