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This is an immensely readable story;it’s fast paced, exciting and has a good plot. The killer has a good motive and his psychopathy is wrapped up in the beauty of death and not the love of gore. It means that the murders, while horrible, aren’t gratuitously violent or gory. The killer was the most interesting character in this story. He’s so ordinary to observe and yet absolutely insane, and other than targeting Eve, he kills randomly.
''The Beautiful Dead'' reminded me of Thomas Harris’s ''Red Dragon''; there were a lot of similarities but while Harris’s story gave me many sleepless nights, Bauer’s story I could read with ease. I did like this book and I would happily recommend it to a friend; it just lacked the tension needed to make a good book like this spectacular.
Thank you to the publishers, author and the Bookbag for my review copy. We also have a review of [[Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer]]. For more from this author check out [[Finders Keepers by Belinda Bauer|Finders Keepers]]. And if you like the sound of this story, then you must read [[The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris]].
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