the death pictures

"A dying artist creates a series of ten paintings - The Death Pictures - which contain a mysterious riddle, leading the way to a unique and highly valuable prize. Thousands attempt to solve it. But before the answer can be revealed, the painter is murdered. A serial rapist is working through a series of attacks. He isn't shy to make clear his hatred of women, and taunting of the police. He leaves his calling card, a witch's hat at the houses he breaks into, each numbered from a pack of six.The detectives face baffling questions. Why kill the artist when he would die naturally in just a few weeks time? What to make of the attempted break in at his house just before his death? Could it be connected with the rapes, all of which have been carried out in the area around his home? The media interest in the cases is intense, and Detective Chief Inspector Adam Breen again turns to his friend, TV Crime reporter Dan Groves to help him handle it. Dan does - at the price of some great scoops, and an involvement in the case that eventually leads him to effectively talk to the rapist, using the stories he broadcasts to lure him into a trap, and finally, discover the extraordinary solution to the riddle."


another thriller novel. read it from late afternoon until night time. wanted to finish and get it over with. personally didn't like it much since i'm not really into suspense/thriller type of stories. i get scared and paranoid. haha..

anyway, it was basically about a set of paintings of a dying artist. there was supposed to be clues in them. whoever guesses the right answer will get the last painting of the set. the artist dies and people were wondering if it was really suicide or murder. and, why murder someone who is already dying? aside from that case, part of the book also tackled another case of rape among women who they identified to be single females with child. case ended too sudden for me, or maybe it should have had its own book?

this is the second suspense/thriller book i've read this month and there's just one more of this kind i have left. i'll try to read it next week.