Blood victory

Christopher Rice, 1978-

Book - 2020

"As the test subject of an experimental drug, Charlotte Rowe was infused with extraordinary powers. As the secret weapon of a mysterious consortium, she baits evil predators and stops them in their tracks. But it takes more than fear to trigger what's coursing through Charlotte's blood. She needs to be terrorized. Serial killer Cyrus Mattingly is up to the task.Cyrus is a long-haul truck driver, and his cargo bay is a gallery of horrors on wheels. To stop his bloodshed, Charlotte will become his next victim, reining in her powers so she can face each of his evils in turn. As much as they know about Cyrus - his method of selecting victims, his prolonged rituals - there is something they don't. What happens on the dark and... lonely highways is only the journey. It's the destination that's truly depraved. Before she can unleash vengeance on a scale this killer has never seen, Charlotte and her team will have to go the distance into hell."--Publisher.

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Genres
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Action and adventure fiction
Published
Seattle : Thomas & Mercer [2020]
Language
English
Main Author
Christopher Rice, 1978- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
318 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781542014724
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In bestseller Rice's exciting third Burning Girl thriller (after 2019's Blood Echo), Charlotte "Charley" Rowe, who was tricked into taking a drug that gave her superhuman strength in her first outing, continues to work with members of the Consortium, a group that identifies and eliminates serial killers. This cause is particularly meaningful to Charley, because her mother was murdered by serial killers who were also the very people who raised her from infancy. The Consortium is now targeting Cyrus Mattingly, a long-haul Texas trucker. Charley must fool Cyrus into thinking she's going to be his next victim, and then overpower him and ensure that he leads her to any women he might be holding captive. Not a typical serial killer, Cyrus is involved with something much bigger, and he uses methods against Charley that threaten her sanity. Meanwhile, some members of the Consortium decide it's not in their best interests to allow Charley to succeed and perhaps even to remain alive. Cyrus's true story unravels to dramatic effect. Fans of paranormal suspense will be well satisfied. Agent: Lynn Nesbit, Janklow & Nesbit. (Aug.)

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A woman with an appalling past catches killers using superhuman powers. Noah Turlington has invented Zypraxon, a drug with endless possibilities, and pharmaceutical company owner Cole Graydon, his friend and sometime lover, has helped him develop its powers. Cole has added partners to Project Bluebird, but despite their past difficulties, he trusts Noah more than their new investors to protect Charlotte Rowe, the only person they've found who can use her newfound powers without dying. Zypraxon turns Charley, whose mother was murdered by serial killers who then raised her until she escaped, into a person so strong she can rip anything apart with her bare hands. Now she's made it her mission to track down murderers. Charley and her boyfriend, former lawman Luke Prescott, are on the trail of Cyrus Mattingly, a long-haul trucker who's been kidnapping and killing women. Both hunters wears high-tech lenses that feed everything they see to Cole's bunker in Kansas, from which he watches Charley troll Mattingly under a false identity in the hope that he'll choose her as his next victim. The stakes are high because the only time Charley unleashes paradrenaline in her bloodstream, and the only time Project Bluebird can harvest her blood for use in prospective drugs, is when she's genuinely terrified. While Cole and Noah secretly battle the partners, who see Charley as nothing but a lab rat and urge her to quit her hunt, Charley manages to get Mattingly to grab her, leading to a series of grisly and unexpected discoveries. The third Burning Girl thriller lacks novelty but still has action aplenty for superhero fans. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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