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When the woman with whom he has been having an online affair is murdered by a serial killer specializing in female clients of EROS, an exclusive, erotic online service, Harper Cole devises a plan to impersonate his dead lover online, in the hopes of leading the killer out into the open. Read by Jay O. Sanders.
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Raymond Chandler once proclaimed that the first-person narrator should never turn out to be the villain in a good mystery or thriller. Luckily, the excellent writer Greg Iles has seemingly ignored Chandler's advice. Iles has created a character--Harper Cole, a futures trader and online pornographer--who could very well be the person killing off subscribers to his Internet sex service. Or is it Miles Turner, Cole's very odd colleague? If you thought that stalking a killer on the Internet had been done to death in books and bad movies, this one will have you pushing the reload button on your browser. Other Iles books in paperback include Black Cross and Spandau Phoenix.
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It starts with a call to the New Orleans police that Harper has information about a recent murder that may be connected to six other women in five states spread across the country. When these women are all found to be murder victims, seemingly not-connected to one another, then the FBI and various police departments all are in a frenzy to talk to Harper, who becomes the number one suspect.
I plowed through to page 93 and wondered if I should stop as this book had far too many words, paragraphs and yes even pages for me. I decided to stop for the night and maybe start again the subsequent day. The subsequent day I started again and by speed reading large chunks I finally got so enthralled that I could not stop reading until I turned page 564 at the end. An abridged version would have been a much better read, but even with this fault I give this book five stars which is a level that only twenty five percent of my reviews get.
Ikes tells the story by interweaving surprise after surprise but yet manages to hide important revelations until the very end. If you only read one of his books I defiantly recommend this book.
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love this book fantastic history he is the best the tile says it all . i recomend this audio story. the best love it love it,
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When I started this book, I almost put it down when I learned that this was about an on-line erotic website and I expected maybe this was just going to be one sex scene after another, but it turned out not to be. This was a very exciting thriller that I found difficult to put down. The plot involved a doctor and his wife/concubine who were working on some twisted scientific theory, gathering specimins for their experiments. Well, there's more to it than that of course, but in comes the main character, Harper Cole who works as a SYSOP for this website. Harper has some secrets that come into play and eventually lead the killers to his doorstep. Harper was certainly a flawed character who was attempting to do the 'right' thing. Harper is married to Drewe, a local doctor. Drewe is the sister of Erin, who is the mother of Holly. Unknown to Drewe, her husband is the father of her sister's daughter.
Oh-oh, that could be trouble. Drewe was probably the most likable character in the book and she turned out to be a lot stronger than I or her husband expected. Anyway, this book has plenty of action and plenty of great subplots going on dealing with the family situation and in the end they all tie in together. This is the second book I've read by Greg Iles and the second one that was over 600 pages and definately did not seem that long. This is a quick read and and easy recommend. Not a boring moment in it. Even the discussions of computereze were made interesting although some time I had no idea what they were talking about, being technologically challenged as I am.
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I originally bought this book because of Greg Iles' connection to Ole Miss (my daughter just graduated from Ole Miss).
But, I have to say what a surprise find this was. I loved this book. There were always twists and turns that kept you pulled into the book. I love his style of writing. He gives lots of details but he makes those details interesting. You don't want to skim through those filler details like most books. It makes the books I have read in the last year or so pale in comparison. I have subsquently bought 8 more of his books and have them stacked to read.
As a Mississippian, I think his books are ten times better than John Grisham (another Ole Miss alumni).
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Mortal Fear is a truly chilling story. Harper Cole is a futures trader, he is also a key employee in an online erotic website whose primary patrons are wealthy women. Cole is the very first to realize that some of his clients are being killed off in in bizzarre, violent ways. The M.O.'s don't match, but one thing does: each of these women has had their pinneal glands removed and Harper Cole is the FBI's number one suspect. Cole has no choice but to be his own advocate and so begins a cat and mouse game between himself disguised as his own sister-in-law and a brilliant serial killer.
Author Greg Iles uses the fact that the anonymous nature of the internet breeds both brutal honesty and the ability to be as deceptive as we like. This anonymity is an illusion that is only a click away for a skilled computer hacker and therein lies the really frightening atmosphere that is created. The most chilling parts of the book take place between the disguised Cole and the Killer nicknamed "Brahma" by the FBI. We learn the secret past of this killer and also the secret darkness that Harper Cole has hidden deeply within. What makes this so chilling is the readers realization of his/her own darkness; the things that we keep tightly within ourselves for fear that the masks that we wear will be torn away revealing a demon beneath.
Mortal Fear is a frighteningly pleasureable read that hits at the core of what it means to be three dimensional beings that contain within all the worlds darkness and all the worlds light.
A must read for fans of subtle horror.
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