Trick Me Twice

by Stephen Solomita

He keeps a silent vigil in the woods outside her house and watches every move she makes. He's the only one who knows that this ordinary day will be her last. Slowly, he raises his rifle--and when he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553577700
• ISBN13: 9780553577709
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

TRICKY THRILLER

"Trick Me Twice" is one of those books that's fascinating in its concept and although it tends to move at a slow pace for a while, it nonetheless presents a disturbing portrayal of mental illness and serial killing by a rather different antagonist---the killer is a 73 year old retired truck driver. We know that from the start, but that doesn't weaken or nullify the suspense. It's in wondering how and when the old guy will get caught.Using the familiar background of a child being abused sexually, physically and psychologically by an older sister, Solomita's novel nonetheless validates the use of this background. I didn't feel a lot of sympathy for old Zeke, but one has to admit the abuse he had to take while a child is horrifying. Once Zeke gets into the army, though, and becomes a sniper, we learn how his twisted mind relates to snuffing out women's lives. It's amazing that he gets away with it for so long.Pat Detrick is an interesting female lead, and her involvement with security guard Rick Morello is fetching and believable.My deepest regret, however, is the rather nebulous ending wherein we don't know exactly what is going to happen to Pat. One can only hope it's good stuff.RECOMMENDED.

Slow start fast finish

Solomita rocks, as always. It was tough digging in at first, but the story gained momentum and was warp 9 at the end. Beliveable charachters, plot, and setting, and the twist of knowing who the bad guy is from the start!

Good, gritty read with characters that jump off the page.

Solomita's gritty, riveting story isn't a who done it, it's a how to catch 'em. How indeed when 73 year old serial killer Ezekiel McTeague, whose haunting memories of previous kills will haunt the reader long after the book has been read, is planning to kill again. And this time it's someone he knows, someone who, in fact, is helping to keep the ailing McTeague alive.Get into the mind of the killer and his potential victim as the inevitablility of a confrontation won't let you stop reading.

Step into a serial killer's mind.

The author, Stephen Solomita, starts out by telling you who the serial killer is. The killer has been killing for decades and has never been caught. Now he has found the perfect victim. First he must make her aware of what he has done. He wants to be immortalized by the press when he makes he confessions. When a cop becomes her boyfriend, she becomes a challenge. She becomes even more interesting and more perfect. Patricia Detrick is a volunteer at a mission. She only wants to help an old man during his final days. She has no idea that she is about to become the target of a killer. She soon begins to put the pieces together that the killer wishes her to. The conclussions she comes to seems almost impossible. How could she ever prove who the killer is or that he had killed so many? And how long did she have before he killed her too? ***The author takes you into the mind of a mad man. I was amazed at how the author made the killer sound so sane. Everything made sense. Yet there is never any doubt at how insane the killer is. Wonderfully written. Coldly calculating!***