too believable
thriller, crime-fiction, horror, dismemberment, psychopath, psychological, ptsd, grisly, grief, grieving, law-enforcement, bad-puns, situational-humor, verbal-humor, snarky, Maine, serial-murder, serial-rapist, unputdownable, long-term-illness, blindness, ex-cop, FBI, friendship, frustration, family-dynamics, family-drama, famous-author, journalist, murder-investigation, mutilation, rule-breaker, anger-issues, siblings, relationships, relationship-issues, coroner, due-diligence***** Prescott comes across as a real dirt bag who objectifies women. Then I realized that he is an archetypical farce complicated by some anoxic brain damage and the constant need to verify self and life common to first responders/ER personnel/and others who are forced to face the reality of man's inhumanity to man. Annoying as that stuff is, he is also a brilliant detail oriented detective. I should note that the first book that I read in this series was the 2023 prequel that adds another layer to his messed up self. The farce of his personality (and his sister's narcoleptic Pug) somewhat counteracts the horror of this case with its multiple murders emphasized as a cat and mouse game between the psycho and Prescott with a large cast of multiple local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Can you get through some of the descriptions without barfing? Prescott couldn't. I got this in audio narrated by Johnny Heller who really proved his acting skills with this one. Finished it in a day and a half and want the next one.