Forensic psychiatrist Kate Myers believes the killer of two teenage girls in Bigler County, California, is the same man who savagely murdered her twin sister over fifteen years ago. Working on sheer tenacity, she sets out to prove it.
Deputy Sheriff Ben Slater hides his personal pain behind the job, but Kate’s arrival knocks his world on its axis. He wants to believe her wild theory, but the idea of a serial killer with this pathology is bizarre. Together, they work to find a killer whose roots began in a small town in Bigler County, but whose violence spread across the nation. Soon, the Janus-like killer, more monster than man, fixates on Kate and wants nothing more than to kill her “again.”
A Terrifyingly Terrific Debut! I thoroughly enjoyed Jo Robertson’s romantic thriller THE WATCHER with its riveting storyline and chilling suspense. Ms. Robertson has created some truly memorable characters in the creepy murderer who stalks young girls and the forensic psychiatrist and small town deputy sheriff who are determined to stop him.Â
Not bad for a first book This story is nice for the price. The characters are well-drawn and likable, the plot is suspenseful and the romance and character chemistry is there. Overall, the writing is fairly good. The only problem I had with this book was the overwriting. The exposition could have been trimmed considerably. I found myself saying, ‘alright already – I get it’ many times. I started skimming it toward the end. Besides the repetitive information, the end of scene hooks were often too much of a hint about…
mistakes and sex, too much Other reviewers have mentioned some of the other mistakes the author has made, but my favorite was this: Kate told Slater (I think that’s his name) that 15 years earlier she had seen the murderer they were trying to identify and Slater didn’t even ask her what he looked like. ” I saw him hanging around, at soccer practice, before school, once at the convenience store. Suddenly he seemed to be everywhere I went, lingering around the fringes of my life. I thought he might be stalking me or…