Thursday, June 8, 2017

Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver

A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being 'remembered' is the following day - the day the police find a kidnapped teenage girl in the trunk of a car, left for dead. Special Agent Kathryn Dance, kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, is on the case. The teenage victim points her to an online community where criticism is vicious. It looks as though one teen has finally snapped. Then further crosses appear. Now Dance must race against the clock to find the attacker before he can carry out his deadly plans for revenge ...in the cyber world and the real. 

A very good mystery with lots of twists and red herrings.  Some of the bits about cyber-bullying made me very glad I was in High School before the internet.  Some of the stuff about on line role playing games was really interesting.  Overall a very good book.

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