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| The Collector | 
 enlarge | Author: Cameron Cruise
Publisher: Mira
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 864125
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0778324087
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780778324089
ASIN: 0778324087
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Product Description
She lies in a pool of her own blood. More blood decorates one wall in macabre finger paintings. The victim is a fortune-teller from the Little Saigon community of Westminster, California -- it's a seemingly random murder. Detective Steven Bushard wonders cynically if she saw it coming. When local artist Gia Moon shows up at the precinct with visions of another murder yet to happen, Seven doesn't buy it. Some say Gia's paintings give a glimpse into the next world, but all Seven knows is cold, hard evidence. Then when her prediction comes true, he's left looking six ways from incompetent, and worse -- now it's a serial killer he's after. But Gia is not all that she seems. A link to her past points to a deranged lunatic whose desire to complete a bizarre collection has become an obsession. Now Seven is locked in a game of greed and murder with a woman he can't entirely trust, and a killer who will silence anyone who gets in the way.
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 2 stars February 3, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A serial killer is stalking the city and the police's only source of information seems to be found in a psychic's visions. The psychic, Gia Moon, does not only reveal secrets, but hides some of her own, a past that is linked to the killer's, though that is not immediately apparent. Bizarre clues and ancient relics strew the path that leads to a madman, but Detective Seven Bushard must follow that course.
** If you prefer action over characters driving the story, then you will probably enjoy this more than I did. It tends to ramble and have an unsympathetic cast. This is for the fan of hard boiled thrillers, not romantic suspense. **
Amanda Killgore
 fantastic twisting police procedural January 5, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
In the "Little Saigon" section of Westminster, California, homicide detectives Stephen "Seven" Bushard and Erika Cabral investigate the murder of popular fortuneteller Mimi. They see blood symbols on a wall, but not enough by the corpse. The evidence is overwhelming that the victim knew her killer and that in some way a ritual was performed because besides the wall writing, a bird's head was placed inside Mimi's mouth with a gem inside the beak.
Psychic Gia Moon comes to the station claiming she had a vision of the homicide and provides information that only those on the case and the killer would know. Whereas Erika thinks Gia is the murderer flaunting her kill, Seven feels otherwise though he admits his partner's logic is sounder than his gut. As they interview Mimi's clients including wealthy antiques collector David Gospel, the case takes spins that make no sense to the two detectives and everyone else associated with it except Gia, who knows the culprit is coming for her next.
THE COLLECTOR is a fantastic twisting police procedural with hints of the paranormal that include red herrings as readers will wonder if David is right that his weird offspring stole a gem from his Eye of Athena map and killed his arcane source Mimi. The multitude of characters seems real as they enhance the investigation into the murder and the jewel while also bringing to life the culture of the expatriate Vietnamese population. Cameron Cruse writes a complex murder mystery that will keep readers attention throughout.
Harriet Klausner
 Fantastic Debut January 3, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Collector is a great debut thriller from Cameron Cruise. Page-turning suspense that keeps you guessing until the very end.
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