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In the Deep Woods
by Nicholas Conde
Product Group: Book
Publisher: St. Martin's Press (1990-01-01)
ISBN: 0312920946
EAN: 9780312920944
Mass Market Paperback: 354 pages
SKU: 4843
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Good. BK:Good/DJ:. Creases on the covers.
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Customer Reviews
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A Serial Killer Strikes Close to Home
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-07-06
This is a sufficiently engaging thriller about a woman who becomes involved in the investigation of a serial killer case when one of her best friends is discovered to have been a victim of the killer. The revelation of the perpetrator, when it comes, doesn't really provide us with any additional insights into the psychology of a serial killer. It doesn't answer any of the perennially perplexing "Why's?" Probably these answers don't exist yet.
And don't expect any CSI-style forensics here. This book was written in 1989, before it became almost mandatory to mention petechiae and pus.
This is an escapist novel - a good airport read, a good end-of-the-day curled up with a cup of tea read. But the book has too many improbabilities to be a realistic portrayal. For one thing, the protagonist is allowed to enter and even poke around a crime scene. Not likely in real life.
Then it almost seems as if the author of this book might be a woman using a man's name as pseudonym - because there is a great deal of what might be a woman's wish fulfillment going on here. So many of the men who crop up in these pages take an immediate romantic interest in the protagonist - and not in a typically guy Mickey Spillane way, but in a "let's have dinner at the Fireplace Room" way. Although the protagonist is undoubtedly attractive, she is not Miss America young, and she has the rather reclusive work of writing/illustrating children's books. In the real world, it's unlikely such a woman would have so many opportunities. It could only happen in novels written with a calculating eye to pleasing a female readership.
To be fair though, this bevy of suitors might not be all they seem. One of them could be the killer, with sinister ulterior motives for wanting to get closer to Carol Warren. The author does successfully keep us guessing which one, if any, of these men might be a maniac behind his too-good-to-be-true façade.
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Interesting Serial Killer...maybe
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-05-30
For a serial killer book, it was not so good, but as a book to keep you guessing until the end it was great. The main character, Carol, is naïve and sees herself as a real investigator in trying to solve this case.
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Dreadful!
Rating  (2)
Date: 2002-11-08
The motivations and behaviors of most of the characters are either random or studid. You cannot make every character in a book crazy / disturbed / disfunctional! It would make no less sense to have any one of the suspects turn out to be the killer, based on a quick rewrite of a few paragraphs. That's not the way a mystery is supposed to work. Too many times, the heroine acts in a way that makes sense only because it will further complicate the plot. Surely no woman would have created this pathetic character. Probably the worst "thriller" I've ever actually finished (saving it from a 1 star rating).
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Prolific Serial Killer Defies Capture
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-06-28
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nicolas Conde' has written a particularly gripping tale about the effect on ordinary people when a serial killer is on the loose. He captures the terror without graphically describing the horror. The actual killing is left to the imagination, which detracts not one bit from this thriller. As you view the events through Carol Warren, author and illustrator of childrens' books, you find your heart pounding with suspense. Carol's best friend becomes a victim, then another friend. Carol is approached at a bookstore autograph session by a man who claims to be an investigator who has a list of suspects. She is both put off and yet drawn to this man. I found this book difficult to put down and smugly assumed half-way through that I had easily identified the killer! Well, happily I was wrong and I was in for a roller coaster of events right up until the end. My only regret is that I have found no other books by this author. I highly recommend "In the Deep Woods" by Nicolas Conde' for anyone looking for a very well written mystery thriller. Enjoy!
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