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Title: Butchery
Review: I have read several Phillip Margolin books and liked them.But this one is too much.Stolen body parts. A self-amputated hand. A re-attached OTHER hand. Not one, not two, but many basement butcher shops--for butchering people.Plastic surgery to evade the mob. Not one but two people planting serial-killer clues to frame others.People getting shot and dying instantly. People getting shot and not dying at all.Mob enforcers dressed as doctors. Someone stabbed through the ear with a bed-spring.YES!All this and more in one book, to ruin your lunch.Margolin is a master of the twist and double-twist, the unexpected swerve at the end.But in this book, I foresaw the real killer 50 pages in, and found the zigs and zags tiresome.Two stars off for one or more serial killers. Tired, tired plot device.One star off for telegraphing his punches.One star off for too damn much blood and gore. Revolting. Laughable.On the plus side, Amanda and her father are quite likable.
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