Welcome to today's stop on the Ted Dekker The Bride Collector Book blog tour!
Thanks to Hachette Publishing I got a chance to finally read one of Ted Dekker's Books! Boy was I glad I got the chance!
The premise: FBI Special Agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellbeing and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.
It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift: the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body. In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlists Paradise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends this strange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most 'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whether sanity resides outside the hospital walls...or inside.
As the Bride Collector increases the pace and volume of his gruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal to Raines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensic psychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target. The FBI believes that the killer plans to murder seven women. Can Paradise help before it's too late?
This was a great read! The book is really fast paced and I finished it in 3 sitings (only because I was too tired, otherwise it would have been 2)! The characters are wonderfully drawn out and the plot goes back and forth between the FBI agents, the suspect and the subjects at the Center for Wellbeing. The whole time I was reading the book I was thinking of the tv show Numb3rs. The characters reminded me of the cast and the chemistry between them is echoed in the book. the book doesn't follow the typical police procedural path and that makes it interesting! I would definitely recommend
Check out your own copy when it goes on sale April 13th!
Author info:
Dekker has sold millions worldwide, and began his career writing fantasy novels that explored spirituality and has since become a major force in the mainstream fiction arena with his recent thrillers.His novel "House" has become a feature films, and more of his books are in development with Lionsgate Entertainment.
Dekker was born to missionaries and grew up among cannibals of Indonesia, and his peculiar upbringing gives him a unique perspective outside the cultural bubble, allowing him the freedom to share provocative insights in his fiction. After leaving Indonesia, Dekker graduated from a multi-cultural high school and took up permanent residence in the United States, earning his B.A. in philosophy and religion and going into business. In the early nineties, Dekker decided to pursue his desire to write fiction, selling his company, moving his family to the mountains of western Colorado, and writing full-time. Two years and three books later his first novel, a supernatural thriller was published.
Check out his website HERE.