Instinct
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Average rating3.8
The life Dr. Dylan Reinhart saves may be his own
Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally--he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene--along with a threatening message from the killer--it looks like someone has been taking notes.
Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene--a playing card. Another murder, another card--and now Dylan suspects that the cards aren't a signature, they're a deadly hint--pointing directly toward the next victim.
As tabloid headlines about the killer known as "The Dealer" scream from newstands, New York City descends into panic. With the cops at a loss, it's up to Dylan to hunt down a serial killer unlike any the city has ever seen. Only someone with Dylan's expertise can hope to go inside the mind of a criminal and convince The Dealer to lay down his cards. But after thinking like a criminal--could Dylan become one?
A heart-pounding novel of suspense more shocking than any tabloid true crime story, Instinct (Originally published as Murder Games) introduces the next unforgettable character from the imagination of James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author.
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3 primary books#1 in Instinct
Instinct is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by James Patterson and Howard Roughan.
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Very good. I really enjoyed this one. Looking forward to the next story in this series.
loved the book and enjoyed it even more when I accidently saw an ad for the new fall shows . I was half way through the book when I saw this and then read the rest with the picture of the actor that will play the professor's part in the TV series . The only thing is I bet they will use this story and all of us who have read book will know what is coming.
Wasted potential.
It's not a bad book at all, but it could've been so much more. The characters, especially Elizabeth, and the premise were interesting, but the execution really brought the rating down by a few points.
This may be me, but when reading a thriller, I want to be able to solve the case either along side them or before them, based on clues given in the text, and this was hard to do when the information was given to us afterwards the MC, Dylan, understood what was going on or it was omitted when the character found it out, just to be revealed later. Also, the fact that the serial killer was a person introduced towards the end was a bit anticlimactic and made it obvious that it was him.
The writing is not bad, but sometimes it's redundant or explains what the characters are saying or their dynamics in a conversation, when it's already clear. Seems like the author underestimates our ability to understand the book lol.
