UNSUB

A Novel

De: Meg Gardiner

Narrado por: Hillary Huber

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2--A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier.

Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB—what the FBI calls an unknown subject—the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in the 1990s and nearly destroyed her father, the lead investigator on the case.

The Prophet’s cryptic messages and mind games drove Detective Mack Hendrix to the brink of madness, and Mack’s failure to solve the series of ritualized murders—eleven seemingly unconnected victims left with the ancient sign for Mercury etched into their flesh—was the final nail in the coffin for a once promising career.

Twenty years later, two bodies are found bearing the haunting signature of the Prophet. Caitlin Hendrix has never escaped the shadow of her father’s failure to protect their city. But now the ruthless madman is killing again and has set his sights on her, threatening to undermine the fragile barrier she rigidly maintains for her own protection, between relentless pursuit and dangerous obsession.

Determined to decipher his twisted messages and stop the carnage, Caitlin ignores her father’s warnings as she draws closer to the killer with each new gruesome murder. Is it a copycat, or can this really be the same Prophet who haunted her childhood? Will Caitlin avoid repeating her father’s mistakes and redeem her family name, or will chasing the Prophet drag her and everyone she loves into the depths of the abyss?

Superb !!

Meg Gardiner has quickly become one of my favorite authors. This series always leaves me wanting more and Unsub is no different.. With dispenser, gore and an 'anything goes' attitude, you'll burn through this one in no time.

loveeeee

Such a great book! kept you hooked all the way through. 10/10 would listen again

Loved it

I know I really like a book when I keep rewinding to make sure I didn’t miss anything. The narrator wasn’t the best choice and there were times the director could have had her reread lines that didn’t sound right for situation- enough so to stand out. Plus, no Bay Area native refers to BART as a subway, and some locales were mispronounced, which was lazy. But overall this story is great, I’d have no issues if I’d just read it.

Must read for Criminal Minds fans!

Fantastic! I love the methodology/MO of the killer. I've read the inspiration for his kills a few times and I suspected he was following it, but it was just vague enough to keep me guessing. Impressive. Can't wait for the rest of the series and the show. Thanks for the rec, Stephen King!

Only complaint is that the narrator is a little dull. She makes Caitlin sound older than she is, but the writing was so good it barely registered as more than a minor annoyance.

Unsub was a wild ride!

this was a book that lived on my wishlist for a long time, I'm disappointed It took me this long to listen.