漠sivaizduok savo did啪iausi膮 baim臋 鈥� ir pa啪velk baisiausiam ko拧marui 寞 akis... 沤inau, ko tu mirtinai bijai...
Vienoje Los And啪elo ba啪ny膷ioje prie altoriaus laipt懦 randamas kruvinas kunigo k奴nas: teismo medicinos ekspert懦 komanda ant jo kr奴tin臈s aptinka krauju u啪ra拧yt膮 trejet膮.
I拧 prad啪i懦 detektyvui Robertui Hanteriui pasirod臈, kad tai ritualin臈 啪mog啪udyst臈, bet kai v臈liau atsirado daugiau lavon懦, teko pakeisti nuomon臋. Visi tie 啪mon臈s buvo nukankinti nusikalt臈lio, puikiai 啪inojusio, ko aukos savo gyvenime labiausiai bijojo, taigi visos mir臈 patyrusios 啪od啪iais nenusakom膮 ko拧mar膮.
Robertas Hanteris leid啪iasi med啪ioti itin 啪iauraus ir gudraus 啪udiko, ko gero, geban膷io skaityti 啪mogaus mintis. Nusikalt臈lio, kuris visk膮 i拧mano apie kiekvieno giliausiai slepiam膮 jausm膮 鈥� baim臋.
The idea of making it personal and investing, time, effort, and hate to find the most feared death and torture methods is something ungrateful victims ought learn to appreciate because, in heaven or pandemonium, targets of more animalistic and primitive serial killers will certainly be envious that these was been given a special treatment they couldn麓t hope for, just oldfashioned, anachronistic stuff such as stereotypical torture, rape, and mutilation without the sadist麓s time and love invested to find an individual treatment.
Many of the newer psychothriller slasher authors add forensics, detailed infodumpy technical descriptions, and psychological analytics to the mix, but Carter is mastering it with extra high speed, just enough characterization needed, and full focus on the true stars of the genres, the monsters and the methods and expertise of the hunters.
Something thought beyond, subjective and just rudimentarily related to the current state of the investigation, is how technology will enable serial killers to torture, rape, and keep alive victims for months, years, or immortalities. Because, endless life, not aging plus highly advanced future medicine doesn麓t just mean jay, but also forever real life hell.
Carter changes the main motivation and background of the killers such as revenge, hate, madness, trauma, sadism, etc. in each novel, which makes it interesting in that way that the real psychological background of all kind of demons can be analyzed and understood, that the motives seem somewhat, from an inhuman and bonkers perspective, in itself logical. Not in all cases, of course, most are just real rectums, recti, rect whatever, but in the 6 or 7 novels I have read so far 2 serial killers had motives that went beyond just loving it and could be explained in their monologues or with Hunter麓s analysis.
A wiki walk can be as refreshing to the mind as a walk through nature in this completely overrated real life outside books:
Wow! I don't quite know what goes on in Chris Carters head but boy does he have an imagination!! This book sucks you in from the very first page and does not let go until you're finished. "The Executioner" may not be for the squeamish but it is definitely for me, exactly what I like in my murder/serial killer novels......gore, possible sadistic ritualistic murders, by a killer who knows exactly "what scares you to death", police detectives that you form a relationship with and a storyline that has you totally in its grips! I loved the partnership between Robert Hunter and Carlos Garcia and would probably say that they are my favourite cop duo. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and would seriously recommend it to lovers of this genre. Looking forward to reading "I am Death"!!!!!
Carter returns with an explosive second thriller, as exciting as The Crucifix Killer. When a priest is found horrifically murdered in his own church, Detectives Hunter and Garcia begin the investigation into the odd and ritualistic act, unsure who or what is lurking in the shadows. What looks like a horrific killing on the surface soon becomes part of a string of brutal slayings with a focus on the deepest fears of the victims. The storyline is soon picked up by a young reporter who wants nothing more than to put the LAPD in the spotlight and Hunter on the defensive. Working with a new captain, Hunter must adapt his unorthodox style while still cracking the case wide open. As more bodies emerge, Hunter and Garcia to use all the resources at their disposal, including a teenager who has visions of the slaying before they happen. While piecing together the motive of the killer, Hunter and Garcia discover a storyline that is as deep as it is complicated, taking them back to the lives of all the victims, looking for similarities. What they find creates a backstory that neither expected to discover. With great cliffhangers at the end of each chapter, Carter hooks the reader early and won't let go until all is revealed. Sure to keep the reader up well into the night, Carter's fan club will grow exponentially by the end of the story.
Carter not only entertains with his writing, but offers a strong social commentary on a deeply concerning issue. Weaving one of the most powerful serial killer plots I've read in years, Carter pulls no punches. His attention to detail brings the story to life, with stomach-churning detail and narration. No reader will put this book down and feel it is too superficial, as they fly through chapters at the speed of light. Carter is an author that ought to be placed on the radar of readers interested in the likes of John Verdon and John Case, who paved the way in the genre.
Kudos, Mr. Carter for such a powerful book. I could not put it down when I started and am so happy to have stumbled upon your collection of novels.
This second book by Chris Carter didn鈥檛 disappoint. Bodies keep piling up around Hunter and Carlos鈥攎ore gruesome, more intense and bloodier than the first.
What I love about this series, apart from the main characters鈥攚ere the depths in the killer鈥檚 motives. The back stories were realistic and articulately drawn, quite sad in a chilling kind of way, it gives the readers a chance to sympathize to the victims and the killers at the same time. The cliffhangers at the end of every chapter added more excitement and anticipation. That really worked for me.
Also, every crime scene offered different levels of sadism and rage. Only someone with a heart of stone wouldn鈥檛 feel unsettled or unaffected by the vivid descriptions of the killings. Scary!
Action-packed, thrilling, heart-pounding and creative! Can鈥檛 get enough. On to the next book.
A guy in cassock is killed. There's no head, a dog head stuck in his neck instead. The murder is extremely violent and the show begins. Not any porn but exceptionally well crafted thriller.
There is some supernatural thing. Overall, I dislike supernatural stuff but in this case it not spoils the story. The book is equally good as the first.
One of the best thrillers I've ever read. Revenge by a serial killer. If you like Tess Gerritsen's stuff or The Snowman by Jo Nesbo this book should be for you. What a ride it is! A lot of dead bodies and the killer is exceptionally cruel.
I think I've now realized I don't care for supernatural happenings in my detective/crime fiction. This was interesting to me until a character showed up with "visions." I liked the premise that people were being killed by their worst fear; that could have been a real psychological thriller for me.
Okay....It's official. Chris Carter is my new favorite author!!! Since finishing this book I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. Already have them on their way to me via Amazon. Let's just talk about the author a minute. He's from Brazil and is part Italian. Was an exotic male dancer and played in various rock bands before deciding to write. It's true, I have a big ole' fan girl crush on him. I mean what's not to love? Oh yeah and he writes some darn good books as well.
Nat眉rlich ist "Der Vollstrecker" ein guter Thriller. Aber f眉r mich ist es nicht mal ann盲hernd ein 5-Sterne-Kandidat und nicht den gro脽en Bohei wert, der um Chris Carter gemacht wird. Der Fall ist spannend, das Tempo flott, die Spr眉che cool, ja. Aber im Endeffekt ist es exakt das gleiche Schema wie schon in Band 1 und damit irgendwie austauschbar. Dazu noch dieser "magische" Einschlag, der mir leider gar nicht gefallen hat. Dennoch 眉berlege ich, weiter mit der Reihe zu machen, weil es gute Popcorn-Unterhaltung f眉r zwischendurch ist.
"Ik kon niet stoppen met lezen en moest absoluut weten hoe het zou aflopen en wie de dader was. Ook dit was weer een verrassing van formaat en een goede afsluiter van een geweldig boek. Laat dat derde deel maar niet te lang wachten, want ik sta zeker op de voorste rij om dit nieuwe deel te gaan lezen."
A sinopse de O Carrasco do Medo saltou-me 脿 vista e quis logo pegar nele. N茫o li o primeiro livro de Chris Carter, mas nem isso me fez demover de ler o seu segundo livro publicado em Portugal, pela Topseller.
A viol锚ncia 茅 o prato principal de O Carrasco do Medo. Come莽a pelo assassinato de um padre com requintes que excedem o impens谩vel. O padre, querido pela comunidade, 茅 decapitado e, no lugar da sua cabe莽a, est谩 uma cabe莽a de c茫o.
O detective chamado para a cena do crime j谩 茅 conhecido dos leitores por ter aparecido no primeiro livro do autor de origem brasileira, mas para os estreantes como eu foi uma excelente surpresa. Gostei bastante de Hunter que mostra, e prova, ser um detective inteligente, com uma cultura geral acima da m茅dia, e com quem 茅 f谩cil trabalhar. ...
Me ha gustado un poco menos que el primero. Tiene algunas cosas que se pueden perdonar en un primer libro, pero que ya en el segundo molestan un poco m谩s. Espero que en los siguientes eso vaya cambiando. Por ejemplo, 驴Hunter para qu茅 tiene un compa帽ero? Garc铆a no sirve para nada ni hace nada, y deber铆a, porque es detective igual que Hunter. El autor le tiene como a la t铆pica -y poco querida- damisela en apuros. Tambi茅n tengo la sensaci贸n de que o bien el autor -que lo dudo, por sus estudios y por el tiempo que trabaj贸 en ello- o el traductor confunden el termino criminolog铆a con criminal铆stica (o ciencias forenses), y no es lo mismo.
Al principio el caso se estaba pareciendo demasiado a uno de los cap铆tulos de Mentes criminales, pero al final, menos mal, no termina igual.
Algunas actitudes de M贸nica/Mollie me han puesto nerviosa. Creo que con 17 a帽os, y despu茅s de vivir sola por unos 3 a帽os, deber铆a ser m谩s madura. Pero bueno, se puede perdonar.
Por supuesto no es todo malo. El libro te atrapa y engancha, tiene muy buen ritmo, el caso es muy interesante, y tiene un nuevo personaje, la capitana Blake. Y a mi personalmente me gusta que los protagonistas sean los m谩s listos xD.
Enjoying this series on audio. Could have done without the supernatural element and Robert Hunter is just too perfect, but apart from that, exciting and dark story, onto book 3.
No te mata de miedo pero s铆 te mata la traducci贸n y los comentarios machistas. La historia es la cl谩sica de asesino en serie muy teatral. Entretenido, al menos.
The Executioner by Chris Carter was more gruesome than the Crucifix Killer Carter i must say has gone into great detail about how a serial killers mind works.
A priest Father fabian is found with his head decapitated & a slain dogs head pressed into his neck so detective Robert Hunter & detective carlos Garcia are brought in to solve the case.
While looking into father Fabians past the find out he predicted his own death & the way it was going to happen. turns out he was a bully to others when he was younger & joined the priest hood to cover up his past he was a member of The Strutter Gang which picked on everyone they deemed not like them.
Then while Hunter & Garcia were looking into fabian's past Amanda Reilly was found dead her face peeling off with other horrendous injuries they find a girl named Mollie who was continually raped By John Woods but she has powers to see who is going to be next & how they are going to die.
Its a race against time to find out who the killers are I wont say anything more about this book as i will give away spoilers .
My view on this book Chris Caters mind is amazing to write about serial killers the way he does loved the plot virtually everything about this book.
Als ein junger Ministrant morgens zu seinem Dienst f眉r die Fr眉hmesse erscheint, merkt er gleich, dass heute irgendwas anders ist. Doch mit dem, was er in der Kirche findet, hat er nicht gerechnet: Pater Fabian, der Priester, liegt ermordet vor den Altarstufen. An der Stelle, wo sich sein Kopf befand, liegt ein Hundekopf 鈥� eine Szene, die selbst erfahrene Polizisten sofort wieder rausrennen l盲sst. Schlie脽lich wird der Fall Detective Robert Hunter und sein Kollege Garcia 眉bergeben, die sich sofort an die Arbeit machen: Wer k枚nnte denn etwas gegen einen harmlosen katholischen Priester haben? Leider bleibt Pater Fabian nicht das einzige Opfer und bevor die beiden Ermittler eine richtige Spur haben, wird schon das n盲chste Mordopfer aufgefunden. Die brutal get枚tete Frau war Immobilienmaklerin und hatte scheinbar gar nichts mit dem Priester zu tun鈥� k枚nnen die Polizisten den Zusammenhang finden, bevor es weitere Menschen trifft? ______________________
Wow, endlich mal wieder ein Thriller, wo ich vollkommen auf der falschen F盲hrte lag! Ich war mir fast sicher, den M枚rder zu kennen und muss mir am Ende eingestehen, dass ich mit dieser Aufl枚sung nicht gerechnet hatte.
Obwohl mir das H枚rbuch ganz gut gefallen hat, es echt spannend war und ich zwischendrin wirklich dachte, es h盲tte 4 Sterne verdient, gab es doch zwei Sachen, die mich nachhaltig gest枚rt haben. Zum einen verpasst es Chris Carter nun schon zum zweiten Mal, starke Frauenfiguren zu schaffen. Anfangs war ich noch ganz begeistert von der neuen Chefin, aber leider konnte es der Autor nicht lassen, auch diese Figur am Ende mit einigen negativen Eigenschaften zu 眉bersch眉tten 鈥� was ja eigentlich realistisch ist und die Person menschlich macht. Aber irgendwie ist es halt schon auff盲llig, dass seine M盲nner alle gutaussehend, schlau und mutig sind, w盲hrend Frauen oft kurzsichtig, oberfl盲chlich und hysterisch sind. Mein zweites Problem ist, dass sich 鈥� trotz aller Spannung 鈥� der zweite Fall des Teams kaum vom ersten unterschied. Wieder ging es um einen Serienm枚rder in LA, der seine Opfer scheinbar willk眉rlich ausw盲hlt und diese dann auch noch irgendwie markiert und die Ermittler m眉ssen dann den Zusammenhang finden. Okay, der Zusammenhang war diesmal ein etwas anderer und der Modus Operandi, aber ansonsten? Alles sehr 盲hnlich. Ich hoffe, in Band 3 geht es dann mal um was anderes.
Disturbing. Disturbingly awesome! Wow, this book was just fantastic. I have been trying to find some more disturbing reads than the typical thriller genre and does this series ever fit the bill. I thought the first one would be hard to match but Carter exceeds it here. Sadly though I cannot get into much as I don't want to spoil things. Sadly I won't be able to rant on as I typically due of the main reason behind the kills here. To me the reasons all these sick kills are happening is quite clear early on but it is not confirmed till maybe a little half way through so I'm not going to get into one of society's biggest problems in my eyes as I think the author does a pretty good job getting across why these kills are happening when he finally brings it out. So aside from the main story line there is a second one as well. Mollie Woods is 17 has run away from home due to all the abuse she has suffered at the hands of her father. She has a special gift in that she senses other people's pain. She lends her services to our main hero detective Robert Hunter but in so doing she then becomes fair game for our killer. Her story line is awesome and Carter as he is so good at has many a twist and turn to keep you off balance. The story opens with a decapitated dead priest who has a steak down his throat and on top of the steak replacing his head is the head of a dog. For those who abhor animal abuse there is one episode of it here but I have to say it is pretty bad. Be forewarned but it is brief and it comes out after this when we learn why the steak was on the priest's head. The kills continue and they centre on the victims fears. In the priest kill there are journals of his found outlining his biggest fears and the priest foresaw his own murder in the manner that it happened but he foresaw his decapitated head being burned as well......so does it get burned? To illustrate what I'm talking about there is another victim terrified of wasps and they play the major role in his death. There is another deathly afraid of syringes and our killer goes to town on him with syringes. The murder scenes are just so well written and descriptive. Here we have a big league author who isn't afraid to deal with death in very sick ways. The most disturbing kill for me was the second. A pretty real estate agent is showing a house with a huge fireplace. When the buyer wants to see it work she gets all nervous. She is terrified of fires as her dress caught fire when she was 7 years old and her body was badly burned. Suffice it to say that she is overpowered and cooked alive while bound to a steel chair in front of that huge gas fireplace. This scene was so well done. Sadly when I mention fire to myself I put myself in a ptsd mode as I have dealt with too many people who I witnessed burned alive. I saw two people cook in a car fire. My worst though was a glue sniffer sniffing solvent who became engorged by the fire. When we arrived fire was pouring water on his smoking head as he was still alive. When the paramedics arrived to help him they froze. I won't get into the details except for the fact that I bring all of this out as Carter spells out the details visually bang on. As I mentioned in my first review Carter does a great job describing the effects of smell as well and here again in the fire scene he does it oh so well. Again though he hits this stuff bang on but I see no acknowledgements. Maybe the people advising Carter insist on having none, wanting to remain anonymous but however Carter is getting his information it is spot on and authentic. So if my sick teasing of this scene has got you interested pick up this great read. Ps whose head was there for the ride in this fire scene.............. Again Carter being from LA for a great part of his life really paints the town so that we as a reader never being there get a real good feel for it. From it's varied night life to its traffic issues, to its surroundings you are really drawn into the city itself. I really enjoyed that. To sum up then we have a crazy murderer or perhaps more just going crazy. You get a sense that such atrocities surrounding the murders make them personal. Yet finding out the why they are occurring and who may be doing it is teased throughout and when you think you have it all figured out I'm betting you don't. So the subject matter and the murders themselves may not be for the faint of heart. Yet if you are willing to perhaps challenge yourself and go a little further than most thriller books this series is just fantastic. This is a stand alone book but it does help to have read the first. This is an easy five star review. I have read the first two back to back and want to get to the third but I won't do that. I also can't emphasize enough that though the subject matter is a bit twisted the writing itself is par for the course. Carter measures up to anyone out there! I will tease that I have come upon another new author to me and I can't believe how disturbing that book is - perhaps the most disturbing I've read. More to come on that one shortly :)
"Imagine your worst fear..." when I see things like this written in the blurb, it often sets the book up for failure in my opinion, however in this case, I realised I had never really imagined my worst fear until this author thought up a few new ones for me!! This is the second book in the Robert Hunter series and like this did not hold back on the violence and nightmarish murder scenes. In this book Hunter appears to be racing against time to find the link between a killers victims. He is also trying to work under a new Captain and then is presented with a young girl who is claiming to have 'visions' related to the murders. This is a real white knuckle book. Not for the faint hearted.
I have no idea why this book has so many excellent reviews. This is simple torture porn that uses gruesome scenes of murder and animal abuse to cover up the lack of true suspense and original plot.
膶esto se zapitam koliko su moji rejtinzi realni jer nisam pro膷itala puno knjiga ovog 啪anra? Ali mislim da ne treba da budete veliki poznavalac da biste prepoznali odli膷nu pri膷u. Knjiga je sjajna, nema preteranih opisa, dijaloga, svega ima ba拧 taman koliko treba. Jo拧 jedna mra膷na avantura Roberta Hantera i Karlosa Garsije. Ne ispu拧ta se iz ruku do poslednje stranice.
芦 O Carrasco do Medo 茅 o segundo livro da s茅rie #Robert Hunter.
Um macabro assassinato ocorreu numa pacata igreja de Los Angeles. O corpo do p谩roco foi encontrado, decapitado e com sinais de extrema viol锚ncia.
A viol锚ncia 茅 tal que consegue afectar a experiente Unidade Especial de Homic铆dios! Os ind铆cios levam a pensar em rituais sat芒nicos ... mas a realidade 茅 muito mais cruel ...
Gostei muito deste livro, achei-o espantoso!
Alerto para o n铆vel de viol锚ncia, que alcan莽a elevados n铆veis, e que pode n茫o ser adequado para p煤blicos (e est么magos) mais sens铆veis. Mas na minha opini茫o revela-se uma das mais-valias deste livro a par da imagina莽茫o, do cuidado com o detalhe e da coer锚ncia dos crimes. (Adorei.)
O foco, a intelig锚ncia e a determina莽茫o de Robert Hunter 茅 outro dos argumentos fortes deste livro que habilmente Chris Carter manipula em prol de um evolu莽茫o flu铆da e arrepiante da hist贸ria.
Robert 茅 uma personagem rica, com uma percep莽茫o arguta da realidade que o envolve e ainda que viva uma vida pessoal solit谩ria e tenha uma camaradagem com o seu colega a toda prova, fazendo lembrar algumas personagens que s茫o refer锚ncias liter谩rias neste g茅nero.
Robert consegue destacar-se e distinguir-se pelas suas peculiaridades, os seus fantasmas e a sua personalidade. Re煤ne uma mistura de determina莽茫o, sensibilidade e acessibilidade que oferecem 脿 hist贸ria um atractivo digno de destaque.
Quando lemos muitos livros, por vezes ganhamos "resist锚ncias" ao efeito de determinados mecanismos da escrita, por se tornarem muitas vezes flagrantes quanto ao que a hist贸ria nos vai oferecer. 脡 muito gratificante quando um livro nos arranca um "... disto n茫o estava 脿 espera ...".
El libro te atrapa desde el principio, tenemos un nuevo personaje Capitana Blake que los tiene muy bien puestos jajaja, me cae bien. Garc铆a digamos que sin pena ni Gloria. Hunter es mucho Hunter El descubrir cual es tu peor miedo para con ello acabar con la vida y "marcar" el n煤mero de v铆ctimas.
Un asesino bastante m谩s violento (para mi gusto claro) que en el primer libro, de nuevo Carter nos deja con la boca abierta despu茅s de todo y no es para menos siendo de profesi贸n lo que es. siento que hubo algunos detallitos en la traducci贸n pero sigue siendo bastante bueno a pesar de ellos. Al principio no ten铆a idea de que onda con el asesino pero conforme avanz贸 la trama entend铆 qui茅n pod铆a estar perpetuando cr铆menes de tal intensidad, no me equivoqu茅 en ello jeje (milagro!)