Cutter

by Thomas Laird

Book Overview

He's a cutter. He accosts unsuspecting young women, he overwhelms them with a pad of ether. Then he kills them. And eviscerates the corpses. The crime scenes he leaves behind are not pretty. Nor is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786709448
• ISBN13: 9780786709441
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

From Teacher to Author

Having Tom Laird as a Literature teacher only made me want to read this book even more. He came along way from his first publication Blue Collar and Other Stories, to a major publication such as this. He uses a different writing style to actually let us know what is happening inside the mind of a mentally insane person. Maybe it was too much to know, or maybe it was a way for us to actually see what happens through the eyes of a mass murderer. This book keeps you on the edge the whole time and makes you want more. I just could not put it down. Any crime or horror novel reader will love this one. Cutter makes you think how vulnerable anyone can be at the right moment. Whether victim or killer.

Scary, Funny, and Suspense....all in one. Great Book!

Once I read the first page, I couldn't put it down. I loved how every few chapters it goes back and forth between the killers actions, then back to the detectives that are serious and funny at times. I read this book in only a feqw days. I couldn't put it down. This is a must read! L

International hit!

This thriller does for joggers what JAWS did for swimmers. A stunner. Terrifying. Apparently the reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic agree:PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY (10/22/01):"A well-paced first thriller.Jimmy Parisi makes an engaging narrator.And a new twist on the obligatory car chase. The knife on the cover effectively alerts serial killer fans that this is a book for them..."INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY: (1/20/02): "It's always good to get in at the start of something major and I think that Jimmy Parisi and his cast of brother officers could be very major indeed...This is a fine American police procedural with characters you'd want to share a squad car with. The publishers have come up with a winner here..." The above reviews tell you what a great, suspenseful read CUTTER is. This is a "don't miss it" thriller!

Scary as hell

Never before has a novel scared me as much as Cutter. The plot kept me wanting to read more and more....couldn't put it down. Thomas Laird has a gift for description and a true talent in character development. I look forward to the release of Rogue in 2003. If you like Thomas Harris, you will LOVE this book.

Twisting suspense and comical banter.

This book was excellent in its' suspense and hilarious bantering between the homicide detectives. This is definitely a book worth reading! Excellent beginning and an even more excellent ending.