Thomas Perry - Nightlife

Pros: a different take on serial killers
Cons: short on suspense and long on cliché

Charlene Buckner begat Tanya Starling, who begat Rachel Sturbridge, who begat Nancy Mills, who begat Nicole Davis, who begat Judith Nathan, who begat Catherine Hobbes. That was her first mistake: becoming someone who already existed, and a cop to boot. ...

Pros: Um, good premise?
Cons: Boring story and cardboard characters.

Thomas Perry focuses on the uncommon phenomenon of a female serial killer in his newest thriller Nightlife. The focus of his book is Charlene Buckner (or Tanya Starling or Rachel Sturbridge—depending on which name she is going by at the time). ...