I have a love/hate relationship with this book. It's one of the most disturbing and violent books I have ever read. The pacing is very good through most of the book; it wraps up a bit too quickly at the end after pages and pages of painfully taught tension and suspense. It was scary. The images from it gave me nightmares and I wonder at the sanity of the author; the inner monologues of the serial killers feel all too real. On the whole, the book was gripping, the characters complete, complicated and compelling. So why love/hate? SO MUCH DEATH. You can't trust that anyone is going to make it and some of the characters you are rooting for meet bitter and sad ends. Still, I would recommend this book if you have the stomach for it.