Jaden Urban, Period 2

The Postcard Killers

by James Patterson & Liza Marklund

                                                                     5 Stars                                                                          ★★★★★

                 I gave this book five stars because once you start on it, it's nearly impossible to put down. It keeps you guessing the whole time and the characters and settings are simply amazing.

Setting:

                 Although the book went kind of all over the globe the main setting were New York, USA and in Sweden. The novel takes place in present day with phones, cars, airport security and the whole lot.

Main characters:

                Jacob Kanon: Mid 40's, Jacob is an homicidal detective who just lost his daughter and son in law, who were brutally murdered by the so call Postcard Killers. He feels he is responsible for their deaths because he talked them into going out and seeing the world and pays for them to go to Paris. Kanon's wife left him when his daughter was born, so all he had in his life was his daughter, so when she dies he goes on a hunt for her killers and promises not to stop until he catches them.

                Dessie Larrson: Early 40's, Dessie is a reporter who got send a postcard from the killers, which is how they got their name, "Postcard killers." After they killed a young couple they would send a postcard to a local reporter to whatever city they did it in with a picture. Dessie teams up with Jacob to help him find the killers.

Main Events:

• In the US, back in the late 1890's and early 1900's, There were killers called postcard killers who would go around the country and kidnap people and sometimes even kill them. The Antagonist in the book were almost trying to "copy" them. 
• Jacob's daughter and son in law get murdered on their honeymoon in Paris.
• Jacob swears he will chase them till he dies if that what it comes to.
• Dessie gets a postcard from the so called postcard killers
• Jacob meets Dessie from the police and they kinda just decide to find the killers together.\

 Main Conflicts:

                External Conflict: The external conflict is kinda obvious if you read the stuff before this, mainly just Jacob Kanon and Dessie Larrson go on a search to find Jacob's daughter's killers.

                Internal Conflict: Jacob has to keep arguing with himself if he should just give up, and trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault that his daughter died. 

 Recommendation:

                I recommend this book for anyone that likes a good thriller. Also The Postcard Killers is an adult level book so if you like reading those then this might be a good book to try out.