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Title: He Must Have Red Dragon on His Night Stand
Review: A former serial killer profiler for the FBI recovers on an island with his new wife and new baby...until a former colleague brings him a file to look at...the file intrigues him...he gets the scent again...the murders are inspired by famous renaissance paintings...This is my first, and now only, Michael Connelly book I've read...prodded by all the good reviews here...The above description fits DARKNESS, but it could also fit Thomas Harris's first Hannibal book, RED DRAGON, which is a classic of the genre, whereas DARKNESS is just business - selling tired plots without a clearly drawn central evil-doer (unlike, obviously, Hannibal)...the film producer of DARKNESS is only shown at the defense table reacting to the trial...the actual perps are only tossed in at the end...an in between you get an average level of police-procedural dialogue...An extremely disappointing read.
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