THE POSTCARD KILLERS

THE POSTCARD KILLERS by James Patterson and Liza Marklund

From the book jacket:

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities.  But the sights aren't what draw him - he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.

Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome.  Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead.  Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm - and they think they know where the next victims will be.  With relentless logic and unstoppable action, THE POSTCARD KILLERS may be James Patterson's most vivid and compelling thriller yet.

I had been reading Christmas books and decided to take a break with something different.  Different was an understatement!

This was a typical Patterson book with short chapters and lots of action.  The descriptions of the murders were gruesome, not for the faint of heart.  I didn't find the character of Jacob Kanon to be a nice person - he was so full of anger and hate, which I guess would be expected as he was looking for the killers of his only daughter.  Still, he was, to me, unlikeable.

Now it's time to get back to some sweet, simple books to get those murder scenes out of my head.