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Title: Second half ruins novel. Good concept, bad execution.
Review: I've never read McBain before, but I have read three Hunter novels. So the first half of this book, the part by Hunter, is just what I expected and quite interesting...The first half of the book ends with us realizing how obsessed Thorpe is and wondering what steps he will take to satify his desires and also wondering if he will ever get caught.Then the second half begins and the book is ruined. Several detectives are investigating the murder of a prostitute. Thorpe turns out to be one of a few suspects. The detectives research more of Thorpe, and the two worlds connect a little but never collide.I kept waiting for Thorpe to be a significant player in the second half of the book. But he never is, and thus the first half of the book is a waste. And so is the second half and its own extremely weak conclusion.
